So if you’ve listened carefully to science fiction movie trailers over the past 30 or so years, there’s a sound effect that’s used–a grand, sweeping, heavy bass orchestral hit that I can only express in writing as “BWAAA.” It’s grossly overused in SF movie trailers.
A Dark Song
Few films have ever moved me to tears, but this is one of them. (CONTAINS SPOILERS)
Why I Left the HWA
Last year I allowed my subscription to the Horror Writers’ Association slip into abeyance. Here’s why.
Achievement Unlocked: Terminal Degree
I successfully defended my thesis novel last night. In a few days, I will be hooded a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction.
A Swing and a Miss
I received a rejection today.
The Hour of Fear
As Stephen King’s IT continues to break records, another horror film rises to the #1 slot this weekend.
Chuck Tingle and Left Homophobia
I’m an old-school lefty, an American socialist long before socialism was cool, raised by a Marxist father to believe in the rights of the working class and the need for equality for all before the eyes of the law. But lately, the new left has begun to irritate me on a number of fronts. One particularly irritating aspect of new-leftism is the emergence of left homophobia.
