Saturday, June 30, 2012

E-burst

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The western sky at dusk, viewed from U.S. Hwy. 58, just east of Martinsville, VA, 6-29-12 When I left work at 4:30 PM yesterday afterno...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

HorrorWorld v. Moab

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"After devouring The Gods of Moab in one short sitting, this novella has not only has become my favorite work by the author, it has ...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

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An opulent spread at Volcano Hibachi & Sushi Restaurant in Elizabeth Ci...
Friday, June 22, 2012

The Bermuda Depths

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One of my little pleasures in life is revisiting some of the scary TV movies from the 1970s. For the most part, they weren't particul...
Monday, June 18, 2012

The Deeps

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Okay, not "the deeps," as in Bradbury's "The Foghorn"; more as in "Let's grab a geocache down in a big...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

PROMETHEUS: An Engineering Marvel

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It's a bit of a mess, Prometheus , but it's an exciting, visually stunning, and ultimately satisfying mess. I was a fan of Ridley...
Saturday, June 9, 2012

Better Places

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I'm quite certain I heard the big black tree say to the little one next to it, "I AM YOUR FATHER." A nice evening with Ki...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

The Nightmare Chasm

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I'm pretty sure I heard King Kong and a T-rex fussing in the distance. In the past year, I have written numerous blog entries about ...
Saturday, June 2, 2012

THE GODS OF MOAB: A Contest!

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You do enjoy being scared silly, don't you? Enter The Gods of Moab Contest for a chance to score some of the scariest crap that eve...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

This Old House

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Not many things strike fear in the old dude's heart more than Rob "robgso" Isenhour saying, in reference to one of his new g...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Music From the Shadows

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I've been on a Dark Shadows kick lately, in case that hasn't been obvious to you who who've lurking in dark corners. (I know ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

If You Can't Laugh at Yourself...

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Damned Drowned Rodan ...God and the rest of the world can. I've a pretty strong feeling that, yesterday afternoon, God was looking ...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Ah, Critics

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Dark Shadows fandom is a relatively big, organic thing, encompassing several generations, and the new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie has bro...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Dark Shadows: The Labyrinth of Souls

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Back when I had more hair, Elizabeth Massie and I co-wrote our first novel together— Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark —for HarperColl...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Trail of Dark Shadows

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The hollow between Sam Lions and Cherokee Trails, in Martinsville, VA — the beginning of the Trail of Dark Shadows That's what ...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Moments of Shadow

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Imax definitely adds a little something to the cinematic experience, and I'm glad I saw Dark Shadows in Imax because the experience...