“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. […]
Does Your Book Have Buildings and Trees?
“and the days rummaging his eyes / and the nights flickering through a slit / of narrow bars. hips. thighs.” – from ‘does Your House have Lions?’ by Sonia Sanchez […]
You Only Like The Beginnings Of Things: Having Ideas In Speculative Fiction
“The Orb 4 had grand if unrealized plans…Not only were there to be ‘solo novels’ spun off by the members, but…talk of graphic novels, poetry chapbooks, and at least one […]
Unwriting Copaganda
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero…” – Raymond Chandler, “The Simple Art of Murder”
What Does Success Look Like To You?
“There’s a place some of us choose to live / gated community cops can’t come in / a neighborhood for punks over the hill” – NOFX, “Mattersville”
I Had An Idea For A Story
“I got ideas, man! I got ideas! Like, how bout a shirt that says, I don’t know, LOSER. Or a hat! A f–kin hat that goes BEEOOOOWWWEEEET!” – Lance Brumder, ‘Orange County’ (2002)