2024-09-22 08:00:01 What inspired you to start writing? I am often inspired by trippy things, the uncanny, and stories involving divergent perspectives. For my latest book, I was inspired by a lot of different things that came together in…
2024-09-21 08:00:32 What inspired you to start writing? When I started my self-published comic book series, one of the many roles alongside drawing was the writing process. Being a visual person, writing out details to convey the image to…
2024-09-20 08:10:12Reviewed by E.S. Magill Short story in Shadows in the Stacks: A Horror Anthology, edited by Vincent V. Cava, James Sabata, and Jared Sage Trigger Warning: This review addresses mental health. Synopsis: Nine-year old Moira lives immersed in the…
2024-09-20 08:00:50 What inspired you to start writing? I’ve been a longtime collector of magazines, zines, and journals about all kinds of art, music, folklore–you name it. The more obscure and the strange, the better. I had written a…
2024-09-19 08:00:26 What inspired you to start writing? I could tell you that every time I write I start from scratch, it’s like a leap into the void. I’ve been doing it for as long as I can remember.…
2024-09-18 08:10:12NOTABLE WORKS REVIEW: We Have Always Lived in the Castle, novel by Shirley Jackson First published by Viking Press, 1962. Reviewed by Rosemary Thorne TRIGGER WARNING: This review addresses mental health. Synopsis: Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of…
2024-09-18 08:00:36 What inspired you to start writing? My fourth-grade teacher recognized my ADHD tendencies to constantly daydream and make up stories and encouraged me to write them down. While it took me a while to claim the professional…
2024-09-17 08:00:22 Welcome to Latin American horror! Latin American horror literature reflects human darkness. Beyond ghosts, what scares us the most is what we carry inside. It is not the monsters or the ghosts that add the disturbing component…
2024-09-16 08:10:45NOTABLE WORKS REVIEW: “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reviewed by Brooklyn Ann Butler. New England Magazine, National Library of Medicine, and now public domain. Trigger Warning: This review addresses mental health. Synopsis: A woman with postpartum…
2024-09-15 08:00:30 By Tom Joyce As a novelist, short-story writer, filmmaker, playwright, and theater director, John Patrick Higgins has explored the art of story-telling from many different perspectives. In this month’s edition of Nuts & Bolts, he discusses the counterintuitive…