by mike | Apr 2, 2020 | Books, Death, Editing, Horror, Uncategorized, Writing |
Okay, if this scene doesn’t make you wonder about me, nothing will. 😊 I first presented this post in 2016. At the beginning of last week’s post I mentioned that I was a real weenie. People who know me often ask, “How can you write that stuff!” Like I said, the best...
by mike | Mar 26, 2020 | Books, Editing, Horror, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Just how cathartic is writing? More than you can imagine. This post first ran in 2016. My self-assessment is that I’m one of the most passive guys on the planet. That’s why, when I go back and read one of the (many) violent, bloody scenes that I’ve written in my...
by mike | Mar 19, 2020 | Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
My old pal Edgar was, uh, a rather complex individual (he said, by way of understatement). This post first ran in 2016. Okay, I’ll stay on my Edgar Allan Poe kick for one more week. The 2012 film, The Raven, is not about Poe’s classic poem, but about Poe himself—more...
by mike | Mar 12, 2020 | Horror, Museums, Nightmares, Uncategorized, Writing |
This was a memorable visit to Edgar Allan Poe’s old haunts, to be sure. The post first ran in 2016. During a recent trip back east I stopped by the Poe Museum in Richmond and caught up with my old friend Edgar. I thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating tribute to a great...
by mike | Feb 27, 2020 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I have a snow globe containing a dead guy who had froze to death in the snow. What does that say about me? This post first ran in 2016. There are gifts, and then there are GIFTS. You know the kind: where the Giver is totally in tune with the Givee and knows what would...
by mike | Feb 6, 2020 | Aging, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I might’ve even shrunk a bit more since this post first ran in 2016. 😊 I scored my first driver’s license as a teen in New York City, shortly after they invented the automobile. It listed my height at 5’10”, and it still says that today. Tell the truth, I don’t think...
