Preposterous Twaddlecock

Ask any writer and he or she will tell you that the question most commonly asked of him or her is, “Where do you get your ideas?” You...

All writers have influences. One does not decide to become a writer in a vacuum. Every one of us were so moved by other writers, so emot...

I really don’t.  I’ve found the most shocking thing about being a horror writer is how many people think I do simply because I’ve writ...

“See anything you like, professor?”  That’s what Frank Langella asked Laurence Olivier after running through the room naked. He knew Bett...

On Thursday, March 24, I logged onto the computer in the afternoon and the first thing I saw was a headline stating that Garry Shandling ...

Mt. Shasta is many things to many people.  In its mystical slopes, some people see a sleeping woman, others a sleeping Indian, and sti...

I’m not going write about what a depressing year it’s been.  If you’ve been paying attention, you already know, and if you haven’t, I ...