‘Explosion of a Motor Car’ (1900, Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth)

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts … More

Watch ‘The Unknown’ (1927 film;  Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford )

Thy ranks swell beyond measure [poem and/or song lyrics]

The fallen wounded rise again and say“Killing is easy.In five minutes I’m rid of you.” To the tortured terror of … More

The Buttersnake Man Lurches

The buttersnake man chirps out a foul odor, emanating from somewhere deep in his gut. He is over sixty years … More

My Freddy Krueger Rap Verses

Are you ready for Freddy? Such an obvious rhymebut killin’ kids in their dreams—a less obvious crimeHead crashed in a … More

My Michael Myers Rap Verse

When the shape escapesbest try to stay safeor 10/31 becomes your death dateI’m standing talllike hair on your neck’s napeyour … More

I typed ‘Smurf meat is tangy’ into an A.I. text generator

I typed “Smurf meat is tangy” into an A.I. text generator, and this is what happened: Smurf meat is tangy, … More

REPOST: ‘Le Diable au couvent’ (‘The Devil in a Convent’) silent film by Georges Méliès – 1899

“The Devil in a Convent”/”Le Diable au couvent” was released by Méliès’s Star Film Company in 1899. As its title … More

J. Alfred Prufrock, Jr. [A poem loosely inspired by T.S. Eliot’s famous one]

The too-early sun setting from behind these streetsmust at last answer the question—“What is it?” Impossible, that our departuremust take … More

dispatch from the pulsating dynamo of normalcy [a poem]

This is another one of those signs.I wonder if I’ve been too impatient.Penny for your thoughts and energy and downtime … More