“Apparitions inside the stories themselves:” Trajan’s Arch
Andrew
Trajan’s Arch, a novel by Michael Williams, is one of those rare contemporary works that deliver a “literary” experience while still offering a large portion of unpretentious fun. It may…
August 2012
NEWS FLASH: Joining the team at BlackWyrm Publishing
BlackWyrm Publishing–the company that released Michael Williams’s recent novels Trajan’s Arch (2010) and Vine (2012) as well as many other compelling works of fantasy, horror, and science fiction–has signed my…
Dancing the “Ballet Mecanique”
response to class discussion of the French experimental film “Le Ballet Mecanique” (1924) For the last couple of years, I’ve been inching toward acceptance of the so-called “experimental” tradition in…
Camp Hands… of Fate
a response to RiffTrax’s presentation of the film Manos: The Hands of Fate Figure 1: DVD image for Manos At least in my own mind, for years I’ve been at…
Webbish Tickles
The idea of a web presence troubles me, which is my official excuse for not having had much of one despite studying and teaching about webbish things for many years.…