Me and The Wailing!

So here is my dorky, self-congratulatory photopalooza. You know, because that’s what I do.  So, first I was like… And then I was like… And then I went… And then something went wrong…   In case anyone was wondering (which no one was), yes, the sweater has reinforced elbows. I… Continue reading

Faith, Beating the Bad Guys, and Hope in Fiction

Proposition: All stories are, to some extent, allegory. Yes, writers often write to entertain, to divert people from mundane life, to get the stories out of their heads. Often, it is no more than that. As someone who was writing stories since I could hold a pen and telling them… Continue reading

Real Vampires Get Knocked Down, but They Get Up Again (You’re Never Gonna Keep Them Down)

Yes, I think this pretty much sums up my feelings. I’m all for the death-by-impalement – it’s reciprocal penetration, destroying the penetrator by turning its own symbolism against it and thus denying its power both sexual and lethal – but… scary vampires are better. I mean, walking allegory, hello. What’s… Continue reading