Today’s six come from a pivotal story in my life: not for its quality (though I find some things to enjoy even now) or because it was my first “official” publication (though it was) but because it brought me kind words from Clive Barker. His Lord of Illusions short story contest inspired me to write…
Category: Clive Barker
BitchBuzz: Good Witch/Bad Witch
My latest column engages with an old topic: Christine O’Donnell: Good or Bad Witch? If you were living under a rock you might have missed the fact that television personality and part-time poker of hot topics, Bill Maher, resurrected footage from a decade or so ago showcasing rabid right-wing American Senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell, darling…
BitchBuzz: Repetition
My latest piece for BitchBuzz is all about repetition, i.e. our addiction to sequelitis. I manage to name check the Fall, Clive Barker and Doug Bradley. Pretty good record for this vicinity: “This is the three Rs, the three Rs,” Mark E. Smith sang back in the late seventies, “Repetition, repetition, repetition.” I think that’s…
Clive in Chicago
If you’re in Chicago, you have a great show to see: Clive Barker’s art at the Packer Schopf Gallery. One day only — this Sunday. If you go, get me something, eh? He’ll also be at a screening of Midnight Meat Train at the Music Box. The trailer does make it look like a slasher…
In the Great Grey Beast
The great gray beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive. Here he was, buried in the belly of that smothering month, wondering if he would ever find his way out through the cold coils that lay between here and Easter.He didn’t think much of his chances. Clive Barker, The Thief of…
K. A. Laity 