Family Dynamics Call the paramedics. Father is beyond distressed.I misplaced mother’s cosmetics… You can read the rest of the poem and get the playlist over at The Drunken Odyssey. Happy New Year! Continue reading Musicalia #152: Scattering the Mirth
First Steps Wave goodbye. Shout farewell.We no longer walkthis splintered stairway to hell…. You can get the rest of the poem and the playlists featuring Philip Miller, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Damon Smith and others over at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #151: The New Slide
Written by Jamie VaydaColoring and riso printing by J.T. Yost The story opens in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where Mustard, a chimpanzee boxer and fifth-generation chimp entertainer, crushes a much larger human opponent and is rewarded with a cigarette and a beer. Outside the ring, the Chimp Farm where Mustard performs is under protest, facing lawsuits, … Continue reading Sugarman: Primera Edición
Timon and Pyrrho What’s a cotter pin?It ain’t no Fraggle. Gotta rock in my hand.What’s your skull sound like? You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #149: A Smack of Olives
I was lucky to see the shorts blocks from this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival thanks to Horror DNA. You can read the review for each block below. It was an excellent selection, with many standouts including “Barlebas,” “Far from the Plains,” “Alice & the Little Green Men,” and “Belloe.” “Jeff” was my personal favorite. … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Shorts Blocks from the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
In his introduction, Brandon Grafius recalls being ten years old and attempting his first cover-to-cover read of the Bible. He found himself not shocked by the dull stretches but by the strange, violent, and uncanny bits never mentioned in Sunday school. That early discovery stayed with him, eventually inspiring his work on a PhD in … Continue reading At Horror DNA: Scared by the Bible
Waiting for Our Song I’m not alonein sensing the pressingof the almighty delete…. You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #148: Dancing in the Void
Bindled Barely awake, dressedfrom the night before, dense fogsettles on my eyes and chest… You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #147: Imagined Guests
If you’re interested in a genre-heavy lineage of women behind the camera, I Spit on Your Celluloid is a rich, wide-ranging resource. It spans from silent cinema to today, covering international, art, and micro-budget horror, with a range that eclipses many genre surveys. A few layout quirks aside, it’s an excellent guide for discovering new … Continue reading Recent Reading: I Spit on Your Celluloid and Shattenfroh
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