Stephen Graham Jones's Blog, page 197
December 20, 2018
Set the time machine for 2003
This arrived today and I’m pumped. I’m going into this one mostly blind – I think I may just dump my planned reads and jump on in. And yes, I took a pretty picture – I love this cover. And the synopsis has me all
December 19, 2018
Off-Kilter Slashers
I mean, pretty much there’s two kinds of slashers, yes? Not talking “Excellent” and “Trying to Cash In” here, but”Straightforward” and . . . “Playing with the Genre,” I guess you could say? Which, of course Scream didn’t start, as in, it wasn’t first-first—the Golden Age was more self-aware than we give it credit for—but it was the first to go wide with it, really. To kind of seed it into everythin…
Another B&N List I’m On
albeit it secretly, just hiding in a TOC . . .
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/our-20-picks-for-best-horror-of-the-year/
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December 17, 2018
Mapping Pod
Looks to be cool:
Our last episode of 2018 (kind of) is here! Tune in to episode #174 where we discuss Stephen Graham Jones @SGJ72’s awesome novella, MAPPING THE INTERIOR. Listen here: https://t.co/NeCpr1gMoL pic.twitter.com/NFD53ODpX7
— Eerie, International (@eerieINT) December 17, 2018
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December 15, 2018
The Strangers: Prey at Night
Just re-re-watched this one, and, wow, holy everything, Batman, this is STILL my favorite horror movie of the year. By miles. Really? It’s the best slasher I can think of since . . . Happy Death Day, yeah. Which was far and away the best since . . . You’re Next, maybe? And before that it’d be The Cabin in the Woods.
What it gets so, so right:
actually IMPORTANT people diethe final girl isn’t bookish and morally bulletproof. she’s just …
The House that Jack Built
This is as solid a piece of film writing that I’ve seen for a while. Solid stuff. And, I imagine it’s on point? That its analysis and sort-of conclusions are spot-on-ish? I haven’t seen the film, I mean. Don’t think I’ve seen any Lars Von Trier, actually. People always tell me Anthichrist can kind of reprogram you, show you stuff you can’t shake for forever, but . . . guess that’s not completely an enticement for me, finally. I kind o…
December 13, 2018
12 Songs, One Dude
Seems I saw something along these lines circulating on social media. Trick is, I never fill in that form when it’s being passed around, as it always feels like I’m just fine-tuning my consumer profile so the social media outfit can sell me out at a higher price, when I’m sure my least mouse-swipe and all my purchases &etc are already doing that anyway, and probably snapping pics of me along the way. Here to talk music, though, not my mounting paranoia.&nb…
December 12, 2018
Merry Werewolf Christmas
Who's in your sack this year? #WerewolfWednesday #werewolf For @SGJ72, author of Mongrels. pic.twitter.com/PsoLPQamk0
— R. J. Crowther Jr. (@RJCrowtherJr) December 12, 2018
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