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Review of The Company of Wolves

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Robert

If you’re interested in reading my thoughts on the 1984 film The Company of Wolves, check out the guest review I wrote for the Month of Horror series on my good friend Cameron Cook’s blog, Underrated or Misinterpreted. How could you … Continue reading →

Posted in Criticism & Reviews | Tagged Angela Carter, Cameron Cook, fairy-tale films, horror films, Neil Jordan, The Company of Wolves (1984) | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Robert

“He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.” ~Henry James Here are some shiny things that caught my eye … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged Action Comics #431, Akihiro Yanai, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, alternative history (ideas), American English vs. British English, animation, anthologies, Audible.com, Axel Medellin Machain, Barbarann Garrand, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Towle, Bluebeard Tales from Around the World, blushing, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buttersafe, cake, Cameron Cook, candy (Hallowe'en), Captain America, Chris Dugas, Chuck Wendig, Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman, contact juggling, Coraline, Cthulu, Daily Science Fiction, David B. Coe, DC Women Kicking Ass, Don't bore Nina!, Dracula, Emily Carroll, Evil Dead II (1987), Fairy Tales for Twenty-Somethings, fairy-tale films, False Positive, film trailers, flax-golden tales, folie à deux, Frankenstorm, Frozen (Disney), Gabriela Pereira, Ghosts in the Machines by Neil Gaiman, Gizmo, Grant Snider, Gremlins, Halloween II (2009), Hansel & Gretel, Heidi Anne Heiner, Henry James, His Face All Red by Emily Carroll, horror fiction, horror films, Hush, intestinal microbiota transplantation, jack-o'-lanterns, Jane Sprague, Jeremy Enecio, Jon Neill, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leite's Culinaria, London fog, Long Fingers in Dark Shadows by Erin Morgenstern, magic tricks, Marc Basile, microbiology, Mike Walton, monsters (Jewish), monsters (North American), monsters (sexy), My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead, My Mother's Body by Christie Yant, Neil Gaiman, neuroscience, objective correlative, Obscurus Lupa, P. Craig Russell, Paranormal Activity, personal essay, Phone Booth by Holli Mintzer, placebo effect, portal fantasy, premenstrual syndrome, Project Runway, psychopathy, pumpkin carving, pumpkins, Ray Villafane, Rich Ferguson, serial killers, setting, shivers up the spine, Snickers, Snow White, SurLaLune Fairy Tales, Susan J. Morris, teeth, The Cannibal Innkeeper (Romania), The Chosen One by Huston Lowell, The Graveyard Book, The Lonton Lass, The Lord of Rosendal (Sweden), The New Kid Is No Angel by James Valvis, The Newsstand at Mike's Amazing World of Comics, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Shadowy Third by Ellen Glasgow, The Silk Nightcap, The Snow Queen, The Super Team Family Blog, The Terrible Old Man by H.P. Lovecraft, Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany, Thumbelina, Timothy Hooten, Tituba, Tom Gauld, Too Fond by Leanna Renee Hieber, Tor.com, toy collections, trolls, Trophy Wife by Samantha Murray, Troy Jensen, Walter Mitty, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket, Wicked Witch of the West, Wide Open by Deborah Coates, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray Harker, Willy Wonka, Wizart Animation, Wonder Woman, writing prompts, you (plural), zombies | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Robert

“All things on earth point home in old October; sailers to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.” ~Thomas Wolfe Here are … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, Alabaster, All Hallow's Read, allergies, AlphaBooks, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, animation, Apex Magazine, Banned Books Week, bees, Ben Towle, Blitzen Trapper, Blood Oranges by K.C. Shaw, Bookshelf Porn, Bruce Boxleitner, Cabin in the Woods, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Cape Breton, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), Chet Phillips, Christopher Blake, Clarkesworlde Magazine, Conjunctions by Neil Gaiman, Crimson Fox, Daily Science Fiction, Dancy Flammarion, Daniel Radcliffe, Darkness by Lord Byron, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC Women Kicking Ass, Dexter (cupcakes), Documentation Centre at the Library and Archives of the National Museum Reina Sofia Art Centren in Madrid, Dodger (excerpt) by Terry Pratchett, Enchanted Conversation, England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss, Fall of the House of Usher, film trailers, Finland, flax-golden tales, flip food in a pan like a chef, forensics, gender identity, Gerri Ryan, Grant Snider, Gregory L. Ulmer, Hades' Pitch by Rita Dove, Hans Christian Andersen, Harper and the Flood and the Ghost by Michael Ramstead, historical fiction, HIV, honey, Horns, horror films, Introverts, io9, Jason Statham, Jeremy Messersmith, Joe Hill, Kate Beaton, Kenneth Grahame, Kill Kat 1 by Andrew Bell, King of Marbury by Andrew Smith, Kitty Pryde, Krissy Brady, Lantern City, Last by Rich Larson, Laura Marling, Laura Veirs, Leah Palmer Preiss, Little Star (excerpt) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Lois Lane, Lyria by Miah Sonnel, Manhattan (neighborhoods), Mark Lanegan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Medusa by Patricia Smith, Michael Ramstead, monsters (European), monsters (South American), monsters (Victorian), Mr. Toad, My Mask Humanity by D. Thomas Minton, My Morning Jacket, Mystek, Nina Paley, No Harm in Tears by Lissa Sloan, NYU Press (library), Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Parker series, pommedauphine, Promethea, psychopaths, punctuation marks (little-known), Radio Free Other, Raylene Rankin, Rebekka Karijord, Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), sentence length, Sita Sings the Blues, steampunk (definitions of), Steampunk Week 2012, Stoker, Straitened Circumstances, Superman, Sutured Infection, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Commonplace Book by Jacob Clifton, The Dead by Mina Loy, The Descent, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Kalevala, The Talking Fountain by Diana Părpăriţă, The Thing, The Wind in the Willows, This Land Is Mine by Nina Paley, Thomas Wolfe, Threshold by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Thumbelina, Tim Callahan, Tim Hanley, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Watchdragon by Erin Morgenstern, Weaving Dreams by Mary Robinette Kowal, Where the Wonder Women Are, Winnie-the-Pooh, Wondermark | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. Ah, it’s October again, and time for recommending books for Hallowe’en and All Hallow’s Read. Each Monday this month I’ll recommend something spooky or scary to give … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged "I Used to Sing" by The Indelicates, Adam Mills, Alison McMahan, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, American Gods, animation, Anthony Ryan, author photos, Ava Jae, Awesome People Reading, Axel Medellin Machain, Ben Towle, Bluebeard, book shelves, book trailers, bookcases, Brothers Grimm, Bryan Talbot, BubbleCow, Cadbury's Screme Eggs, Cameron Cook, Cartoon Network (20th anniversary), Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), characterization (writing), Charles Perrault, Chris Abouzeid, Chris Brogan, Christine A. Jones, Chuck Wendig, colonoscopies (exploding), concept art (animation), content edit, contract law, Corelli's Mandolin, cowboy slang (food & drink), Daily Science Fiction, Dark Tower, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC's New 52, depression, Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, Devourer of Worlds, discourse markers, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Thompson, Erin Morgenstern, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), Faith Erin Hicks, Fantastic Four, fetal microchimerism, fingerprints, Firefly, Firefly: A Celebration, Firefly: Still Flying, Firefly: The Official Companion, Fitcher's Bird, Fitcher's Brides, flax-golden tales, Friends with Boys, Galactus, Gerry Obadiah Salam, Grandville, Grandville: Bête Noire, graphic novels, Greek myths, Gregory Frost, Hallowe'en, history and epic fantasy, horror films, info graphics (analysis of), infographics, Jabberwocky, James Alan Gardner, Jennifer Schacker, Joel Priddy, Joseph Campbell, Joss Whedon, Journey of the Hero, libraries, Library by Lori Nix (2007), Lindsay Stern, Literary Journals and Rejections, Living Tribunal, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, Maris Wicks, Mark Siegel, Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives, Monomyth, monsters (Asian), music videos, mythology and fantasy, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, novel (writing), pain, Parker: The Outfit, Parker: The Score, philosophy, Professor Jennifer Magda-Chichester's Time Machine by Julian Mortimer Smith, Promethea, Prudence Shen, research (writing), Rubbish Designer, Russell Hinson, Rusty Shackles, Ryem, Sailor Twain or The Mermaid in the Hudson, Sam Wolk, Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz), Serenity, Shardik, Sherlock Holmes, short films, short stories (success), Solomon Grundy, Spymaster, Steamboat Willy, Stephen King, Super Best Friends Forever, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Department of Alterations by Gennifer Albin, The Falcon, The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Leaf by Erik T. Johnson, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Silver Surfer, The Whisper by Douglas Sterling, The Wraith, third eye, Tim Callahan, Tom Read, Tor.com, Town of Shadows, Troy Jensen, Twitterfic, Vanessa Place, vector portraits, Victoria Hooper, Virginia Woolf, War and Peace, Warren Ellis, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Wendigo, Where You End and the World Begins by Sam Ferree, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, worker ants, writing (novels), writing mentors | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 17 September 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Ransom & Mitchell take some of the most elaborate, magical, and wild photographs I’ve ever seen. Their photography (and film work) is housed in the intricate sets they create, and … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged "Get Out of My House" (song), "Houdini" (song), A Silly Love Story by Nicole Cipri, A Wrinkle in Time (graphic novels), Alice in Wonderland, AlphaBooks, Andrew Thaler, aphorism, Aquaman, Axel Medellin Machain, Batman: Earth One, Ben Towle, Billy (gay male vampire slayer), bookcases, bookshelves, Bryan Thom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, cake, cake (comic books), cake (Zelda Fitzgerald), cannibalism (infant), Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Chad VanGaalen, Chris Ware, Chuck Wendig, crows, Daily Science Fiction, DC Comics, Dinah Shore, Don Quixote, Down the Wall by Greer Gilman, Electric Velocipede, film trailers, food (most expensive), Frankenstein, Gangnam Style (video), glassfrog, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Gypsy, Havok (Marvel), Hawkman, Highland Bakery, Hope Larson, horror films, J.H. Williams III, Jason Mitchell, Jonny Quest, José Andrés, K-pop, Karen Portaleo, Kate Bush, Kate Elliott, Krissy Brady, Leah Palmer Preiss, Lord Byron, Madeleine L'Engle, male gaze, Mama (film), Marc Bas, Mary Shelley, Matt Lindsay, Miklós Felvidéki, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Nell by Karen Hesse, Nova Ren Suma, Paris, parthenogenesis, Phil Noto, placebo, Polaris (Marvel), presidents and psychopaths, Psy, Queen of Hearts, Queequeg (Moby-Dick), race & writing, Radio Free Other, Ransom & Mitchell, Scheherezade's Bequest, Scott Musgrove, Sean Ferrell, Smoke & Mirrors exhibition, Stacey Ransom, Stockholm, Su Blackwell, Summer Reading by Ken Liu, Supergirl, Superman: Earth One, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Dreaming (Kate Bush), The Gifter by Torrey Podmajersky, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Halo Effect, The Last Good Man by Ransom & Mitchell (2012), The Lotus Eaters by Michelle Muenzler, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Perfectly Fried Egg, The Quietus, The Super Team Family Blog, The Touch of Love by Day Al-Mohamed, The Wasp, Third Time's a Charm by Melanie Rees, Thor, Tintin, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Varnish Fine Art, Warren Zevon, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman: Earth One, Wreckage by Ransom & Mitchell (2012) | 2 Comments

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