REVIEW – Southern Gods

Light spoilers in this review. Deal with it. The Lovecraft Mythos has ground itself deeply into our modern fairy tales and horror stories. Sometimes it’s subtle and not directly mentioned. But some modern stories have Lovecraft as the centerpiece. Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs does the latter. The story takes place in the early […]

My Top Searches

Not a lot to talk about today. The past two posts have been a little heavy. I just want to let you all know that many people find this blog because of Google searches. And the main post they find when doing their random searches is The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Boris the Soviet Love Hammer. […]

REVIEW – Frank Sinatra in a Blender by Matthew McBride

I decided to give this book a read on the recommendation of my friend, Govneh. In fact, since she had already read the book, she sent it my way. A couple of months passed and the book had not yet shown up on my doorstep. Then the Post Office returned to her the few scraps […]

Inspiration

Over the past week, I’ve been listening to and reading bits and pieces of a story that my wife is creating. It’s a damn clever story, and I’m thrilled to be able to help out with a lot of the plot and character development. I get to see and hear her clacking away on the […]

Book Review – Wicked As They Come by Delilah S. Dawson

You may remember Delilah S. Dawson from a guest post she wrote on this blog back in March, titled HOW TO WRITE BITCHES. Delilah also has a fantabulous tumblr blog chronicling the wisdom of her 4-year-old son. But this post is about a book I just read. Delilah wrote it. It’s called Wicked As They […]

Hey Mom

Hey Mom, I know I haven’t been around lately. I’m out living in the world, usually hundreds of miles away from you. I’m succeeding and failing, loving and loathing. But you’re always near me. The values you and dad taught to me are with me, and they always will be. I’m a good person. I […]

Sensitive Saturday – moo

Bessie had the name of a cow. She was standing in a field with all of her friends, eating grass. They weren’t eating grass. Just Bessie. She wasn’t actually a cow. They were becoming concerned. The other thing that concerned her friends was the constant stalking of Farmer Bob. She would surprise him some mornings, […]

The Echo Chamber

You’ve all seen it. Or at least you’ve heard about it. Maybe you’re one of the folks who contribute to it. It’s the Echo Chamber. These days it’s mainly on television and the internet. If it’s happening on TV, it’s usually when the talking heads are screaming at each other or at imaginary opponents or ideas. […]

Sensitive Saturday – Zombie Haikus

My buddy Govneh likes to share her zombie haikus. Thought I’d write a few. Raided garden store Planted the beans too shallow Birds feasted. We starve. Mid-winter game time Got too many mouths to feed Play Russian Roulette A Shambler visits Laugh at the rotting tramp stamp I used to date her

Sensitive Saturday – Story off the top of my head

Okay, here’s something I’m going to do. Since it’s Sensitive Saturday, I’m going to write a very brief story. Without thinking of it ahead of time. That is to say, I’m going to start and finish in one step. No taking a day to think about it. No story outline. I think I know how […]