Half Ghost Story Can’t buy the kids nothingwith a dime no more, though it might be deadly in a slingshot… You can read the rest of the poem and get the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #157: Half Satori
Skull to Crib From skull to crib and back again, every ache, each moan, echoed back in grinding monotone… You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #156: Skull to Crib
You can read my review at Horror DNA. Continue reading At Horror DNA: Of Beasts
Greying Awake at two again, with a headof smoke that once filled other rooms, other years. The inert stale air… Read the rest of the poem and get the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #155: Morning’s Crucible
VersesMad as a wet hen,he threw a monkeywrenchinto the lion’s den. The cat got his tongue… You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #154: Monkeywrench in the Lion’s Den
Omensetter’s Luck (1966)William H. Gass is often regarded as one of the pioneers of American postmodern literature, alongside Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover, and William Gaddis, among others. Omensetter’s Luck was Gass’s first novel, and the manuscript was stolen from his desk, so he re-wrote the entire thing from memory. Plot’s not the thing here, and … Continue reading Recent Reading: William H. Gass
Seasonal SweepsI tried to annex more complicated feelings,to clear the decks, but these unruly sects,more concealing than healing… You can get the rest of the poem and the playlist at The Drunken Odyssey. Continue reading Musicalia #153: Grunted Chords
(I thought I had reposted these since The Terror Test is no more, but I missed this one.) Test Prep is a series of essays that I occasionally wrote to complement episodes of The Terror Test, a horror podcast. Originally written for Episode 46 on Les Diaboliques (1955) and High Tension (2003). Amour Fou-Frou Until … Continue reading From the Eunoia Archives: The Terror Test: Test Prep #14
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
Stephen McClurg 