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Murderess Magazine: Female Serial Killers Get a Makeover
Female serial killers are fascinating in part because our society doesn't expect women to unleash their often-justifiable rage in the form of violence, much less to methodically carry out and inflict repeated acts of murder.
3 days ago2 min read


Love After Death Movie Review
Love After Death is a black-and-white movie from 1968, filmed in New York and dubbed in English over Spanish. The film opens on a wake (of a body, not of a storm, where is my mind exactly?), but the eyes of the "corpse" are blinking. The paralyzed man looks up at the attendees peering into his coffin, a woman, Sofia, and his best friend, and a doctor he knows by name, and a couple of thugs, and pleads that he is only having a cataleptic fit and to please not bury him. "Who
Oct 2012 min read


Bento Abyss
It's a bento box which might serve tentacles, burning coals, tiny Barbies, little green peas in cream, and one pierced human lip, each entree confined in a strict, impervious rectangle.
Oct 51 min read


Sleep is No Escape: A Lovecraftian Horror Image Gallery
We approached this new series, "Sleep is No Escape" wanting to explore horror themes from the Lovecraftian tradition -- with a little HR Giger if he flesh-melded with a demon-possessed Andrew Wyeth, all slathered in chicken skin. These pieces were bounced back and forth between Ideogram and Gimp until they were moist and scabby. Some came together quickly. "The Garden of Heavenly Dismay" turned out to be massive and took several weeks!
May 11 min read


The Obedient Ape: Could Humanity Thrive Under Canine Leadership?
Humans and dogs have lived in symbiosis for tens of thousands of years, each adapting to the other’s psychology. But what if that balance tipped fully toward the canine side? What if dogs, with their pack logic and clear hierarchies, became the ruling species — and humans, willingly or not, became their loyal companions?
Oct 14, 20256 min read


The Substance (2024) Movie Review
The Substance (2024) Movie Review
Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley ask the mirror, "who's the fairest?"
3 stars out of 5
Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a successful star in the final act of her career, living alone in a loopy, highly stylized version of Hollywood. When TV executive Harvey (Dennis Quaid) pushes her out as star of a Jane Fonda-like workout and fitness show, Elizabeth must come to terms with her aging body and fading beauty.
May 30, 20254 min read

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