Tag Archives: horror

Ridley Scott Month 1 – Alien

This month, I’ll be looking at four movies from legendary film director Ridley Scott. Let’s start with the movie that put him on the map, Alien. I’ll also be looking at Gladiator, Blade Runner, and Kingdom of Heaven, most likely … Continue reading

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Doctor Aphra 7 review

With today’s issue of Doctor Aphra, we’ve reached the mid-way point in The Screaming Citadel, the crossover between Aphra’s solo series and the main Star Wars book. The crossover, co-written by Kieron Gillen and Jason Aaron, gives us a story … Continue reading

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My favourite things of 2015

We’ve come to the end of another year, which makes this a good time to look back on been good and bad about the year. This post is almost exclusively about entertainment that released this year, and since this primarily … Continue reading

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Novel review – Thief of Lives

About a year and a half ago, I read a book called “Dhampir”, written by Barb and J.C. Hendee. I first read the book because the main character in the series I’m trying to get published is a dhampir, and … Continue reading

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Nanowrimo 2015 – journal 2

It’s half-way through November, which means it’s about time to write my second Nanowrimo journal. This past Thursday I finished my first Nanowrimo book of the year, which is also the 9th book in my Blood Rage series.

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Nanowrimo 2015

Well, it’s that time of year again. At midnight tonight, Nanowrimo begins. In the last couple of years, this meant I posted less about comics and would write a couple posts talking about Nanowrimo itself. I’m still going to post … Continue reading

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Novel Review – Dracula: the Undead (Freda Warrington)

Dracula: The Undead is an unofficial sequel to Bran Stoker’s vampire classic, Dracula. Actually, there are at least two books by this name. One is written by Freda Warrington, a British writer, and was released in 1997 – the original’s … Continue reading

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Vampirella 10 review

The accursed are three people who have sinned so badly that they’re cursed with immortality, to forever walk the earth with no chance of redemption or release until the end of time. In order to speed this up, they’ve joined … Continue reading

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Webcomic review – Cadaverific 8-12

About a year ago, I read through the first 7 printed issues of a locally created webcomic called Cadaverific, written and drawn by Becka Kinzie. It’s basically a comedy with horror elements, where someone is accidentally resurrected and causes all … Continue reading

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Vampirella 1 review

Having only read a few scattered issues, I know very little about Vampirella. Yet as someone who reads a lot of comics and is writing a novel series about vampires, I’ve always been curious about the title. A reboot by … Continue reading

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