“Bro, you ain’t the only one who picks up the newspaper, knows where the library is, likes the big humbug in Beowulf, moving out on Grendel and whatnot, or fighting […]
Three Things I’m Excited For in 2026
“So much for comedy. So much for supposedly serious stuff.” – Kurt Vonnegut, ‘Galápagos’ Programming Note: there will be a Friday Links this Friday—gotta read Midwinter’s Day to end the […]
Ways My Thinking Changed In 2025
“In the long run, the survivors would still have been not the most ferocious strugglers but the most efficient fisherfolk.” – Kurt Vonnegut, ‘Galápagos’ As someone who likes the idea […]
2025 Year In Review
“The waiter whipped out a handkerchief and removed the feather. And that too was a horror: what have we lost when you can’t shake off your own jacket or wash […]
Clip Show 2025
“The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.” – Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ Apologies to my parents for the frank weed discussion […]
Shaving Noir
“I was neat, clean, shaved, and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it.” – Raymond Chandler, ‘The Big Sleep’ Real quick: new The Line Break this week! We talked […]
6 Things You Learn Fighting ICE
“Men go through life telling themselves a moment must come when they will show what they’re made of. And the moment comes, and they do show. And they spend the […]
A Short Afterward For ‘Behind With Knife’
“Can’t I just like horror because it’s great? Does there have to be some big explanation?” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘My Heart Is A Chainsaw’ Promise to keep this short. […]
Sub-Genre Slam! Cosmic Horror Edition
“I’ll take Cthulhu over you devils any day.” – Victor LaValle, ‘The Ballad Of Black Tom’ It’s the last week of Behind With Knife! We’ve had chapter 21, chapter 22, […]
Sub-Genre Slam! Horror Comedy Edition
“Yes she was in a great deal of pain but then we cut off her head and put a stake through her heart and she found peace” – Dr. Van […]