A blog is often a place for people to vent their secret shames. They can say what they want to say without fear, because the people reading it are, for the most part, complete strangers. It's a way to unburden one's self. That's not really true with my blog. My blog is more read by … Continue reading The Man Behind the Mask
A Rough Beast Slouches Toward October to Be Born
As Halloween draws ever closer, it becomes clearer to the people closest to me that I'm going completely and utterly insane. I'll spend hours watching the Friday the 13th movies over and over again. I'll leap from unlikely places and frighten old ladies. I'll cover myself in red corn syrup and run through the streets … Continue reading A Rough Beast Slouches Toward October to Be Born
A Ghost Story: The Lady in Black
It's 1862 and General Burnside has successfully gained control of Roanoke Island. The Confederate soldiers who were captured were sent up to Fort Warren in Massachusetts, a detention center for prisoners of war. Among those captured was Lieutenant Samuel Lanier, a soldier out of Georgia. Lieutenant Lanier manages to smuggle a letter out of the fort to his … Continue reading A Ghost Story: The Lady in Black
In Search of Ghosts
Since Halloween is now closer than ever, I've been getting interested in the spooky again. This time, what with living in such an old city, my focus has been on haunted places: houses, forts, graveyards and what-have-you. Problematically for me, however, is the fact that I do not believe in the supernatural. This causes an … Continue reading In Search of Ghosts
The Tragedy of Apollo Creed
In all fairness, I should point out ahead of time that the following entry will interest only me. It is considered bad form for a writer to do that, but the following entry MUST be written. I've always maintained that the first four Rocky movies is just as much about Apollo Creed as it is … Continue reading The Tragedy of Apollo Creed
Beyond the Veil
Millenia ago, people believed that alongside our own world was another world. The worlds existed apart, but the borders between the two could wear thin and it was possible to cross from one t'other. It was said that in certain places, during certain times, going to the other world was as easy as crossing through … Continue reading Beyond the Veil
Anticipation
There's something you should know about me: I am straight up crazy. Now I can already hear you saying, "But Dylan, we already knew that. Why are you making a special mention of it today?" Well I'll tell you Hypothetical Reader. It's getting pretty close to that time. And you know what time of year … Continue reading Anticipation
Book Review: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
It's been a while since I've read any new science fiction, meaning anything written in the last twenty years. Usually I just stick with Neal Stephenson, with occasional flirtations with folks like William Gibson and Orson Scott Card. Most of the time though, I stick with the old timers: Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein, those guys. They've … Continue reading Book Review: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
An Extended, Steam-Powered Metaphor
I am heading very quickly into the UNKNOWN. And there's something kind of spooky about that. This UNKNOWN, a territory that stretches further than the distance between New York and California. It is vast, an expanse that boggles the mind and contains any number of horrors and wonders. There are dragons there, of course, and … Continue reading An Extended, Steam-Powered Metaphor
Welcome
I've noticed recently that there are quite a few people coming here from places where my stories are posted, namely Ichor Falls and Tales of the Zombie War. As I've mentioned in an earlier post, I always feel a bit odd because I'm worried that folks come over to my blog expecting more horror and … Continue reading Welcome
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