Steveawiggins

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• Dark Smile

  

  Romance. It’s not the same thing as Romanticism, but it’s often part of drama. It can, and often does, feature in horror. Tender feelings toward someone we... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Craving Enchantment

  

  I really want to know, but just can’t figure out, how to write like Katherine May. My wife and I read her book Wintering and now have added Enchantment. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fabric of Time

  

  I’m not a sewer.  I mean, a person who sews.  I know people who are, though, who are quite distressed that JoAnn Fabrics is going out of business. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Unholy Conception

  

  Religious horror is difficult to get right. Immaculate received reasonably positive reviews, and did well enough at the box office. Its message of women being... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Late Shift

  

  M. L. Rio is best known for If We Were Villains, a book I have on my shelf but haven’t read yet. She’s one of those rare PhDs who can write, and her punchy,... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Different Village

  

  If I’m honest I’ll admit that I first found out about John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos from The Simpsons. In one of the episodes, “Wild Barts Can’t Be Broken,... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Think

  

  Those of us who write books have been victims of theft.  One of the culprits is Meta, owner of Facebook.  The Atlantic recently released a tool that allows... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Different Lord

  

  I just wanted to learn the basic outline of Lord Byron’s life without having to commit to the hundreds of pages most of his biographies boast. Something brief,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Special Delivery

  

  Deliver Us is a horror movie intentionally built around religion. It hasn’t been discussed much on the sites I frequent, but I suspect that it should be more. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cuckoo’s Roost

  

  John Wyndham is someone I discovered through movies. Often considered a science-fiction writer, his works cross over into horror, particularly on the silver... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bad Taste

  

  There is a reason for watching bad movies, apart from the fact that they’re often found streaming for free. Sometimes that reason is that they’re so bizarre tha... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Release Date

  

  July 16.  That’s the release date for Sleepy Hollow as American Myth. If you’re so inclined, preordering helps to earn a book attention. (I know it’s pricey, bu... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Talk

  

  Sex.  It’s the great forbidden topic.  This extends to the truly staggering number of words that have been coopted, either as slang or circumlocutions, to... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bloody Lips

  

  Jean Rollin’s vision of vampires was a strange blend of tradition and art film. Having seen his Shiver of the Vampires, I was curious to see what other vampire... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Therapy with Books

  

  I’ve been doing this for years and just found out there’s a name for it.  Bibliotherapy is a treatment method that uses reading to deal with anxiety.  It is... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Late Night

  

  If you lived through the seventies, Late Night with the Devil will take you back a bit. It’s one of the more creative possession movies I’ve seen, but what... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cloistered

  

  Free will. I’ll go on the record as a proponent. Any kind of determinism gives me the willies. At times, however, it does feel as if we’re merely pawns. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Proofing Yourself

  

  Some publishers give you advance warning.  Many do not.  As a struggling writer, after I submit one manuscript I move on to the next project, knowing proofs wil... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Sin of Syncretism

  

  Syncretism may not be dead, but it should be.  What is it?  Well, in my field it means a religion that has been “corrupted” by the adoption of some element(s) o... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lights, Cam

  

  Techno-horror is an example of how horror meets us where we are. When I work on writing fiction, I often reflect how our constant life online has really... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2025 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY