The Smoke Over Turisall The old man laid on a bed of furs. Minks, bears, otters, and squirrels were all stitched together into a massive wrap, cocooning his frail body like a sickly butterfly. He clenched a long, ancient pipe between his teeth. It would have been worth something once, finely crafted with minute engravings … Continue reading The Smoke Over Turisall – A Story
Weird Fiction
The Function of the Weird
This moment, which I might have been waiting for my entire life all unknowing - this moment of an encounter with the most beautiful, the most terrible thing I might ever experience - was beyond me. … Continue reading The Function of the Weird
A Look at a Book: The Golem Triptych
Earlier this year I read The Golem Triptych by Eric Basso. The book (or plays, rather, as it a dramatic trilogy) had intrigued me long before I read it; I myself was working on drafting a play about the Golem of Prague, and I was very surprised that someone had already written, not one, but … Continue reading A Look at a Book: The Golem Triptych
The Cauldron
Last year I wrote an experimental short story that I was considering submitting to a weird fiction collection for relatively unknown writers. But, as things so often do, time passed me by and I never got the story fully finished. I haven't been able to bring myself to polish it up, but I put enough effort … Continue reading The Cauldron
The Weird Weird World of Weird Weird Fiction
I like weird fiction. I like Dagon, and Cthulhu, and The King in Yellow, and Hastur. I regularly take trips to Carcosa, Pagana, and the Dreamlands. I've tried writing a short story or two myself, though I'll admit they weren't particularly good. But I'm far from the only person that likes weird fiction, all one has to … Continue reading The Weird Weird World of Weird Weird Fiction
