Survivors & One Second After
Apocalypse Literature: A definitive, updated guide. More of a challenge than I thought when I was toying with the idea a few days ago.
Awkward Family Photos
I usually don’t do this, but this is my new favorite site.
Boble VII: The Book of Palms, conclusion
Interlude: Bob Heavens
Brave Captain Harvey Drinks to Justice
It was long into the afternoon when my girlfriend left me behind at the Black Wave Bar. She’d walk the hot path home, calves scratched by overanxious grasses, and start on dinner. I was to follow soon behind, whenever my …
Judgment Day: Part 1
Rush hour in DC, Red Line to the suburbs. Daryl opened his eyes as the subway doors slid open, the driver’s garbled voice announcing the station and destination. He was in the last seat on the train, behind tinted plastic, …
Apocalypse Fiction Catalog
We’ve got Quiet Earth giving us more coverage than we ever wanted on the genre for film and TV, but I think we’re lacking a site that keeps us updated about apocalypse stories in print. There are lists out there, …
Boble VII: The Book of Palms, part one
The Book of Palms Pronounced Salms (What Idiot Thought of A Silent ‘P’?) The First Part:
Comment Spam
Haven’t done this in a while… Spam comments roundup! (old ones can be found here.)
Summertime
The first version I heard of Summertime that made a real impression on me, that made my ears hone and drill in on it as an impossibly moving melody was Janis Joplin’s. Though, to be fair, the men of Big …