Oldboy’s Failed Cultural Imagination
Andrew
Writing a bad review of Spike Lee’s Oldboy is, at this point, rather redundant, as the film is already failing by all the usual critical and financial metrics. However, I…
Dark Delicacies and other pleasures, Dec. 1, 2pm Pacific
Before I started publishing my work, two bookstores captured my imagination and became backdrops for book-signing fantasies. One of them, Oxford Books in Atlanta, no longer exists. The other, Dark…
Descending Lines Launch Party, Nov. 12!
It’s here in Louisville, and it’s all over the world. Check it out!
Stephen Zimmer’s Hellscapes: Fantasies of Damnation
For background on Hellscapes and an interview with Stephen Zimmer, see my guests’ page. To launch the collection of Stygian narratives in Hellscapes, Volume 1, Stephen Zimmer cites three primary…
Michael West’s The Wide Game: Memorable Horrors
For background on The Wide Game and an interview with Michael West, see my guests’ page. The Wide Game is a tense, well-structured page-turner that draws on regional flavor–the fictional…