All Good Things…

Eight years. It seems more like eight seconds. Eight years ago I got offered this gig and it was, at the risk of hyperbole, a dream come true. Somebody willing to pay me for my words, and the labor of putting those words on digital paper. And having people actually read those words. It was… Continue reading All Good Things…

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More JAWS News

Considering JAWS was the first summer blockbuster, it’s only fitting that we kick off summer 2022 with news of the JAWS-related variety. Last week I reported on the fact that a child actor who appeared briefly in movie has now become chief of police for the little town that served as the setting for Amity… Continue reading More JAWS News

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And Speaking of Cosmic Horror…

This very detailed simulation of large scale structure was created as part of the Illustris simulation. The distribution of dark matter is shown in blue and the gas distribution in orange. This simulation is for the current state of the Universe and is centered on a massive galaxy cluster. The region shown is about 300 million light-years across.

Waitaminute. I thought in space no one was supposed to be able to hear you scream? My middle school Science teacher drilled it into the impressionable young minds of his students that, since there’s no atmosphere in space, there’s no sound. Thus all the explosions and laser blasts and sounds of the engines of spaceships… Continue reading And Speaking of Cosmic Horror…

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Planet Hell

This very detailed simulation of large scale structure was created as part of the Illustris simulation. The distribution of dark matter is shown in blue and the gas distribution in orange. This simulation is for the current state of the Universe and is centered on a massive galaxy cluster. The region shown is about 300 million light-years across.

My personal views regarding the existence of Hell have changed a lot since my childhood days, when I grew up in a little fundamentalist country church and believed everything I was taught in Sunday school. Nowadays I know that the word “Hell” isn’t even in the original translations of the Bible. We got “Hell” from… Continue reading Planet Hell

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Chief Brody’s Replacement

JAWS counts as one of my favorite movies. And like so many of the movies I saw when I was—to go by most “normal” people’s opinions, I’m sure—too young to be watching such fare (I was five or six, something like that, when I first saw JAWS, I think), it made a big impression. It… Continue reading Chief Brody’s Replacement

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THE PATH Part 26

King Voozko stood upon the roof of the highest tower in the city of X’bal’ba, looking down upon the world he commanded. The sun lay on the cusp of the far mountains, sinking deeper, deeper, abandoning the world to dusk. All over X’bal’ba, the watchmen began to pound on their gongs, their bells, their drums.… Continue reading THE PATH Part 26

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The GODZILLA VS. KONG Sequel

We knew it was coming, but it’s nice to have official confirmation. Not only will fans be getting a new livestreaming series dedicated to Godzilla and the kaiju of the Monsterverse, there will also be a new movie! Adam Wingard is returning—no surprise there—and he’s going to be teaming with actor Dan Stevens, who starred… Continue reading The GODZILLA VS. KONG Sequel

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THE PATH Part 25

Pa’haana slept, and dreamt of pain. In those dreams, he battled both T’cho and Maker-of-Ghosts. Time and again, the bear’s claws found him; over and over he felt the meat being torn from his bones. Then T’cho joined in the torture, jabbing him with a sharp stick. “Stop!” Pa’haana managed. He tried to hold off… Continue reading THE PATH Part 25

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THE PATH Part 24

Maker-of-Ghosts reared up onto his back legs in an attempt to throw Pa’haana off, then dropped down on all fours again. All this took quite some time, a full season or more, and during this time Pa’haana managed to seize the shaft of his spear where it jutted out from the bear’s shoulder. Pa’haana jerked… Continue reading THE PATH Part 24

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