As another story of school violence comes out where a worker has been brutally beaten until unconscious and the student wouldn’t have stopped their beating until the victim was dead if they had not been restrained we have to ask ourselves what it will take to wake us up. A brutal war has been going… Continue reading A Legacy of Rage
Month: February 2023
Another SHADOW ON THE VIOLETS Tease
One of the really fun things I found in writing this book was that it allowed me to create a fictional book series from another time which had inspired the main character of A SHADOW ON THE VIOLETS. The book series focuses on an old farmer named Leery and his goat, named Lucifer, who helps… Continue reading Another SHADOW ON THE VIOLETS Tease
Smaller, and Smaller, and Smaller
With another Marvel movie release there are more naysayers that speak of the glut of Marvel and superhero films and the weariness some find in these movies. To me it’s silly because these are a subgenre now standing between action movies and sci-fi movies. They have proven themselves and they’re here. I get it, folks… Continue reading Smaller, and Smaller, and Smaller
The Slippery Real
Boy, oh boy did that slippery slope we have all been navigating suddenly turn into a water flume ride. WHOOSH! Down we go. It was bad enough when we had to start contending with the new breed of gaslighters who did it for profit and power alone. Bad actors that weaponized misinformation in ways never… Continue reading The Slippery Real
Leave It
There’s something a bit macabre and unnerving in the need to whitewash, for lack of a better term, fiction and ‘art’ of any sort. While civilization and attitudes and beliefs should (should, I say) be more malleable, ‘fact’ and history should be set in stone. You don’t have to like it or agree with it… Continue reading Leave It
Because Maybe We Don’t Care
I talked about bullying in the past but on seeing some recent news stories I thought I’d dive back in but in another part of that unfortunately large lake. I was bullied as a kid. Welcome to the world, right? Everyone is bullied during their life, whether by schoolmates, friends, lovers, family, or strangers. There… Continue reading Because Maybe We Don’t Care
THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
I say it all the time but man alive do I love it when filmmakers tackle a style of found footage and keep to it. I love when they take that level of seriousness in hand and see it through. Much of the time this happens you end up seeing a more compelling film. Not… Continue reading THE DEATH OF APRIL – found footage review
A Shadow On The Violets – paperback!
Hey there! I updated the paperback edition of the book to exclude the amazing pattern for the cover art. This drops the price down considerable and makes it a much more palatable price. If you still want the pattern, it's in the back of the hardcover book. I adore this book, and know you will… Continue reading A Shadow On The Violets – paperback!
Death From Above – blog
I can’t tell you when the world changed, but it did. We changed with it. The change in us took time, naturally, a slow change that has been painful to watch but is there just the same. A change that you ask - when did it start? Vietnam? The AIDS epidemic? September 11th? Columbine? What… Continue reading Death From Above – blog
Down, Down, Down We Go
It really is a wonder that children are as generally reasonable as they are considering what surrounds them. Adults have not only killed civility but we have pulled it apart, buried it, and then urinated on its grave. It would seem that as adults force children to grow up at a younger and younger age… Continue reading Down, Down, Down We Go
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2 – Book of Shadows – and such…
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2 was sorta doomed from the outset, wasn’t it? It was the sequel to a film that had been a touchstone for indie horror and had lit up pop culture. It rekindled a dormant sub-sub genre and had birthed a thousand imitators and parodies. The trouble with success is that it… Continue reading THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 2 – Book of Shadows – and such…
Art Is History/Art Is Commerce
It seems almost comical that we are suddenly thrust into a time of corporate greed and power that art can be made to casually disappear in order to save a few dollars. We are in a time when the malfeasance and poor business practices of corporations and mega-corporations has filtered down to the creative side… Continue reading Art Is History/Art Is Commerce
TERROR TRAIN 2 – review
Choo-Choo, all aboard the murder express! I guess. Someone used that in a review, right? Tell me they did. SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE. Other than me, that is. Maybe not. So many folks try to be Clever Dans but just come off as snarky or mean. It isn’t even that it’s clever, it’s just, I… Continue reading TERROR TRAIN 2 – review
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 