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June 29, 2021
Snippet the Last, WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLACE.
Damn thing got harder to write, the farther along I got. How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is an ungrateful short story.
Patreon!You’re probably wondering why your parents didn’t just go over the fence themselves. Then, or any time until you finally got yourself tied to the rope so you could be hauled over the side. They kept acting like they were about to, but they never quite committed. Not an adult did a thing to help.
How did that feel, Andy? — Yeah, I know it’s you. It’s been, what, forty years, but I remember the look in your eyes when you were safe on this side of the fence. Well, safer, because you still got that look. You never really believed you were out of danger, and I’m figuring you’re tired of feeling that way, right?
There wasn’t any fuss about what happened to you, although I guess you knew that already. Your family left town, your dad making threats and your mom keeping thoughtful and quiet, but nothing else ever happened. On the other hand, at least every kid in town since then got the message: some haunted houses you stay the hell away from, because if you get stuck in one, nobody’s coming to save you.
Oh, put away the damn gun, Andy. Of course we’re going to the Place. I knew that as soon as you knocked on the door.
Is… the CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG live-action supposed to be a comedy?
I mean, the trailer’s cut that way, sure. And the cartoon certainly is* a comedy. But seeing CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG in real life kind of points out the mayhem and property damage implicit in his wandering through NYC like a baby kaiju. And it’s only gonna get worse, because that is not his final form. He gets bigger.**
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PS: Full points for the Wilhelm Scream, by the way. At least somebody on that production was aware.
*Of course I’ve seen it. I have kids. Which means, sure, that I haven’t so much seen it as I’ve had it soaked into my body via osmosis.
**Hopefully he’ll avoid becoming this. Although that’s an animated show I’d enjoy watching.
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK trailer.
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK is a Sopranos prequel, and it is not without interest.
The casting looks very good, aside from everything else. The actors and actresses playing younger versions of their Sopranos counterparts look like they’re younger versions, which isn’t always easy. This might not suck.
June 28, 2021
06/28/21 Snippet, WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLACE.
Slight backtrack!
Patreon!Now she was looking a little mad. “Maybe I don’t, Mayor. Do you usually let buildings go to rot?”
That got a snort of laughter out of me, let me tell you. “Rot? I wish! Every preacher in town’s asked for that very thing. The damned Place won’t do us the favor of falling apart.”
And then I made a mistake: I tried to tell her what was going on, kind of. I leaned forward and said, “Look. They probably told you, back in training, that it can get weird out here in the middle of the country. People in those Midwest towns will be a little funny in the head sometimes, right? That’s what going on here. There’s a spooky haunted house, we’re all scared to death of the Place, everybody stays away.”
I sat back. “But nobody lives at that address, so why should the Census care? Check it off the list, ma’am. You can call your supervisors first, if you like — but they’ll tell you the same thing. Check the haunted house off the list, go on to the next residence. Soonest begun, soonest done and you can get out of here. You don’t have to care about what’s going on in the weird places. It’s not your job to care.”
“Pickman’s Model: A Romance” is available for pre-order!
And yeah, the power’s back.
If you missed the ‘Pickman’s Model: A Romance’ Kickstarter now’s the time to get the story. Ninety nine cents, one illustration (by Ben Fleuter), and it’ll be out in mid-July. Pre-order today!
Well, the power’s out.
Doing this from my phone. Hopefully it’ll be back on before full dark.
Tweet of the Day, AND The City Had To Pay Her Legal Fees edition.
I believe the technical term for this is ‘ownage:’
* Woman buys $2.8 million house in rich San Francisco suburb
— Austen (@Austen) June 28, 2021
* Completely decks it out in a Flintstones theme
* Is told by the city it is an eyesore and needs to come down
* Takes the city to court and wins
What a badass. I love this lady. Long love your giant Flintstones house. pic.twitter.com/DMcrhxIUYN
Via @tomabella.
WashingCon back on for 2022.
Huzzah!
WashingCon 2022: Return of the Con https://t.co/WPg5P23mNN
— WashingCon (@washingcondc) June 28, 2021
March 26-27, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC. Which is incidentally going to be a stone-cold pain in the ass to drive to (I’m a vendor now, remember?), but you can’t have everything. Worst-case scenario, I just run a few games as usual.
Hrm. What to run, what to run?
