“Centuries ago, a peaceful hamlet was terrorized by a beast. Born not of man, but spewed forth from the firiest pits of Hades with an evil fueled by a hatred of men and a love of women. It’s name: Camilla The Vampire Queen” In the small village of Cragwich, all of the women live under […]
You can read Fremont’s write-up here. It looks as though some of my grumpy old man views are rubbing off on her. Progress! What I’m drinking: Country Boy Jalapeno Porter. Like last week’s selection, this is a local beer. It’s tremendous. A dark, smoky porter, with a little bite of jalapeno that hits you in […]
While Brian Harriet is teaching his new daughter how to play chess, he refers to her as “pumpkin”. I always love when fathers call their daughter’s “pumpkin”, but this is just making me uncomfortable. I understand that this story line with Brian and his new family is necessary to illustrate his history, but all of […]
Scar the Martyr Scar the Martyr Roadrunner Records “Oh he is not going to be happy when he sees this!” It’s October 1st and I’m sitting across from my favorite vocalist in a local rock bar on the Houston stop of his latest tour. I can’t say his name because I do not want […]
Trampled, Scratched, Covered in cobwebs but still it spins… Witchery Dead, Hot and Ready Necropolis Recordings 1999 Track listing; Demonication A Paler Shade of Death The Guillotine Ressurection Full Moon The Devil and the Damage Done Dead Hot and Ready The Devils Triangle Call of the Coven On a Black Horse thru Hell It’s […]
I cast my gaze upon darkened skies while gates of benevolent horn and ivory on high Open to sever my memory of the night of her demise. Hammering rain stains Parisian clay glistening through fog like glitter on blood in a haze Reviving golden memories of her with thoughts like that of olden days And […]
From Ryuhei Kitamura, the director of “Midnight Meat Train”, comes “No One Lives”. What initially seems like a movie about a group of thieves/killers kidnapping a wealthy couple on the road turns into something so much more. Luke Evans (The Raven, Blitz) is the unnamed lead character of the movie and he’s perfectly suited […]
THE STALKS STALK BACK A GORDY THE PUMPKIN ADVENTURE BY ALAN DALE DALBY It had been his first Halloween without becoming a Jack-o-Lantern and Gordy was a sad sight to see. An old rotting pumpkin that had been passed by and kicked around by the rowdy children picking their choice canvases out. Entire […]
Another By Latashia Figueroa I walk outside and start my day. Hopping, skipping along the way. Across the street, there’s Mrs. Payne. She waves at me but not the same. At the Park there’s Marcy May. I ask if she would like to play. She nods and we begin our game. She plays with me […]
Jeremiah Winterford is an old-fashioned vampire who finds himself awkwardly out of place in a modern world. Forced to move from Winterford Manor following a torching by his vampiric rival Jako Van Zyl, Winterford and his surviving acolytes find themselves making a new home in Camden (London’s musical capital). Where better for a vampire to […]