Friday, October 31, 2008

If Every Day Could Be Halloween....

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...I'd make it a lot like today. It's gorgeous outside. Comfortable, sunny, and loaded with fall colors. I worked only half a day — ...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

THE SOUND OF HORROR

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Back in the early 70s, I remember watching on TV a 1964 Spanish monster flick called The Sound of Horror and thinking it just might be th...

Crudbuster

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Indeed I did stay home today instead of venturing to ZombieCon. Hate to have missed it, but I think it was for the best. Took it easy during...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Walking Zombie

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I'm supposed to head over to ZombieCon in Chapel Hill in the morning, but I've been a bit under the weather this week, and I keep yo...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Book Em, Damned-Ro

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This past weekend, Mrs Death and I drove up to Waynesboro, VA, for Book Em, an event sponsored by the Waynesboro Police Department to promo...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

R.I.P. Harry Fassl

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I just found out that a good old friend has passed away — Harry Fassl, who provided countless photo-illustrations for Deathrealm as well as...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Dichotomy

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One of the hallmarks of my fiction, so I've been told by more than one critical reader, is its graphic depiction of beauty, frequently i...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Of Buckwheat, Catalpas, and Geocaches

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Mrs Death and I, along with our friends, the Albaneses (a.k.a. Team Alb), said the hell with economic crises, hit the road a good hour befor...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Naught for Norton

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Customer service is just about a thing of the past, but the other night, I think I discovered the hole at rock-bottom. Back in the old days ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Mr. Dickie Is Too Kind

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In Ron Dickie's review of Other Gods in the October edition of HorrorWorld , he remarks that "There is nothing quite like ope...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

The New Christy Minstrels and Gimme a "K"

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The New Christy Minstrels (L–R): Eddie Boggs, Buffalo Bill Boycott, Becky Jo Benson, Randy Sparks, Jackie Miller Davidson, Dolan Ellis,...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS

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As I mentioned a wee while back, Toho's 1966 WWE extravaganza, War of the Gargantuas, is now available domestically on DVD, paired wit...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

What Mystery!

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I just watched Goldfinger for about the hundredth time because, with Quantum of Solace coming up in the not-to-distant future, I got a 007...
Saturday, September 13, 2008

Torture

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There are those who believe that there is never justification for torture. I'm not so sure. In fact, I would not be deeply bothered if c...
Saturday, September 6, 2008

Smashing

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The compulsion to watch giant monsters trample Japan is, in my life, a chronic malady that I've long since learned to live with. From th...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

A Witness to One of Nature's Monumental Struggles...

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It seemed like just the kind of afternoon to go on a three-mile hike on the Reedy Fork Trail when I got off of work, so that's what I di...
Monday, September 1, 2008

Nostalgia

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Back in the good old dark ages of my youth (the orange and green plaid 70s), there was a sign by the nearby lake that said "No Dumping....
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Eleven...

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...geocaches found between 0600 and 0900 this morning. Pretty good haul; I waded through bogs, briers, poison plants, and giant spiders to ...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Deadline Time Again...

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So it'll be a working holiday weekend. Not that I mind. It's another goooood project. For completely different reasons, I have to ge...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Occult Detective Tackles OTHER GODS...

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...with devastating consequences. Occult Detective Reviews Other Gods I've been trashed, and I've been trashed, but this time...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Matt Cardin's Daemonyx

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A couple of months back at Mo*Con, I picked up from Matt Cardin a five-track CD sampler from his Daemonyx: Curse of the Daimon album. I...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

Fairystone Rocks!

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One of the neatest things about geocaching is that it takes Mrs Death and me to all kinds of places that we would otherwise never visit. In ...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Island of Terror

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Busy weekend here; mostly domestic chores, vehicle maintenance, a spot of creative work. I tell you, though, tonight I found myself seized ...
Saturday, August 9, 2008

KEEPERS OF THE DEAD

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Bob Freeman's Keepers of the Dead continues the saga of Cairnwood Manor and its resident population of werewolves, vampires, zombies,...
Friday, August 8, 2008

OTHER GODS Scares BQueen Out of Her Bonnet

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HorrorWatch's BQueen has just given Other Gods the royal review treatment. The HorrorWatch review site isn't working properly at t...
Thursday, August 7, 2008

Sometimes Geocaching Yields Unexpected Horrors

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When I’m out geocaching, I’m very careful about where I put my hands. I’ve encountered all kinds of nasties out in the wild, black widow ...
Sunday, August 3, 2008

Sometimes Geocaching Yields Unexpected Fruits

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Today, on my way back to Greensboro from Virginia, I stopped off at a few geocaches, and—lo and behold—out from one of them popped one of...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bummed

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Our next-door neighbors of the past four years, Paul and Jamie, left today to move out west, so a big old wave of depression has fallen upon...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Yellowjacket Hell

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That was our front porch for the past couple of weeks. We've had this old chair sitting out there, which should have been dumped years a...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Back in the Shadows Again

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Dark Shadows, that is. I've written an audio drama script for Big Finish Productions (UK), tentatively titled Dark Shadows: Path of Fat...
Friday, July 25, 2008

If You Know About It, It Knows About You...

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Want an autographed copy of the trade paperback edition of my new collection, Other Gods, from Dark Regions—for free? "If you know a...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Wampus Cat

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A couple of weeks back, I made mention of the Wampus Cat ( Grendel? Wampus Cat? Larry Talbot? ). Here's the answer: The Wampus Cat is...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Hell Is Just Ahead

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In my near-daily hunt for geocaches, I'm continually discovering new places in and around Greensboro. There are still miles and miles ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A Dark Regions Special

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I usually try to avoid a lot of noise and bluster and keep salesmanship fairly low-key around here. However, YOU GOTTA GO GET THIS PACKAGE ...
Monday, July 14, 2008

It Ain't Just Bastille Day...

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...It's also Mrs Death's birthday. Happy birfday, Mrs Death! (For anyone who isn't aware, Mrs Death is the wife.) She sure is ...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Happiness Is...

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1,200 tracks by Akira Ifukube ( Godzilla, kith and kin) on your iPod. A dirty martini with habanero pepper–stuffed olives. A contract f...
Monday, July 7, 2008

P.S. Chicago

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Oh, yeah. Some things have changed in Chicago. Used to be that if you stopped your car at a stoplight, somebody would come out, clean your w...
Sunday, July 6, 2008

RDU to ORD and Back

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Chicago is still there, all right. I saw it with my own eyes. Lived there back in the 80s and have visited many times since. In all my days,...