Beer Review: Wormtown Brewery’s Sweet Tats

Hello Again, So I have a weird relationship with porters and stouts. A lot of the time, I'll try, say, one of the many variations of Guinness and it's...empty. There's some flavor at the front and some bitterness at the back and there's just nothing holding up in the middle. But! With Imperial Stouts, there … Continue reading Beer Review: Wormtown Brewery’s Sweet Tats →

An Update

Hello Again, Whenever I do one of these insane writing challenges, I feel the need to beat myself up about not meeting the self imposed rules that are, often, brutally unfair. That being said, I am going to say that as a result of this challenge (one blog entry, one five hundred word story per … Continue reading An Update →

Be Superman

Hello Again, One of the most important lessons that we can learn from superhero comics is the idea that we should be like Superman. Superman is the purest distillation of what a superhero is: someone with abilities decides to use those abilities to help others. Its not just about fighting crime, because Superman does a … Continue reading Be Superman →

Scary Fear

Hello Again, I think about horror a lot. I think about horror movies, horror short fiction, horror novels, about the things that terrify us day-to-day. Horror is a vital thing, an important thing and a thing worth studying. I've had a project in the back of my mind, something I've been thinking about working but … Continue reading Scary Fear →

An Education in Cruelty

Hello Again, I am pretty angry about Betsy DeVos and her decision to cut federal funding to the Special Olympics. I believe that the responsibility of the government is to take care of its citizens. That is its sole function. It takes care of the citizens. We may disagree on the best way to do … Continue reading An Education in Cruelty →

Writing On Writing About Writing for a Writer

Hello Again, I've been going back and forth on what I want this blog to be and that's just given me plenty of great excuses to not write anything. And, if there's anything I excel at, it's creating excuses. In an attempt to make sure that I write something, anything, in this space, I'm freeing … Continue reading Writing On Writing About Writing for a Writer →

Welcome Back

Hello, It has been a long time, but I think it's time to come back. Since I stopped writing here, I have been writing. I have, in fact, never stopped, but I needed to stop writing here. Part of it was that I just don't know how to tackle this format without getting very angry. … Continue reading Welcome Back →

The Science-fication of Horror

In the days of olde, let's say the 1940's and back, horror movie monsters were the stuff of legends and myth. They were the vampires and werewolves of Eastern Europe. They were the mummies of Ancient Egypt. They were the primitive beasts from the Pleistocene Era. They were the ghosts and ghouls from Victorian castles. … Continue reading The Science-fication of Horror →

Discussing Horror: The Ten Podcast

Horror, for a large part of my life, has been very important to me. I believe that great horror movies help us deal with our every day fears, the fears that we cannot control. We cannot prevent every accident, every illness, every tragedy. Horror helps us to release that fear, helps us to relieve that … Continue reading Discussing Horror: The Ten Podcast →

The Ten (Episode One): Introductions

It is only now, in this final hour, that I will reveal the great undertaking that myself and Trevor C. have shouldered. It took six months of constant and ceaseless effort. We planned, plotted and prepared for this moment. Every step we took, every move we made was toward this one point. Every calculated effort … Continue reading The Ten (Episode One): Introductions →