the words and worlds of John Robinson
Forgive me for the following moment of blatant self-promotion (as my fellow writers, artists and entertainers know, it goes with the territory). If you're looking for a last-minute gift idea for any gorehounds, or splatter fans, on your Christmas shopping list, give a thought to the recently published anthology, from HellBound Books, Madame Gray's Vault …
Santa Claus is real...real pissed. Here is the second installment of my Christmas slasher....
I've was lazy in November, at least as far as Curio Macabre was concerned. Sometimes you just need to take a break, a sabbatical, a vacation or whatever name you put on it. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and, equally, hope all of you are anticipating a wonderful Christmas. This December I thought …
Owen Lansing is a research scientist, assisted by Professor Ben Majors. Their main area of study is Owen’s ten-year-old son, Cameron. Cameron has some very special abilities, including telekinesis, some form of mental projection and, also, bringing ancient, arcane demons from the netherworld into this reality. No one said child rearing was easy. Realizing that …
After his dad loses his job, thirteen-year-old Daniel Anderson moves with his family from Connecticut to West Virginia. Daniel and his seven-year-old sister, Erica, are not happy. It’s not much of a surprise to them that their new town is nothing like their old town. Likewise, their new schools are nothing like their old ones. …
Everyone have a great Halloween. Stay safe out there.
Hollywood has provided us with indelible images and iconic moments for over a century. Whether it is Harold Lloyd hanging off the hands of a giant clock above a busy city street, a house falling down around Buster Keaton, Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea, or Charlie Chaplin eating a shoe, there are films and …
Katherine Caldwell has returned home to her family’s Louisiana estate, Dark Oaks, after having taken a tour of the European continent. She missed her father, the Colonel, and her sister, Claire, but life back on the plantation is such a suffocating thing. It could be all the swamps and stereotypes. Not even her boyfriend, Frank, …
Having just driven a stake through Count Dracula’s heart, Professor Van Helsing (Von Helsing in this movie for whatever reason) is arrested and charged with murder. Von Helsing rebuffs the authorities and defends his actions: Dracula has been dead for five centuries, so how could he kill a dead man? True, he was dead/undead, but …
The solicitor, Renfield, travels abroad to the castle of Conde Drácula. Drácula has bought property abroad and Renfield has documents for him to sign to make it official. What the mild-mannered solicitor doesn’t know, but all the villagers seem to, is that his host is a centuries old vampire. Conde Drácula is looking to feast …
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