Steveawiggins

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• Page Count

  

  Research has taken on a different flavor now that I don’t have a teaching post. I’ve started work on my next book after Nightmares with the Bible, and I’ll... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Something Burning?

  

  It’s all Amazon’s fault, really. Several years ago—I can’t recall how many—they were running a horror movie DVD sale (that’s how long ago!). Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Layers of Brick

  

  If, like me, you can’t see a neighbor’s brickwork without thinking of “A Cask of Amontillado,” then I need not explain why I watch horror films. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trading Ideas

  

  Sometimes you read a book where the author seems to have your same experiences. I suspect that’s why many of us keep reading, looking for connection. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Independence Day Wishing

  

  It’s Independence Day and what we most need independence from is our own government. History is full of ironies. Federal holidays falling on a Saturday, for... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• X-Files Redux

  

  So, after writing a post about The X-Files, I finished season three, forgetting up until then that the last episode was “Talitha Cumi. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Live Long and

  

  Neither Edgar Allan Poe nor H. P. Lovecraft lived to see fifty. I began the task of trying to publish fiction when I was a year beyond Lovecraft’s demise. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tentacly Fun

  

  Anyone who has spent time amid scholarly religion tomes knows how cases used to be made for connections. Similarities were seen as parallels, and it wasn’t... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Insubstantial Reading

  

  Because of the shortness of time, I recently bought an ebook so that I could get it done under deadline. Although the coronavirus still has book delivery... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sunrise Sunset

  

  The earliest sunrise doesn’t take place on the longest day. Things like this are what kept me out of a career in astronomy. No, the earliest morning occurs abou... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Www

  

  With a few exceptions I think we’ve lived beyond the time when a single name could spawn an industry. I used to watch re-runs (itself an arcane concept) of The... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Slimy Veggies

  

  This wasn’t the work of ghosts, but it sure looked like it. I snapped on the kitchen lights at 3:00 a.m. to find one of the counters dripping with slime. It... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Bible Files

  

  As intimated several posts ago now, my wife and I are rewatching The X-Files. Neither of us has much free time, so this proceeds slowly over many weekends, and... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Aching Backs

  

  The other day someone mentioned to me (virtually, of course, since real conversation is limited to immediate family) that she was going to the chiropractor. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Just the Beginning

  

  It occurs to me that my post on Sunday may have been a touch cryptic. (I can be naughty at times.) Horror Homeroom was good enough to publish a piece I’d writte... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible Horror

  

  The combination may seem odd, but it is definitely a valid one. The Bible and horror, I mean. My colleague in this venture, Brandon R. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Letterbox

  

  It’s kind of scary. I mean, I know that Google Maps has everything recorded. Some family members recounted, a few years back, how they were shown raking the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sticks and Stones

  

  So much has been happening that I have trouble keeping up. This past month a border skirmish erupted between the planet’s two most populous nations, China and... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Too Much Light?

  

  The summer solstice comes whether we want it to or not. Today is the longest day in the northern hemisphere although, as I write this the sun has not yet risen. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Juneteenth

  

  Education is important. For example, I never really knew what Juneteenth was, although I’d heard the name a few times. Perhaps because of the “teenth” part I ha... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY