by mike | May 13, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Long before the Great White Shark kept us out of the water, there was the Gill-Man. I first presented this post in 2017. The science fiction and horror movies of the 1950s more than sufficed to scare the crap out of an impressionable kid like me. Foremost among them...
by mike | May 6, 2021 | Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Before Samuel L. Jackson began acting in seemingly every movie made since the 1980s, there was Whit Bissell. This post first ran in 2017. In one of my books from decades past I wrote about a late Hollywood character actor named Whit Bissell and said that he had played...
by mike | May 3, 2021 | Aging, Books, California, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
I thought you might get a hoot out of the first few pages of my latest literary gem, Back on the Bike Path. Since I hadn’t written anything for a while, it surprised me that I managed to ease into the story so effortlessly. But when my character, Jack Miller, is a...
by mike | Apr 22, 2021 | Books, Death, Humor, Music, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
This is a follow-up to last week’s post. It first ran in 2017. In last week’s post we left Jack Miller sitting in the waiting area outside the Rock-and-Roll Afterward, wondering who could have summoned him there. I suppose, from the title of this post, that you might...
by mike | Apr 15, 2021 | Books, Death, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Imagine having a chance to visit any deceased rock star! I first presented this post in 2017. In my comedy/science fiction novel, Bicycling through Space and Time and its three sequels, I occasionally offset the outrageous humor with chapters of a more serious—and...
by mike | Mar 25, 2021 | Blowing Shit Up, Books, California, Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Rapper/actor Ice Cube is the bad guy/good guy in this sci-fi/horror “clunker” (according to the critics). This post first ran in 2017. Renowned director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) has had his share of hits and misses during a long career. Among the latter...
