Thursday, November 29, 2007

Cory V. Clark

Cory is a talented fiction writer and poet. His work is dark and brooding but a good heart lies in the shadows of the bleak and horrific worlds he creates. Half of the proceeds from his poetry volume, Reflections of a Dark Soul, benefit "Partners in Progress," a charity helping those who live below poverty level in Pennsylvania. For more information and to purchase a cool present for yourself or the brooding, introspective and generally unconventional types on your gift list, visit Cory's MySpace page here.

Waking Ambrose

Where would I be without Ambrose Bierce? He's one of my major influences. Do yourself a favor: pick up a book that includes his complete stories and poems. Then do yourself a favor and pick up a collection of his journalistic article. Bierce is generally only rememered for "An Ocurrence At Owl Creek Bridge," but he wrote many, many more things that are equally good or even better.
We have asked where I would be without Ambrose Bierce, but now we must ask the question, where would Ambrose Bierce be without Doug Pascover? Doug keeps Bierce's memory alive, and also features his own creativity on his unmatchable blog, Waking Ambrose. So wake yourself to the glory of Ambrose Bierce and Doug Pascover and check it out! Fans of classic curmudgeondom will not be disappointed.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

A Cool New Sound

Check out Gothick. You may just want to add them to the soundtrack of your life, or afterlife, or unlife, depending on what exactly you are. They do have CD's available. They are dark without being too gloomy, grungy, and containing elements of the best parts of the Industrial music scene. I particularly liked "Art Is Resistance."
I'm not really much of a critic--I just know what I like. So click the link and feel the difference for yourself.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

The Cool and Asinine World of Dusty, Icy and Tom

My friend Tom is a true creative genius. With a sense of humor suited to underground comix and the ability to make fun of absolutely everything, I'd say his off-the-wall work is worth millions. However, things never seem to work that way. The truly talented die broke and the Paris Hiltons of the world worthlessly party on.
Kinda makes me wonder if I should quit trying to promote my book as worthwhile reading. Maybe instead I should focus on publicizing my image, like Paris Hilton. The problem is, I look far more like the Old Witch than the Young Bitch. As to my co-author, I don't think I'd have much luck trying to convince him to switch to a more, say, Justin Timberlake-like image. The resulting videotape would probably have a title like "One Night In Hell with the Old Witch and the Sarcastic Poltergeist."
Forget it. I'll just die broke with my questionable integrity intact. Let Paris keep her image, such as it is. I've really gotten way far off the initial subject. So let me return. Read Tom's blogs. And pray that I never have enough in common with you to ruin your reputation by calling you my friend!

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I'm just trying to figure out what I could have said in three posts that would make me sound so all-fired smart!

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Classic Horror

Well, well, well, if this ain't right up my alley! Check out The Horrors of it All. Did you love hiding under the blankets with a flashlight and a classic horror comic when you were a kid and then being scared shitless to even get up and go to the bathroom? I know I did! Remember the Crypt Keeper (before he had a TV show,) the Vault Keeper and the Old Witch? Take a trip down memory lane with these old friends and more!

correction: Karswell doesn't post scans from EC comics, but he has plenty of other great stuff from that genre. Apologies for my mistake. I'm still looking over all the cool stuff he has on his site.