Friday Fiction: Records of The Nightmare Slurry
Hello, dear reader. Today’s story is another strange one. Another exploration of form and ideas.
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It Came From The Archives! “Dark Harvest: A Scary Book That’ll Ruin Your Day”
Dark Harvest is a novella from 2006 I oopsed into reading because I wanted something short and spooky for October—and then only finished it a few days ago. And now, having discovered that it’s getting a film adaptation that appears to be trapped in some bureaucratic/logistical hell and will come out eventually, it seemed a perfect book to give a review.
Wicked: A Bombastic Delight
Wicked (part one) is a lush, spectacular, wonderful experience of a movie. It captures the delightful energy of live theater and has so many incredible scenes. I’ve had several of its songs stuck in my head since I watched it, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Friday Fiction: Machine Operations
I have a question for you, dear reader. A question of intent. Last time, I said that we would have a story without any blood. What did you think I meant by that?
It Came From The Archives: “Severance: A Disquieting Science Fiction Tale”
Much has been said, no doubt, about the social satire inherent to Severance. It’s the most immediate aspect of the show—and only continues to become more aggressive as the series continues. But I am not the reviewer to talk about its accuracy to either the feelings inherent to such a type of work or the setting’s accuracy.
Dune: Part Two: More Confusing, Still Pretty
Before reading this review of Dune: Part Two, I urge you to look at my previous one. It simply saves us some time. The issues of Dune: Part One carry over—as does much of the praise. As is ideal for the second part of a two-parter, this feels like the natural continuation. The long play simply had an intermission. Dune: Part Two assumes you recently watched the previous film and explains little to nothing.
Friday Fiction: BBQ Night
Last Friday Fiction, I said you’d get a “classic horror story” A classic horror story, in this case, means a truly gory cosmic horror tale with some gnarly (but mostly implied) body horror.
Dune: Part One: Very Pretty And Complicated
Dune: Part 1 is a long movie covering only part of an even longer book, with a ton of history behind it, and I am writing this without having read the book. In 2025. And, frankly, there’s so much baggage here that I am not equipped to talk about. You can tell it’s not a story written in the modern day.
Being Excited For The New Doctor Who Season
Well, “Joy to the World” gave me a little more Doctor Who, but now I must wait, yet again. The new season won’t be starting for a while now—and all I’ll have is the trailers. Or, in this case, a teaser trailer. Which, as far as I can tell, just means it’s way shorter.
Friday Fiction: Power Beyond!
Hello, dear reader. This is a story about power. Howard has a lot of it now, and his experiences with it are strange and intense.
Too strange—and too intense, in fact.
Vengeance Most Fowl: A Pleasant Little Movie
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was not a movie I was expecting to exist. I only have vague recollections of the movie where we first met our evil penguin antagonist. But Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget returned, so why not this?
It Came From The Archives “Dawn of the Nugget: A Slap-Stick Dystopia”
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is inescapably a nostalgia grab of a movie, relying on people like me and our fond memories of the original film. If it weren’t for that history, I’m not sure it would’ve been that big of a deal for there to be a new kid’s movie about chickens attempting to escape being eaten.
“So many people get shived!” – Merril
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