Last night, we watched Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills (2021), the latter of which, thanks to these weird times we’re living in, is streaming for free on Peacock. I wasn’t a fan of the Rob Zombie reboot and even less of a fan of its sequel, so the news that that John Carpenter was returning, along with a talented group of writers and filmmakers, to … Continue reading Halloween Kills
People like horror because it speaks to something primal that still exists within them. It forces them to face things they’re hardwired to be afraid of. What do you do, then, if you’re a Christian teen growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s at the height of the “Satanic Panic,” and not allowed to watch Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and Friday the 13th? Maybe … Continue reading Growing up with Christian Horror
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I notice cars that sit unattended for long periods of time, and after a sufficient amount of time has passed, I take a peek inside of them. Here is one such vehicle. It’s likely my imagination, but I got kind of a chill as I approached. There were two baby seats in back, with a child’s sweatshirt bunched up in one of them. In front, … Continue reading Inside a creepy abandoned car
From Effugium book IV: CHAPTER ONE “Saints, it is with great pleasure that we gather here today for the perfectly pious purpose of presenting yet another of our precious progeny to the Creators. It shall be a new creature, filled with the spirit of the Fathers, the Sons, the Holy Ghosts and the blessed Prophet Himself.” Father Xooka heard scattered grumbles and mumbles from the … Continue reading Exordium: Sneak Preview
There was a talk radio show out of Reedsport, Oregon in the late 1980s called The Alan Stone Program. It was similar in tone and subject matter to Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell, so it obviously existed to capitalize on the success of said show. Except it was better. A friend of mine in high school who’d moved to Oklahoma from Oregon had … Continue reading A talk radio caller in 1989 discussed iPhones.
I’ve been doodling these little characterizations of how people perceive their political opposites, and what it al looks like to me. Sometimes the perceptions are understandable, given social media hysterics. If you’re bothered by what’s looking back at you in the mirror, though, don’t get mad at the mirror. Continue reading What people think of each other
I wrote this story in my twenties, sometime in the early 2000s. I didn’t write much at the time, but occasionally a story would pop out of me, and this one of those stories. I found it on an old flash drive this morning. “Christ, what am I doing here?” I ask myself for the umpteenth time today. Standing somewhere in the middle of the … Continue reading Payouts
Decades ago I read about the Carrington Event, a solar storm that decimated telegraph systems in 1859. What if that happened today? I wondered. Nobody seemed to be talking about it. Yesterday, I started thinking about it out of the blue and Googled it because I experienced a sudden “bad feeling” about it. Turns out, people besides scientists are talking about it. It’s been picked … Continue reading Still “f*cking love science?”
I’ve noticed a trend: A ton of major entertainment events were scheduled at the very beginning of the Delta surge, a time when the predominant narrative was that it was more dangerous than ever to go places and enjoy life. Weeks later, they started cancelling them. Sure, makes sense. They didn’t know. This stuff had been in the works for months, most likely. I’ll certainly … Continue reading The new “cancel culture“
