Modern-day poets have been jipped, ripped off, and robbed of the status that should be theirs because people hear the word “poetry” and immediately cease listening or stop reading. Had these poets lived in the 1800’s, they may have been celebrities, such as Lord Byron, who was seen as the scandalous, womanizing, bad boy of [...]
“Adam,” a poem by Janie Hofmann, appears in the most recent edition of Eclectica Magazine.
“I once watched a peach
fall and crack into
a beautiful wet smile
of pale orange pulp,
only to be pecked
by crows while the grass
took care to hide the stone.”
Read the entire poem here, or visit the edition of Eclectica Magazine in which this poem [...]
East of Mina appears to be the blog of two friends: Becky and Caitlin. Becky, a deep thinker and the more prolific blogger of the two, relates this internal dialogue after accidentally running into a bolt sticking out of a metal post:
“Wow. This is quite a gash.”
“It’s sort of like your life right now. You know, the [...]
Thank you to Samantha Villagran for the September header photo entitled “Sam Close Up.” You can view and download more of her work at the stock xchange here.
Bert, the Sesame Street muppet of “Bert and Ernie” fame, is a well-known co-conspirator of Osama bin Laden’s. I know, I know — I didn’t want to believe it at first, either, but there are pictures to prove it (pictures carried by well-known news agencies, such as Reuters and Associated Press).
Shortly after the terror attack [...]
“I tried to picture my mother and father, and could not recall their faces or their voices. Remembered life seemed as false to me as my name. These shadows are visible: the sleeping man, the beautiful woman, and the crying, laughing child. But just as much of real life, not merely read about in books, [...]
I just discovered British screenwriter and sci-fi/horror author, Michael Marshall Smith, even though I’m an avid reader of sci-fi and horror, and he has been publishing for almost 2 decades now. What took me so long?
I have no idea why this guy didn’t show up on my radar sooner, but if his short story “This [...]
Well I lived through my surgery (yay for me). Feel pretty good, all things considered. Even went out to lunch today. Working on a new author spotlight post right now.
I’m having surgery today. It’s minor surgery as far as surgery goes, but that’s not stopping me from freaking out about it. Just wanted to let you know that if I don’t update for a few days, that’s why. The more likely scenario is that I’ll have more time to play with my blog(s) during [...]
Did you know that the BBC hosts an online magazine called Cult Vamp? Well, it does. Or at least it did. They’ve stopped maintaining it, but you can still find lots of cool/scary/weird fiction, art, and video clips.
And speaking of cool/scary/weird fiction, the short story “This Is Now” by award-winning novelist, Michael Marshall Smith, is, [...]
