by mike | Aug 29, 2022 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Haunted houses. They are usually thought of as huge, brooding Victorian edifices sitting isolated amid an expansive tract of gated, weed-infested land, or on a remote hillside far from the nearest town. They aren’t old, nondescript brownstone buildings standing in the...
by mike | Aug 18, 2022 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This post first ran in 2019, before the latest film in the GHOSTBUSTERS universe was released—with much success—in 2021. I do hope that a sequel is in the works. ONE OF THE BEST FILMS—EVER The original Ghostbusters, released in 1984, is a classic. You’d be sorely...
by mike | Aug 15, 2022 | Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Last week, MLB played its second regular-season “Field of Dreams” baseball game in Dyersville, Iowa—on a field built alongside the film set of the beloved 1989 movie. The pregame show offered many poignant (read: tearjerking) moments related to the movie, including...
by mike | Aug 8, 2022 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Ghosts, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
My second Sword & Planet spoof, The Horrors of Harrmel, continues the misadventures of erstwhile earthling Bernie Smith and his bride, Thanna Dora, “the most amazing woman on two worlds.” Bernie got zapped out of an Iowa cornfield by a shaft of light and deposited...
by mike | Jul 21, 2022 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This is one sad spirit that I’m sure many folks wish they could help move on. The post first ran in 2019. The accident that killed young Condie Cunningham over a century ago was no myth. But what followed would move the needle to the top of the “WEIRD” meter, where it...
by mike | Jul 14, 2022 | Books, Death, Editing, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Romance, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
This film could’ve been called “Romancing the Ghost.” I first presented the post in 2019. The 2006 mystery/ghost story, Half Light, starring Demi Moore, somehow got past me all these years. Well, better late than never. Here is a brief introduction, with absolutely no...
