Art, Culture, Literature

Inspiration. It’s that bolt of blue that hits every living creature, from when we’re learning to crawl until we are leaning towards the grave. What or who inspires us is varied, which is fantastic! After all, what’s more visually striking—a ...

“I cannot, for my soul, remember how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia. Long years have since elapsed, and my memory is feeble through much suffering. Or, perhaps, I cannot now bring these ...

This is a book that deserves a place on your bookshelf right next to Paul R. Gagne's classic tome The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh: The Films of George A. Romero.

Before we begin, let me take you back to 1989. I was 13. It was the year of Tim Burton’s Batman, starring Michael Keaton. Comics were huge at the time. It was a great age to be a Marvel reader ...

Leslie S. Klinger, the annotator of The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, is a very thorough fellow. His attention to detail is intensive and his penchant for in-depth research dazzles. In this second volume, the follow-up to 2014’s The ...

Coming out of certain mouths, the word tourist can seem dirty. Downright nasty, if the speaker has enough of a chip on their hunched in, tense shoulders. But everyone is a tourist at some point in their lives. Travelling abroad ...

The name Kit Power is undoubtedly familiar to many horror fans. The author of the novel GodBomb, Power’s work has also been published in magazines such as Splatterpunk and Kzine and his short stories can be found in a number ...

Bullies have played a significant and recurring role in Stephen King’s work from his earliest days as a published author. In these works, the bullies represent a significant and (generally) familiar villain for his protagonist(s) to overcome, often amid their ...

“My mother’s maiden name was McConnell. Her ancestors are Canadian, Irish, Scotch and Welsh. And, on the Harper side, they are French, English and, according to my sister, American Indian. But, I think her addition of American Indian came after ...

Right up until the end, when the subtitle “Chapter One” gets used for the first time, I thought It (2017) would be a standalone movie. Then the jig was up because blockbusters aren’t like TV shows. They don’t tease sequels ...