by mike | May 14, 2017 | Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Writers love to write about other writers, and Stephen King arguably leads the league in that category. Just to name a few: The Dark Half, Misery, ’Salem’s Lot, Bag of Bones, and Secret Window, Secret Garden. And his short story, 1408, from his collection,...
by mike | May 8, 2017 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Uncategorized, Writing |
When my daughters were little I used to tell them stories that, for the most part, I made up on the fly. One such fantasy tale was about two teens, brother and sister, who enjoy a simple life in an idyllic land under the protection of Tutors (wizards). When a dark,...
by mike | May 1, 2017 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Native American reservations sit along the edge of America, a part of this country…but then again, not really. Outstanding director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins) took a true story and turned it into Edge of America, a 2003 made-for-cable film. On the surface it...
by mike | Apr 24, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Jamie Lee Curtis once called Virus, a 1999 sci-fi/horror flick, a “piece of shit.” Why is that significant? Because the renowned scream queen was one of its stars—along with Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin. The film, despite a lot of hype—even a line of action...
by mike | Apr 17, 2017 | Life, Non-Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
Did the newlywed couple drown in the river and get washed out to sea? Were they murdered? Or did aliens abduct them right out of their boat? Nearly ninety years after Bessie and Glen Hyde set off down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, their disappearance...
