I was reading Pickman's Model, one of my favorite Lovecraft stories, and I realized I recognized most of the places he was talking about in the story. There was the studio on Newbury Street and South Station and there was the North End. In fact, Lovecraft placed Pickman's studio of horrors right smack dab in … Continue reading Looking for Pickman
Month: June 2011
Tales of the Whispering Mad and the Mis-Dead
After months of (sporadic) work, it's done. The book is done. You can read it on the Kindle. You can read it on your computer. You can read it on your iPad or your iPhone. Fact is, you can read my book for the low, low price of $2.99. It's at LEAST an hour's worth of … Continue reading Tales of the Whispering Mad and the Mis-Dead
Blood-Tinted Lenses
If I see a man by the road, I'll assume that he's homeless and alone, that he's on the verge of starvation, that this is one of the last moments he'll experience before he succumbs. If I see a couple arguing in the store, I'll assume that they're both near the end of their tether, … Continue reading Blood-Tinted Lenses
Book Review: Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
In recent years, young adult fiction has morphed from Fear Street thrillers and gothic romances into books that transcend age. From books like The Hunger Games to The Book Thief, young adult books have attracted the notice of critics and people way too old to be shopping in a section that also peddles Gossip Girl … Continue reading Book Review: Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
The Space Beyond Space
As scientists discover more about the Universe, the hard and fast rules of physics seem to be less so. The ironclad constants are not so constant, particles can both exist and not exist at the same time, and it turns out God does, occasionally, play dice with the universe. There are theories now that say … Continue reading The Space Beyond Space
On the Shoulders of Giants
I've been reading Necronomicon, a massive collection of Lovecraft's stories. Lovecraft has always informed what I write, even before I started reading his stories. He influenced the writers who influenced me, Stephen King in particular. And when I got into my big Lovecraft kick right after high school, I began to make a couple of … Continue reading On the Shoulders of Giants
Cobbled in the Kitchen
Today, I nearly set fire to an ear of corn. It wasn't on purpose. I generally like my corn non- carbonized. As I've mentioned in a few other blog posts, my cooking skills are not quite up to par. So I'll do things like roll corn cob in some butter and throw it in a … Continue reading Cobbled in the Kitchen
Pain in the Word
There comes short and brutal little periods where I am incapable of writing anything. Words don't come, they stay locked away or they just never existed. This is a problematical thing when I've decided that I have to write every single day, whether I want to or not. So I have drag each word out … Continue reading Pain in the Word
Restaurant Review: Empire Garden
Emily and I had decided that we were going to get Chinese food one night. That, of course, meant that we had to go to Chinatown. By the time we got there, we were so hungry that we just lurched into the first restaurant we saw and that's how we discovered Empire Garden. When you … Continue reading Restaurant Review: Empire Garden
An Angry God in the Hands of the Sinners
It's telling that, in our fiction, our creations are constantly and continuously trying to kill us. Look at Frankenstein's monster, and see something that becomes driven mad by its creator's lack of love. All it wants, at the start, is to be accepted as what it is; a thinking living being. Instead, it's shunned by … Continue reading An Angry God in the Hands of the Sinners
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