A Far Out Fantastic Site

Credit: Pixabay I hope everyone had a great week. Mine was great especially with the state holiday that I got off from my day job on Thursday. I spent the majority of that day finishing up and releasing the newsletter for February and March but it’s something I love doing so it wasn’t work that much to me. If you haven't done so, you can sign up for my author's newsletter here. It's free! In this post, I have a mini book review of a modern cosmic horror novella. I’ll also tell you about a science fiction story that I’ll be including in my upcoming collection of short fiction, “Bad Apps”. Along with that, I’ll talk about a science fact of a technology similar to the one in the short story. So, read on!  Mini Book Review: 'The Ballad of Black Tom', by Victor LaValle Lately, Lovecraftian themes in horror fiction have been very popular. These themes that originated with early 20th century horror author H.P. Lovecraft, who was notorious for his racism and bigotry, are ...

Credit: Pixabay.com When I found out this week that a film adaptation of Color Out of Space will be p remiering in September ,  I thought, “Finally, a film based on one of Lovecraft’s horror novels is coming to the big screen!” And I was right! Only it was the big screen at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). A little far for me, a Northern Californian, to go to see a sci fi horror flick! Still, the movie will star big name actor Nicolas Cage and is directed by Richard Stanley. Hopefully the fact that a famous actor such as Cage being in the movie will help it get the praise that film adaptations of Lovecraft’s stories have been lacking. So what if Cage’s Ghost Rider flopped at the box office? (I actually thought that often overlooked Marvel film was really good.) Lovecraft’s work deserves film adaptations of critical praise because he has had a big influence on horror fiction as we know it today. His work is credited as starting the sub-genre that has be...