Category: articles
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545 literary agents NYC folk use
As I’m finishing up my fifth novel, the time has come for me to search once more for literary agents and most of them are literary agents NYC folk love and use often. It seems kind of pointless for me to put in all of this work to find literary agents NYC folk prefer and…
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Epic of Gilgamesh Review
I grew overwhelmed over the past few years with how many books I’ve read and I thought I needed to write drawn out reviews for everything. That’s not so true: short reviews work just as well and that’s just as true for this Epic of Gilgamesh review. The things that struck me most about this…
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Hospice Care at Home: Grandpa Jerry’s Last Two Months
In keeping with remembering my grandpa Jerry, I wanted to live blog a little about his last two months here on hospice care at home and the funeral services, starting from today, moving towards the day he died, and then moving backwards over the last few months. I’ll update it every day until I can’t…
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Jerry Schaubert Obituary
I wanted to archive the Jerry Schaubert obituary from WJBD as well as my father’s post as well as share some of my own thoughts — in case any of these websites ever crash, at least we’ll have backups of grandpa’s obituary: Wilson J. “Jerry” Schaubert, 86, of Salem, IL died December 22, 2018, at…
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Elegy for a Carpenter – 62 @ 31
This elegy for a carpenter is the second tribute I’ll write for my grandpa this week before his funeral. It’s also going to kick off the 62 poems I’ll write at 31 before I turn 32. I tried my best to keep to the 18th century style of elegy, the longer dirge to celebrate a…
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Old Man Chris by Matt Otey
This short story Old Man Chris is a guest post by my friend Matt Otey. I’ve hassled Matt for years to start making things for the joy of them and he happened to write a winter solstice story the night my grandpa Jerry died. Right on winter solstice. I couldn’t not post this as the…
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13 Reasons Why Not to Watch 13 Reasons Why
One of my students from the Creative Arts Academy, Abigail E. Riebel, wrote this guest post today on 13 Reasons Why. Whether I agree with all of her points is irrelevent: what’s far more interesting is that a highschooler wrote such a reflective piece about such an influential show. That’s what this site’s all about.…
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Naughty or Nice — the metaphysics of Santa’s List
Turns out Santa Claus is a privationist. And assuming Santa’s privationist sensibilities can explain why coal for the naughty truly is a gift and not a punishment. Or at very least, as Tolkien would ask, “Which of God’s judgements are not also gifts?” Coal is a grace, even a sort of Christmas sacrament. Here’s how…
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Unsolved Mystery Song About Abuse — Inkwell Lyrics
I wrote an unsolved mystery song about abuse titled Inkwell for my new album All Who Wander, which is available for preorder on Amazon and the iTunes store. Before we go any further into these Inkwell lyrics, I want to give a few more national hotline numbers: Child abuse: (800) 422-4453 Domestic violence: 800-799-7223 (SAFE) Suicide prevention: 800-273-8255 When I…
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Suicidal Song Lyrics — Lexi’s Song
I wrote some suicidal song lyrics for Lexi’s Song on my new album All Who Wander, which is available for preorder on Amazon and the iTunes store. Before we go any further, I want to give the hotline for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — if you’re struggling right now, please call 1-800-273-8255 The hardest things are left…
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Frankenstein: The Intersection of Literature and Science — with Kathleen Ann Goonan at the World Fantasy Convention
On Thursday I gave a talk on Frankenstein: The Intersection of Literature and Science here at the World Fantasy Convention with the fabulous and brilliant Kathy Goonan, (unfortunately Ted Chaing’s train delayed him). Kathy offered a deep drink from her vast experience and knowledge and I think you’ll find it instructive as we continue reading…
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The Vampyre by John William Polidori
Few realize that the story THE VAMPYRE by John William Polidori predicates Dracula. It definitely qualifies for canon and since we’re reading and talking about Frankenstein, it seems fitting to read his frequent counterpart in horror: Featured download: THE ORIGINAL FRANKENSTEIN ebook.