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  • The New Fear

    On a warm, bright summer evening, as my age was approaching double digits, I walked with my big sister. We had just finished dinner and were now on our way down the street to a friend’s house. The proudly edged and mowed grass stood guard on the edges of the sidewalk as we strode down…

  • Awesome Book Alert!

    In the Shadow of the Axe by Nicholas Kaufmann Awesome read. Under 200 pages. Read it in two sittings. It takes place in 1847 Germany. This is a gothic horror story. Kaufmann puts together a story that is all tension and build up. This ain’t your monsters-grotesquely-disemboweling-people-one-at-a-time kind of horror story. This is a what-the-hell-is-going-on?…

  • Nag Champa, The Doors, and Candlelight

    Somewhere, in a trash heap, there are notebooks full of little stories, poems, and songs I wrote. Not to show to anyone; just for the sake of writing. Unfortunately, I threw the notebooks away. Probably out of the fear that someone would find and read them. That was when I thought writing meant getting it…

  • Why I can’t watch the new Dark Crystal (and a quick writing tip)

    There’s one thing about the new Dark crystal show on netflix I can’t get over. OK, so I was born seventeen years before the end of the 1900s. (Or 1983.) I remember watching the original Dark Crystal when I was younger. Back then I thought it was really cool. And, no. I haven’t watched the…

  • Is There a Good Time to Use Bad Words?

    Disclaimer: This post has some offensive words in it. The purpose is purely educational and is meant to start a meaningful dialogue. This post is NOT meant to shock, offend, or promote any kind of hateful thought or rhetoric. “There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.”― George Carlin Nothing like a good…