Stephen King's Nine Worst Books and Why I Still Love Them

Stephen King's Nine Worst Books and Why I Still Love Them

I’m one of Stephen King’s Constant Readers. As such, I joined in with Richard Chizmar from Cemetery Dance when he started his #StephenKingRevisited series. I commenced buying and rereading all of King’s books in the order they were published and wrote my own blog posts before and after each one. I’m on track to finish my reread up through the latest, If It Bleeds, by the end of 2020.

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Beach Reads for Indoor Types

Beach Reads for Indoor Types

Trust me, you don’t wanna hit the beach this summer.

If you’re a person who fears pandemic, aka someone sane, then I probably don’t need to tell you why.

If you’re a person who doesn’t fear illness, let me explain why you don’t want to hit the beach, either:

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A Demigod’s Guide to Defining the New Normal

A Demigod’s Guide to Defining the New Normal

It’s official, one of our favorite demigods is getting his own Disney+ TV series. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Percy Jackson on screen. Back in 2010 and 2013, The Lightning Thief and The Sea of Monsters were adapted for the big screen. But while fans tolerate the films, they don’t always like to talk about them.

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Storyville: Surviving Rejection

Storyville: Surviving Rejection

I know you are all out there sending in your stories, getting rejected, and feeling frustrated. It’s tough! I know, I’m out there with you. So I wanted to talk with you today about some of my experiences, my statistics, and how you can survive rejection, and keep submitting until you break through.

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What Neil Breen's 5-Hour Retrospective Taught Me About Making Art

What Neil Breen's 5-Hour Retrospective Taught Me About Making Art

I watched Neil Breen’s 5.5-hour film retrospective about his process. This is the longest single movie I’ve ever watched. The amazing thing about it is the sound quality is horrible, the lighting is terrible, the ADR is lazy, and as a film, it’s abysmal and hard to watch. And damn it, I actually learned something about making art.

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Be Free on George Orwell’s Birthday

Be Free on George Orwell’s Birthday

Author photo via Wikipedia

1984. Animal Farm. These two classics alone bring chilling images to mind. Too many comparisons have been made to modern day situations, and after recent government measures taken in response to the pandemic and protests—I’m not even going to go there. No one needs that.

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Interview: 11:11 Press Publisher Andrew J. Wilt

Interview: 11:11 Press Publisher Andrew J. Wilt


Photo courtesy of Andrew J. Wilt

Before I ran a small press of my own I was a fan of small presses. The first one I fell in love was Akashic Books. This was about 10 years ago, and you could argue Akashic has grown into a mid-size press by now. I remember going to a party during Brooklyn Book Festival weekend and realizing you could write and publish books outside of corporate publishing. My reading habits became more diverse and I ended up starting CLASH Books with my wife. I've seen a lot of micro and small presses come and go.

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How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

Recent life events. We’ve all had a lot of shit that could fall under “recent life events,” eh? 2020 is the year of “recent life events.”

Recent life events got me thinking about death and what I’d like to do before I die.

Among other things that don’t warrant mentioning, owning a stand-up arcade machine, and figuring out how to make cats immortal (in a good way, not an evil, Twilight Zone way), I want to read all the shit I want to read.

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I Just Spent A Year Exclusively Reading Women (and I Deserve No Congratulations For This)

I Just Spent A Year Exclusively Reading Women (and I Deserve No Congratulations For This)

On June 12, 2019, I made the following FaceBook post:

I wandered back over to GoodReads for the first time in a while and perused the books I’ve read in my lifetime (I certainly haven’t logged them all there, but it’s close). What struck me in a good way was the variety of novels consumed over the years—not only horror, but sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, noir, and straight-up lit-fic, for lack of a better term. 

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Drunk on Literature: 10 Themed Book and Brew Pairings

Drunk on Literature: 10 Themed Book and Brew Pairings

Reading and beers make underrated combos, like coffee and salty potato chips. Or Ranch and pizza (hey, I’m American).

Reading and whiskey gets you too drunk, too fast. Wine is just so fussy. And it’s summer. Summer is the time for a cold beer and a book on the porch.

Let me, someone who’s read a lot and sampled a fair number of beers, give you some pairings.

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