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- Hometown:
- New York City
- About Me:
- I'm a writer, filmmaker currently living on the Eastern seaboard. I'm really into the darkest of things - as well as surrealism, bizarre fiction, and things born of imaginative backgrounds.
- Website:
- http://www.johnpalisano.com
- Favorite Authors
- Shirley Jackson, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, P. k. Dick, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Bentley Little, Sarah Langan, Gary Braunbeck, Isaac Asimov, China Mieville . . . the list goes on.
- Favorite Books
- Imajica by Clive Barker, Naked Lunch by W.S. Burroughs, The Stand by Stephen King, Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly . . .
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Roger Corman To Receive Oscar
Roger Corman is receiving an honorary Oscar for a lifetime of achievement that includes mentoring such filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and Ron Howard.Circle of Eight
Circle of Eight, Paramount Digital Entertainment's (PDE) original supernatural thriller, produced in association with Mountain Dew's Green Label Studios, has premiered exclusively on MySpace.The Black Train
Leisure has released Edward Lee's novel, The Black Train, as a mass market paperback.Storytellers Unplugged
A novel a month?
Well, it’s November again. Halloween is done Thanksgiving is on the way (Pause here, folks, and contemplate what you have to be thankful for. The odds are there’s a good deal going right, even if there’s some negatives out there.) and a plethora of various religious celebrations are eight around the corner. Some of my [...]
The Compounds (and compound-complexes) of Style
Perhaps you believe in the soul. Perhaps you don’t, and only view a living being as a series of biological functions acting in concert. Under either philosophy, you will view a dead body as different from a living person. All of the physical components are there, but the core of the individual is gone.
At this [...]
What I Learned From Blogging About the Kindle
Last month, when I finally decided to “come out” about owning a Kindle, I learned two things. One, after reading some of the comments about my blog entry, I realized that I have always written about “safe” topics, ones that are least likely to stir up controversy, and heaven forbid, make [...]
Let’s Just Pretend The Last 8 Months Never Happened
Looks like it was a sabbatical after all.
Last March, after close to a three-year tenure, I hung up my Storytellers U hat — the one with the Viking horns and a beer funnel — without knowing whether this would be permanent or temporary. Couldn’t help but notice, in the interim, that lords-of-the-manor [...]
AND NOW, OUR … LOSER!
The Chicago Tribune ran “The Great Chicago Ghost Story” contest for Halloween.
The rules: A Chicago site must be mentioned in the story. No more than 750 words.
I wrote a story. Entered.
Lost.
Here’s the loser.
THE GHOSTS OF CHICAGO, I SET THEM FREE
I see the ghosts of Chicago.
I set them free.
This is a mission statement.
Mine.
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How is it [...]
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Just wanted to stop in and get your opinion on my latest cover design posted to my blog...
I would love your input.
Aidana WillowRaven
www.WillowRavenIllustration.com
901-325-1402
I knew a dude whose father was an amazing artist and had the outside of their house airbrushed in some sort of Nightmare On Elm Street kind of way. Or maybe that was his car? Or both... either way, everyone called the dude Freddy Krueger. And they called his dad 'Sir', I guess. I never actually met his dad, so I don't really know. They were kinda weird, to tell you the truth.
:-D
A lot of the great places have been shut down... it's really depressing. But there's still some great venues in the area. I guess I'm just bitter ever since they leveled my favorite club, The Abyss. That was all kinds of wrong.
Mike H.
~Jess
~ Kody
Mike H.
Hope you have a great week!
~M
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