THE BAD SEED: Oh, Rhoda…
The Bad Seed was a Novel, then a stage play, and finally brought to screen in 1956. There’s even a 1985 Remake, which does not do the original story justice at all. Anyway, The Bad Seed is about a sociopathic/psychopathic little girl named Rhoda. She is very charming, says the sweetest things, cute as a … Read more
CADAVER DOG
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been working on a new addition for my “Free Read” Library. It’s a short story, a Paranormal/Thriller titled “CADAVER DOG: The Smell of Fear”. It’s about a 13-year-old girl named Sylvia “Silly” Moore who stumbles across a serial killing pedophile and his latest abductee. Silly is an inquisitive ball … Read more
Relocating Amachi
I “created” the above image in a nifty web app called wordle that allows you to dump RSS Feeds, or text into it, and it manufactures an image like what you see above based off of the source’s word usage. You can change the fonts, colors, and word formations to make some pretty cool imagery. As … Read more
STUDENTS OF THE CRAFT: William H. Johnson
STUDENTS OF THE CRAFT Students of the Craft focuses on creative forces, practitioners of storytelling. People who, in one way or another, fascinate, inspire, and entertain us with stories of love, loss, suspense, and adventure. As a creative person myself, I’ve always been interested in the intricate workings of other creative minds. The minds out … Read more
SCRIBEREFAVE: Buffalo’66
I caught this flick on cable one night a couple years ago while flipping through the channels, and it quickly became one of my favorite films. What caught my attention was the heart of the story, for it is one that, regardless of all the oddities, camera angles, and unlikelihood of certain events actually happening, … Read more
Pre/Re/View: Mother’s Boys
I came home from work one Saturday and after greeting my wife and male heir, I noticed something on TV. My usual question to the wife, “What are you watching?” “I don’t know. Something with Jamie Lee Curtis playing some crazy chick. It just came on.” Okay, so my interest peaked at, “Jamie Lee Curtis … Read more
