Okay, it could be argued that this is really an extension of my post about the Greys since the rumors about Dulce center around rumors about the Greys but it makes for an interesting story in and of itself so bear with me on this one. We’re about to cross through the looking glass folks. … Continue reading Monsters of the Southwest – The Dulce Base
“Grandad always refused to talk about yee naaldlooshii at night. He said the Skinwalkers could hear their names and would come speeding through the brush to take their vengeance. ‘Be wary of yee naaldlooshii,’ he would say. ‘You think you’re tough and safe with your technology, but great Mother Earth will always be stronger than you.’ … Continue reading Monsters of the Southwest: Skinwalkers
“It was just after dusk when we saw them; a half dozen figures hopping across the plains like a bunch of kangaroos straight out of the depth of Hell. They were too far away to make out the details but the fading light glinted off their eyes. The red glowing eyes were unmistakable; chupacabras, probably … Continue reading Monsters of the Southwest: El Chupacabra
“He awoke with alarm bells ringing in his head and cold dread oozing down his spine. The room felt dark and quiet but the reptile part of his mind was terrified beyond belief. The paralysis of sleep took a Herculean effort to overcome, something adrenaline and terror should have overridden. Finally, after an eternity of … Continue reading Monsters of the Southwest: The Greys
“The pecan groves of Las Cruces, NM are plenty worrisome during the day. For most of us used to living in the desert any large cluster of trees is freaky and unnatural; the proverbial mote in God’s eye. At night the pecan groves take on a life of their own and you have to be … Continue reading Monsters of the Southwest: La Llorona, the Weeping Woman
“Duérmete niño, duérmete ya… Que viene el Coco y te comerá.” While I was figuring out what had happened to Wilford in the past and explain his relationship to Steven in Henchmen, I decided he had to have run into something terrifying. A monster of some sort or other was necessary. It only made sense that … Continue reading Monsters of the Southwest: Coco
Alaska is the land the U.S. seems to have forgotten. Other than a brief flirtation with the state back when Sarah Palin claimed to be able to see the back of Vladimir Putin’s head from her porch, it seems like Alaska doesn’t really exist in popular culture. There’s plenty going on about the rest of … Continue reading Book Review – The Dark Land by D.M. Shepard
I recently wrote a post on the urban fantasy genre and how it can be a lot trickier to work the paranormal into the real world and have it be believable than most people think. The true mark of understanding in the genre is when you can read a book set in our world and … Continue reading Book Review – Prey Till The End by S.L. Eaves
If you’ve ever wondered how it is I come up with some of my more bonkers ideas, let me tell you a little tale. Back in and around the turn of the millennium, when everything was supposed to go to Hell in a hand-basket because of the Y2K bug, I was living down the street … Continue reading Full-Bore Gonzo
I’m starting up a short series on computers and how to write about them. Today’s entry is on hacking. Strange characters and phrases danced across Max’s dark sunglasses. The Nomad was finally talking to him. “All I have to do now is crack the NVRAM and I’ll have access to the CPU,” he said. “I’ll … Continue reading Writing Tip – Computers Made Easy Part I
