Godmothers of Noir and my new Bookshop.
Classic Noir: Two by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding K. A. Laity
Godmothers of Noir and my new Bookshop.
Month: May 2020
Coming Soon: Bissette, Moore & Me
The cat’s out of the bag on this long-gestating project: my contribution came about from the 2010 Conference on Alan Moore at the University of Northampton that the now-sadly-departed Nathan Wiseman-Trowse organised. My presentation: Rite Here: Ritual, Performance and the Magick of Place From his first public working, The Birth Caul, Alan Moore has always had…
Murder in My High School by K. A. Laity
The two folks I still know from that time have reminded me of other things. Perhaps I’ll need a longer essay…
Losing my Religion by K. A. Laity
Looking for your path to success? Probably do the opposite of what these two do…
Hellebore 2: Get Yours!
Issue #2 of Hellebore is out in the wilds. Get your copy here (and order the first issue, too). Jam-packed full of magic and lore. My piece is on fairies as ‘the wild gods of the land’ — of course I namecheck Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Graham Joyce’s Some Kind of…
Confession by K. A. Laity
I confess, I confess…
Punk Before Punk: The Party’s Over (1962/5/6) by K. A. Laity
Who can resist Ollie?
Film for a Friday: The Scoundrel (1935)
Yes, the end of grading is in sight! Here’s an entertainment for you that manages to be both tart and sweet — or possibly leaning over into sappy a bit by the end. However, the script by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur positively sings at its best — especially since the best of those lines…