author, artist, and professional monsterlover.
Having recently come down off a Punisher Season Two high and looking for a bit of a Jon Bernthal fix, I thought, hey - why not re-start The Walking Dead? I watched it as a tender 15-year-old back when it first aired, although I never saw it all the way through. I remembered being more… Continue reading Framing Shane Walsh
It's been a hot minute since I posted anything about novel-writing (which is usually what I do around here). I took Ye Stars That Shudder, my post-alien-apocalypse retelling of King Arthur, back to the beginning and re-started it, as pieces had come together and the tone had shifted into ore of a finalized form. So,… Continue reading Ye Stars That Shudder | snippets
Kazariah Henge was a merciful man. You could ask anyone, and they would give you the same report – even-tempered, thoughtful, slow to wrath. Good qualities in a leader, anyone would agree. He was careful not to leap to a conclusion without thoroughly studying all aspects. He held the support of his vizier and the… Continue reading Still My Sister: A Prompt
Last week I wrote a brief scene (probably inspiration for a series of short stories - I've never been a prompt person before, but I'm finding it a good way to get writing in when I'm lacking a lot of energy) based on the common prompt: "He is a weapon, a killer. Don't forget that.… Continue reading Walking Stick: A Prompt
Fiction is enamored with psychopaths. The concept of an emotionless, calculating genius is a fascinating one, and one I'm always down to see - except it's almost always wrong. Off the top of my head, I can think of one good example of a Hollywood psychopath, and it is Cillian Murphy's character Jackson Rippner in… Continue reading How to Write a Psychopath
