Battling Demons, Inside and Out… Later.

“So yeah, I see dead people. As far as I can remember, I always have… It can be interesting, it can be scary sometimes, it can be a pain in the ass, but mostly it just is. Like being left-handed or being able to play classical music when you’re like three years old or getting early-onset Alzheimer’s.” Later is a 2021 publication by Stephen King, … Continue reading Battling Demons, Inside and Out… Later.

Inspiration in Full Color: Mystery and Horror in the Granite State

 “Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” — P. J. O’Rourke  I love New Mexico and appreciate the foliage the hot air balloons provide for me each October. That said, I sometimes miss New Hampshire and that first two weeks of October where I felt like I lived in fairy land. There’s really nothing like … Continue reading Inspiration in Full Color: Mystery and Horror in the Granite State

Psychological Thrillers of the 1970s… Now those were Scary Movies

“Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.”   ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle It’s just before Halloween and a certain eleven-year-old you want to entertain really likes the idea of a horror movie. Before torture-slashers and Nightmare on Elm Street were the order of the day, I remember Friday Fright Night on Channel 38. Those films from the 1970s… now, those were scary movies. … Continue reading Psychological Thrillers of the 1970s… Now those were Scary Movies

Exploring Dark Places with Gillian Flynn

“The Days were a clan that mighta lived long But Ben Day’s head got screwed on wrong That boy craved dark Satan’s power So he killed his family in one nasty hour Little Michelle he strangled in the night Then chopped up Debby: a bloody sight Mother Patty he saved for last Blew off her head with a shotgun blast Baby Libby somehow survived But … Continue reading Exploring Dark Places with Gillian Flynn