Singing the Siren’s Song By John Everson They’re soft, they’re sweet, they’re warm, they’re loving. Just don’t make them mad. I’m not talking about gremlins or Mogwai here… though there are some similarities if you feed them the wrong thing after midnight. And that wrong thing does includes doses of…
I HAD A GOOD STRING of World Horror Convention attendance going — 9 in a row all told from 2000 to 2008. But when the con crossed the ocean to go to Brighton, UK in 2009, I just couldn’t justify the expense and had to sit out a year. And…
TO CELEBRATE THE re-release of my 2nd book of dark fantasy fiction, Vigilantes of Love in e-book format, for a limited time the collection is on sale at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble for just $0.99. That’s 15 stories for under a buck! The book was originally released in trade…
I TURNED 45 years old this week, but I was honestly too busy with various deadlines to really sit back and take stock of what that means. I’m halfway to 90, I got that far in my considerations. And in all likelihood, given family history and population averages, I’m probably…
SO. TWO AND A HALF years ago, I stopped in Nashville for a night while driving — on my way to my first Dragon*Con in Atlanta. It was the week Covenant, my first novel was released in mass market paperback, and so, I ended up doing the very first booksigning…
A YEAR AGO AT THIS MOMENT, I was sitting in my home office listening to the final hour of my favorite radio station ever, AuralGasms.com. After a lifetime of musical obsession and two decades of hearing just about everything released as a music critic, during the last half of the…
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE with the trappings of Christmas. Over the years I’ve made Christmas caramels to give away, written and recorded Christmas songs to play for friends and family and, yes, even penned Christmas stories. You should see the lights strung around my house. I love this season!…
I LEARNED TODAY that one of my favorite directors of all time died this week. Jean Rollin, whose French films of the ’70s and early ’80s — Living Dead Girl, Fascination, Grapes of Death, The Escapees, Two Orphan Vampires, The Iron Rose, Fiancee of Dracula, Demoniacs, Night of the Hunted,…
SO THIS AFTERNOON, at our company Christmas party, I found myself playing keyboards in a “staff band” after just a couple practice sessions. We played a handful of holiday carols —  including a take on “Blue Christmas” with “Santa Elvis” at the mic to sing. We even managed to stumble through…
I’M THANKFUL FOR a lot of things this year… it’s been a twisted but fulfilling ride in so many ways. I’ve been so many places and gained so many things. I’m thankful for those gains and adventures, but most of all, I’m thankful for the love of my wife, my…
