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Politics: The New McCarthyism

Senator Joseph McCarthyI think it’s very telling that following the DNC leak the mainstream media has worked overtime to reframe anything connected to Assange and WikiLeaks in terms of how it “benefits Russia.” Instead of addressing any of the information revealed in any meaningful way, they’ve simply fallen in lockstep with the Dem’s New McCarthyism where any critic/opponent becomes an agent of Russia.

What makes the whole thing even more ironic to me (besides the fact that the DNC stole the...

Alternative Clothing

Ever noticed how much "alternative clothing" amounts to just slapping a pentagram or a baphomet or the alchemical symbol for sulfur on something? Under capitalism even Satan gets commodified.

Six Bullets For John Carter

Years ago, "Six Bullets For John Carter" began as a very short story written for Beat To A Pulp. Now, the expanded, far more philosophical and far more violent, version is available for Amazon Kindle:

In the future, thieves don’t steal your identity, they steal you.

The man didn’t care who a client wanted or why, as long as they could pay. He buried his conscience under a mountain of wealth and there it stayed…until he agreed to grow the blonde from Alpha Centauri...

Burned by a powerful clien...

Star Trek 50th Anniversary: Star Trek The Motion Picture

I loved Star Trek when I was a kid. Just loved it. I remember I made my mom take me to see Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan in the theatre and I bawled all the way home after Spock died.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary, I'm go to rewatch all the films and post my thoughts and observations. When I make it all the way through, I'll sum everthing up. 


Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Almost as soon as the series was cancelled, Roddenberry began lobbying Paramount for a feature film. Paramount didn’...

Karma on Death Row

This talk by Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3 is absolutely worth a read.

Favorite Vampire TV Shows

Tonight's viewing is season two of one of my favorite vampire tv shows.

"He was brought across in 1228. He preyed on humans for their blood. Now he wants to be mortal again. To repay society for his sins, to emerge from his world of darkness, from his endless forever...night."

Fear

Miskatonic Dreams

I’ve been working on a lot of other stories outside of the crime genre and submitting them to markets that pay. Happy to announce my horror story “Your Special Advocate” will be in a Lovecraft anthology called Miskatonic Dreams.

More about all this soon.

Another Shane Stevens Chin Wag with Richard Godwin

Shane Stevens at Breadloaf 1970Meant to post this here sooner...I'm back talking with Richard Godwin about Shane Stevens. Read the Quick Fire At The Slaughterhouse HERE.

Critters

Now that the most recent season is on Netflix, we've been rewatching American Dad. 

Hearing Scott Grimes voice Steve Smith really makes me want to watch Critters and Critters 2 again.