“I Have Brain Cancer”
You know what doesn’t go good in porn? Dialog like “I have brain cancer.” Cracked has more counterproductive porn dialog.
Doing it Wrong on the Right Side of Town
Once a year this column turns cranky. Lucky you: today’s that day! The Romance genre sells a lot of books. It dominates the paperback trade. When it comes to mass markets, Romance outsells every other genre and subject combined. It stands to reason, then, that it would likely […]
Hit Restart.
After ending his excellent gaming blog Hit Self Destruct, Duncan Fyfe has a new literary project, “Life Starts Here is a series of twelve stories inspired by the culture of video games.”
Lost And Heroes, Compared.
James Poniewozik on Lost and Heroes: “Put another way: you have to be willing to suck if you ever want to be great. ‘Awesome’ and ‘awful’ are actually closer to each other on the continuum of quality than either is to ‘meh.’”
Elmore Leonard, Hats and Adaptations
Elmore Leonard talks hats and adaptations, sometimes both.
More from Champion Mojo Storyteller, Joe R. Lansdale
Mojo Champion Storyteller talks about his pulp classic, The Drive-In, including its influences, low-budget 1980s horror movies, East Texas tall tales, television and American politics.
The Cultural Gutter 