Lesson: this is what happens when you complain about something to generally nice people — you get asked to share your opinion, too. I commented on Ms. Magazine‘s initial post on Joanna Russ’ passing by expressing my disappointment that the piece was so cursory and written by someone who said she didn’t really read the…
Category: horror
Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: Spirit of the Beehive
A film of incredible beauty, sadness and love for the monster: Victor Erice’s magical 1973 film, Spirit of the Beehive. Think of this as the prelude to Guillermo del Toro’s films, especially The Devil’s Backbone. How the unimaginable horror of war seems to the unfathoming innocence of a child. There aren’t enough movies that awe…
Picking up the Chalk Again
I have to be on campus early to teach today and I’m still playing catch up, so here’s a “golden oldie” and a couple of bits of news: There’s still two more days to vote for my voodoo zombie western “High Plains Lazarus” as best horror short of 2010 in the Predators & Editors poll….
Horrified
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Others, Reportedly Shot And Killed Well, Sarah Palin, I guess your target map worked. Don’t fool yourself that it’s just Arizona: that complacency has brought this country to the edge of a terrible abyss.
Friday’s Forgotten Films: What a Carve Up!
Bending the rules a bit (do you expect any less from me?), I offer not a neglected tome but an overlooked bit of celluloid. In my defence, I just learned about it last night — thanks to the lovely Caroline Gold — and watched it right then thanks to YouTube. The film was not only…
Happy Yule, Jane Quiet, Elena & Providence
The solstice is upon us and it pays to remember that the longest night also means it’s time for the return of the light. Here’s my perennial offering on Anglo-Saxon Yule that ended up online without my putting it there. At least they credited me as author. I’ve got another piece up at Polite Company…
Publications: The Last Ant and High Plains Lazarus
Good news of late: two rather difficult to place items both found homes. “The Last Ant” is a short humor piece than amused me to no end, but apparently bemused a number of editors who turned it down flat. I am an acquired taste, as always. It will be appearing in a future issue of…
More Jane Quiet!
Drop by the Jane Quiet site to see the new developments — gotta get back to work on that script! Elena’s catching up to me.
Publications: "Touched by an Angel" & 21st Century Gothic
I just received a copy of the cover of the new collection 21st Century Gothic which features my essay on Graham Joyce’s [AKA William Heaney’s] Memoirs of a Master Forger. It was one of those projects that comes out of the blue and then — typical for me anyway — I forget all about it…