Tag Archives: horror films

Video Friday

Posted on 17 August 2012 by Robert

Written and directed by Daniel Thron, Spoiler is a post-apocalyptic zombie film that manages to mingle horror with a bit of sorrow. The official description: The zombie apocalypse happened—and we won. But though society has recovered, the threat of infection … Continue reading →

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Magpie Monday

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen draws these wonderful monsters on Post-It Notes, and he posts new monsters regularly on his blog. I have a book of his monsters published … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged acknowledgement page, Alan Garner, Allen Ginsberg, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, anthropology, antiques (medical), ants (translucent), authors (bizarre deaths), Baba Yaga, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Towle, Benh Zeitlin, bibliophiles, Bob Dylan, book shelves, bookcases, books by the linear foot, Briar Rose, Cameron Cook, Carlos Severe Marcelin, Charlie Jane Anders, Chooo-San, Chuck Wendig, Cormac McCarthy, culling books, Doctor Who, Dr. Seuss, El Libro Que No Puede Esperar, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emilie Simon, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, Eterna Cadencia, F.R. Tallis, fantasy films, Francesca Ramos, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, George Orwell, Google search techniques, graduation gifts, Graham Joyce, Harper Lee, home libraries (design), home libraries (planning), horror fiction, horror films, houses (floating), Hunter S. Thompson, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Kerouac, Jamie Bell, Jane Yolen, John Kenn Mortensen, John Steinbeck, Julian Barnes, Kristing Kathryn Rusch, Kyle Thompson, Laurent Chehere, lava, libraries, library collection-development services, lists (science fiction/fantasy authors), Looper, Magic Mike, magical-realist films, maps, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Staggs, Maurice Sendak, Michael Kimball, monsters, moon (if it had never formed), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, music videos, Nagai Hideyuki, Neil Gaiman, Oh The Places You'll Go, optical illusions, Patricia Barletta, poetry, Post-It Notes, Prada, Prometheus, Roald Dahl, Robert C. O'Brien, Sarah Manguso, Sarah Selecky, science (weird and otherwise), science-fiction films, Seamus Heaney, Sean Hathaway, Snow White and the Huntsman, steampunk (clothing), stop-motion animation, TARDIS, Teddy Ruxpin, The Big Rip Theory, The Book That Can't Wait, The McGurk Effect, The Owl Service, The Possession, The Rules of Magic, Time, toilets (physics), Tom Gauld, typewriters, typography, urban fantasy, Virginia Woolf, Visual Capture Illusion, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, world building, writing, writing (cover letters), writing (longhand), writing (organization), writing (outlines), writing (query letters), writing (sex), writing (submission letters), You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 29 June 2012 by Robert

Here are two ways to do scary science fiction (okay, the first one isn’t terribly scary). First is 88:88 by Sean Wilson and Joey Ciccoline, a well done film with minimal dialogue. Here’s the official description: Val has lost control … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged 88:88, Alien, alien abduction, Clark Baker, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, horror films, Joey Ciccoline, Kickstarter, science fiction, Sean Wilson, short films, The Thing, Vessel | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 18 May 2012 by Robert

“The grave’s a fine and private place, / But none, I think, do there embrace.” ~Andrew Marvell If you love beautiful zombie films, then you’ll really love Rest by Cole Schreiber. Here’s the official description: “Rest” is the story of … Continue reading →

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Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ You know how much I love the miniature, and German artist Frank Kunert’s miniature art makes me think twice about what I’m seeing (they’re also really funny, as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Bookfession, Cameron Cook, Chuck Wendig, David Lynch, Drive, Edward Gorey, Emil Johansson, exit deer, family trees, Frank Kunert, genealogy, gossip, horror films, James White, Jeff VanderMeer, Keanu Reeves, miniatures, movie posters, Nick Mamatas, severed heads, Shortlist Magazine, Side By Side, Starve Better, Super Punch, The Lord of the Rings, writing | Comments Off

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