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Headless Hans Jagenteufel
Happy Halloween! As part of my reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow this year, I was originally investigating a possible connection between the Headless Horseman and the dullahan,…
Hallowread: The Sphinx and the City in the Sea
This post is adapted from a piece originally published on the PC Bushi blog, in October of 2017 under the title “Poctober: the Spinx and the City in…
Hallowread: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
We’re into the spooky season and the start of the months-long stretch of holiday media re-intake. For my part, I like to make my son watch my childhood…
Back for More
Glory to you…and your House if you can identify that featured image. Holy cow, it’s been nearly 5 years! I’m not quite sure what possessed me to barge…
Hallowread: Robert E. Howard’s Pigeons from Hell
Howard’s one of those authors who gets me pumped, excited to read. That excitement is key these days, as I’ve tended to pick up a book, get 20-30…
Clark Ashton Smith and D&D: It’s a Trap!
It’s always a little bit of a pot-stir to grouse about a particular author having been wrongfully omitted from Appendix N. I know, because I’ve gotten into it…
Getting Gor’ed
Gor is one of those series/settings you hear mixed things about, if you hear of it. So far the story strikes a lot of Burroughsian chords, with…
It’s Been a Year?
Egad and by the Power of Grayskull! I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I last posted. I’d like to recount some of my amazing exploits…
Micro-SFF: The Anome
After a couple of disappointing SFF pickups (which I may talk about at a later time), I recently started grazing on another Jack Vance book. It’s been a…
Bloody Fruit
I was born in the mountains, in a small village amid pine and snow. My baptism was conducted in the river Sho, and my mother said that I…