Personal / Website News
March went by fairly quiet and BOOM!, first week of April do I have some epic and awesome news to share.
Weird Tales Issue #367
The big, big, big news is issue 367 of Weird Tales that is slated to be published this May. Yours truly got to contribute an essay to this legendary periodical!
Look at that! My name on the cover with some other titans of horror with a cover by Mike Mignola. Talk about a milestone, I am extremely elated.
My essay is about cosmic horror back in the 1920s and 1930s issues of Weird Tales. The issue is available for pre-order, so check it out at the Weird Tales website.
If you’re interested in some other aspects of Weird Tales, check out my article where I did some mini-interviews with some of the contributors to the sword and sorcery issue, and also my review of the relaunch issue I did for Fanbase Press back in 2019.
I’ll also be conducting mini-interviews for this issue as well.
Cinema Highball Writeup
New cocktail article is posted at my website as well!
As yall know I love diving into the esoteric, weird, forgotten, and sometimes, kinda nasty, cocktails. The PDT Cocktail Book has a recipe for the Cinema Highball which I actually gave a shot on Twitter back in 2021:
However that was made with Bacardi. The real recipe calls for Flor de Cana, and this time I am doing it for realz. Have a read!
New Episode of H.P. Lovecast
We have a new episode of H. P. Lovecast Podcast online!
As conveyed in previous posts, March was a pretty hectic month for Michele and I. We still are settling into the house and we had essays due at the end of the month (for the cats in cinema book) and just a few other obligations that popped up. Because of this, we didn’t get a normal episode of the podcast online, but we did get a Transmissions episode online. In this episode we got to interview weird fiction author Michael Cisco about his new novel, Pest, and one of our academic colleagues, J. Rocky Colavito, about his Giallo-inspired novel, The Night Scavengers. The episode can be streamed at the HP Lovecast Buzzsprout website, via your podcast app, or via the embedded link below.
HPLCP Transmissions – Ep 20 Michael Cisco and J. Rocky Colavito – H. P. Lovecast Podcast
We are hoping to be back on track in April as we will finally get our episode online of the Dean Stockwell Dunwich Horror.
Fan2Fan Appearances
Michele and I have made a few appearances on the Fan2Fan Podcast which have been published in the last two weeks.
First up is the Fan2Fan episode on the classic Larry Cohen film, The Stuff. That episode can be streamed via the Fan2Fan Libsyn page, via your podcast app of preference, or the embedded player below:
The Stuff 1985 – Fan2Fan Podcast
Next, Fan2Fan sometimes does short podcasts on Fridays called “Five Minute Fridays.”
Michele and I appeared on one to talk about what cosmic horror is. That episode can also be streamed via your podcast app of preference, at the Fan2Fan Libsyn, or via the embedded player below.
5 Minutes Friday – What is Cosmic Horror? – Fan2Fan Podcast
As always, sincere thanks to Bernie and Pete of the Fan2Fan crew for having us on their show. We sincerely appreciate them.
Emmanuelle / Black Emanuelle CFP
The Call for Papers for Emmanuelle, Black Emanuelle, and Emmanuelle derivative films is open until the end of this month.
The CFP can found on this page. If you know other scholars who would be interested in this project, please share! I’d be super appreciative to get the word out.
Publishing Recap
Below is a recap of my publishing endeavors so far in 2023.
Published in February, this collection contains my essay “Dance or Dēcēdere: Gladiator and Industrial Music Sampling.”
Scheduled to be published in May, this issue of Weird Tales contains my essay “When the Stars are Right.”
Miscellaneous Tidbits
Sean Woodard Interview
Friend and colleague Sean Woodard has just had his first physical publication, his essay “‘But Illusions Don’t Kill’: An Examination of Giallo Tropes and Gender in Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue” in the newly released academic collection Bloodstained Narratives: The Giallo Film in Italy and Abroad.
The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana has an interview with Woodard in which he talked about his essay. I’m flattered that he mentions me!