In this place marking our eternal return, we take respite to examine across various media the supernatural, myth, folklore, science-fiction, science-fantasy, dark fantasy, the weird tale, and much more.
This story is one of the behemoths upon which I'm currently at work. Part 1 The Descent “…the Nine were commanded by the fallen brother, and the Nine were obedient having thus been created by that brother, their Father, who bade them search the vastness of all time and space for that which had been… Continue reading Godfall
2. Paul’s mother poked her head inside his darkened room. His back was to her, but the hallway light cut a shaft of illumination that bisected the bedroom. “Are you awake?” She asked the prone body, back still to her, curled up as if undisturbed on the bed He had been for nearly two hours.… Continue reading 199 (A Brief Excerpt from a Novel-in-progress)
From before the dawn of recorded history, the peoples of the world relied on myth to explain the earthly phenomena they observed around them. You may recognize some of the more popular texts collecting these myths as they evolved from oral histories: Popol Vuh (Mayan), Kalevala (Finnish), The Odyssey and The Iliad (Greek), The Nibelungenlied… Continue reading Project Blue Book and Modern Myth in America—Part II
1. Apart from Stoker’s Dracula, I’m not sure I have really ever been a wild fan of the vampire tale. Over the years, I have encountered some memorable and unique takes on vampire stories (the films: Lost Boys, Fright Night, Let the Right One In, Cronos, Near Dark, to name a few; the novels: Let… Continue reading Anna and the Apocalypse – A Zombie Christmas Musical
With only a few aired episodes under its belt, History Channel’s new offering, Project Blue Book, has, for me, shifted from questionable program on my list of DVR timers to one verging on essential. Starring Aiden Gillen (Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish from HBO’s Game of Thrones) as Dr. Josef Allen Hynek, this historical drama takes as… Continue reading Project Blue Book and Modern Myth in America—Part I
The Passage, by author Justin Cronin, is an engaging story that keeps one turning the pages well into the wee hours when one should be asleep. It is the first novel of a trilogy, and it plays its hand close to the vest. Reminiscent of Stephen King’s The Stand, Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain, and… Continue reading The Passage – Novel vs. Television Adaptation
Beneath a deep blue sky, down from mist-wreathed, ice-capped mountains and through a purple wood snaked a silver river whose waters emptied into a vast, gray ocean. Those waters, guided by the probing fingers shaped by the shore’s sunken delta, pointed the pathways those wayward waters must follow where they mingled with the salted sea,… Continue reading Ouroboros (An Excerpt)
