I have a few updates. I spent a while reworking Where There's Smoke, There's Pazuzu. I can honestly say that it's one of my favorite things that I've written. I'm glad I went back to it and chipped away until it satisfied me. Then, I went back to The Last Gaze. It was terrible. Nothing… Continue reading Update 11-18
Last year I posted a list of Halloween recommendations which you can read here. It's that time of year again. This should not be taken as a "the greatest horror movies ever" sort of list. They're just films I enjoy and recommend. I've tried to pick things that aren't obvious. Some of these films are… Continue reading Another Month of Halloween Recommendations
Johnny Guitar (1954) Truffaut said of Johnny Guitar that the cowboys die like ballerinas. There's also a lot of animalistic action in the cinema of Ray--check out that v-flock behind Mercedes McCambridge. Sterling Hayden plays the title character, but Joan Crawford is the star. She never had this much sympathy in a performance again. To… Continue reading My favorite Films of the 50s
I'm set to edit my short story The Silent Steps of Murder. It will be removed from the website next week. If you still want to read it early and free you have until Saturday, August 24th to do so. I will tighten it up and remove all mentions of the strangler case. Ending the… Continue reading One more week to read The Silent Steps of Murder
I'm working, just a bit slower than before. Cut me some slack. Today I turned 48. I'm fucking old. I'm still working on Where There's Smoke, There's Pazuzu. It's taken longer than planned. I love what it's become. The problem is that it's approaching 16,000 words. I feel like that's dangerously close to novella territory.… Continue reading August Update
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