Art, Culture, Literature

Fucked up and over at the miserable old age of 70, Jim Thompson died at home in, of all places, Los Angeles-a town that promised golden dreams to an aging novelist who’s novel writing days were over. He got fucked ...

Conjure this: a witchy burlesque show and psychic reading performed monthly at a haunted venue in Los Angeles. Not just a scene from a Jess Franco film, this evening of entertainment—called “Belle, Book, and Candle”—is the work of iconic artist, ...

Joe likes his music, attending weekend gigs in his best shmatta of brogues, Sta-Prest trousers, and Brutus shirts. He avoids the National Front elements creeping into his beloved Skinhead world, preferring to get pissed or get laid, hopefully both. The ...

If I am being completely honest, I have been waiting for this book of essays from Bruce Campbell for two years now. I have read his showbiz memoirs (If Chins Could Kill and Hail to the Chin) as well as ...

Espionage has been dubbed “The World’s Second Oldest Profession.” In the world of fiction, the spy genre has demonstrated that it is a staple in literature and cinema. Spy fiction targets the allure of intrigue and recognizes a public fascination ...

“Is it ‘saucers, Satanists, or CIA?’: All have received accusing glances as the mutilations investigation has proceeded. The ‘answers’ may lie with any of these—or with all—or with none.” ~ Thomas R. Adams, Project Stigmata, March 1978 The image that ...

Writer and filmmaker Sean Hogan is a prolific one-man hyper-creative, in the past, he has produced the excellent comic book documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD (2014), and contributed as a scriptwriter on grisly 21st-century shocker The Borderlands ...

Neil Gaiman took the reader on a magical mystery tour when American Gods was first published in 2001. The prodigious novel displayed creatively dexterous literary prestidigitation and was greeted with accolades. A slew of genre Best Novel awards followed in ...

I was sitting in a golf cart with Frank Darabont one day during the filming of The Green Mile, talking Stephen King with him while waiting for a shot to be set up.  “What’s your favorite King novel?” he asked ...

The hardest part of writing this review, other than battling with the constant voice in my head which shouts ‘why didn’t you think of this?’ is trying to describe the work’s merits without giving too much away. However, it’s damn ...