Ground Control to Major Tom New Year’s Eve, 1980. I was with my immediate family, watching television in a hotel room in Redding California. We were on our way back to King County after spending Christmas with family in southern California. I was thirteen. Because it was the turning ofContinue Reading
(The following is a slightly modified Twitter thread) Stonekettle & Sarah Kendzior had the same message, which people ignored. Who will stop him? Nobody. That ship sailed. And when I warned you all this would happen if you didn’t show up, liberals called me a corporatist and a fascist andContinue Reading
Back when I was updating the comic regularly, I liked to do nightmares whenever a Friday the Thirteenth came around. Here it is, the first published Goth House Comic since… uh… 2009? Really? That long? The backstory here is based on a project I’m still PLANNING to do someday, whichContinue Reading
Part of Rougarou Month here at Goth House Press! I’ve spent the last few days in New Orleans with friends. On Friday we went to the Voodoo Festival, got soaked by tropical storm Olga, and saw a fantastic set by Guns and Roses. It might seem strange that New Orleans hasContinue Reading
It’s official! My reading at the University Bookstore is set for November 18 at 6 pm! These readings are free and open to the public. Stripping Down to Scars event linkContinue Reading
It’s Rougarou Month here at Goth House Press to celebrate the upcoming release of Stripping Down to Scars. Inspired (sort of) by this article about 1981 werewolf movies from the Los Angeles Review of Books, I wanted to talk about the movie An American Werewolf in London. In 1981 IContinue Reading
Shown above: most excellent villains Hello everyone! It’s the last day of the Clarion West 2019 Write-a-thon, and there is still time to sponsor me, or sponsor someone else. We’re all great! And all the money goes to Clarion West! As I explained in the previous essay, my original goalContinue Reading
Hello everyone! We’re already halfway through the Clarion West 2019 Write-a-thon and here I am, finally writing my first essay about it! (Sponsor me! Or sponsor someone else! We’re all great! And all the money goes to Clarion West!) (Note: at publication time we are 4/6 of the way throughContinue Reading
Welcome back to our ongoing series, Overthinking Lyrics! Lindsey and Julie listen far too closely to another Duran Duran song. This time, it’s Girls on Film. Lindsey Witch: Girls on Film, one of their bigger early hits, was pretty controversial due to the video. Julie Witch: Even without the videoContinue Reading
It’s that time of year, I know: the spooky season. Goth Christmas, if you will. What kind of goth? That’s a silly question. Now where was I? Oh, yes, it’s the time of year when the world is full of ghosts and pumpkins, witches and spiders. When creepies are crawlingContinue Reading
Above, a picture I found of mayonnaise looking exactly why I don’t like it — flavorless, fatty, cloying. In my native cooking tradition — Industrialized Post-War Post-Apocalyptic Food Wasteland — “barbecue” meant “items cooked outside on a barbecue” and that was it. Those items were inevitably hot dogs or hamburgers,Continue Reading
We’re nearing the end of the voting period for this year’s Hugo Award’s. Time to squee just one more time. Aynjel: Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by K.M. Szpara (Uncanny, May/June 2017) https://uncannymagazine.com/article/small-changes-long-periods-time/ This novellette. Oh my ghod, this novelette. It’s a vampire story and there’s blood andContinue Reading
Pictured above: Me on the Brooklyn Bridge earlier this year It’s my birthday today so I took the day off work to 1. Drink, and 2. Smash Stuff. Although actually I’m going to smash stuff first, because I want to be sober when I’m wielding that sledgehammer. I woke upContinue Reading