Loren Rhoads's Blog, page 92
July 21, 2010
Disappointing second volume
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume 2 by Gordon Dahlquist My rating: 3 of 5 stars You know how some episodes of Dr. Who seem to consist mostly of the characters running through dark hallways? This entire book is composed of the three main characters running blindly through the hallways and tunnels of Harschmont House. There's so much running around that there's barely time for ...
July 15, 2010
Living on hold
I haven't blogged in a really long time. Since the art show closed, there hasn't been much going on. I keep waiting for something to happen, but despite my best efforts, that doesn't seem likely any time soon. So I just keep waiting...I did manage to finish the revision of Jet Lag and Other Blessings finally. It's at my writing group now. I'll get their critique at the end of the ...
June 22, 2010
Steampunk apocalypse
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this book after seeing its movie adaptation, so my view of it may be colored by that experience. I thought the conservation message was much clearer (albeit approaching heavy-handed) in the book. In the movie, things seemed to be winding down in the city, but there was much less of a sense of urgency. In the book, it's clearer ...
June 15, 2010
Me and Death
Here I am at the Borderlands Cafe on Valencia. The Morbid Curiosity art show is still up, if you'd like to swing by. Hope it makes you as happy as it makes me.
June 12, 2010
You've got to read this!
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume 1 by Gordon Dahlquist My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was an amazing ride. The bookseller who recommended it to me described it at a steampunk Perils of Pauline, with a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter. She didn't tell me how much I would come to enjoy the company of the characters. The blossoming young lady who grew up on a plantation in the ...
June 9, 2010
Morbid blog tour: Jane Falkenberg
I met Jane Falkenberg when she was showing the painting "Rose of Sorrow" at the World Horror Convention in Denver in 2000. I picked up her card in the art show, dropped her a note, and asked if I could use her painting for the cover of Morbid Curiosity #4.Over the course of the magazine, I struggled with the decision to put a pretty girl on the cover like Gothic Beauty or Carpe Noctem. I felt ...
June 8, 2010
The Artists of Morbid Curiosity
Just a reminder: the Morbid Curiosity art show is up at the Borderlands Cafe until the end of June. I'd like to introduce you to the participants.The bulk of Suzanne Dechnik's work—as published in Morbid Curiosity—dissected her relationship to Catholicism. The techniques she employed ranged from pen and ink to oils to colored pencils to "stained glass." Suzanne worked first in ...
June 4, 2010
The Art of Morbid Curiosity
For 10 years, Morbid Curiosity was a one-of-a-kind cult magazine which gained a devoted following for its celebration of absurd, grotesque, and poignant tales — all true — submitted from across the country and around the world. Last year Scribner collected many of editor Loren Rhoads's favorite stories in the anthology Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, ...
June 2, 2010
Want a piece of Morbid Curiosity?
Morbid Curiosity editor Loren Rhoads has gathered prints, photographs, collages, and original artwork to showcase her favorite images from magazine and the book Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Stories of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox, and Usual. Featured artists include Dorian Katz, R. Samuel Klatchko, M. Parfitt, Erik Quarry, Suzanne Dechnik, Mike Hunter, Chris Schnapp, Hugues Leblanc, Kimberlee Traub, and Timothy Renner.
Artwork from the cult magazine Morbid Curiosity & the book Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues: True Tales of the Unsavory, Unwise, Unorthodox, and Unusual will be for sale in June at
The Borderlands Café
870 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
between 19th and 20th Streets
Join us for the opening
Friday, June 4 at 7-9 p.m.
More info:
(415) 970-6998
borderlands-cafe.com
Get more on Loren Rhoads at SimonandSchuster.com
June 1, 2010
The morbid summer newsletter
WANT A PIECE OF MORBID CURIOSITY?The look of Morbid Curiosity magazine was defined by underground and outsider artists. Drawing from punk rock collage, Goth fashion design, and fine arts photography, the magazine's illustrators explored the inevitability of decay, especially the beauty of the skull beneath the skin. Morbid Curiosity editor Loren Rhoads has gathered prints, photographs, ...
