Latest Blog Posts for Dispassionate Witness

• Publication Day
  on May 10, 2011 in Writing Fantastique Unfettered publication short stories
  Just a quick note to point out Issue 2 of Fantastique Unfettered is out, with my story “I Remember Jenny.” Pick yourself up a copy! Fantastique Unfettered #2 (Unless) ISBN 978-0-9831709-2-1 ISBN-13: 978-0983170921 Barnes & Noble Amazo...
• What is Horror — “Eveline”
  on Apr 24, 2011 in Books Horror Literary Theory Uncategorized DUBLINERS Eveline horror Horror fiction James Joyce literary criticism
  As previously posted, one issue I’m interested in is the definition of horror fiction, and why such fiction is often considered inferior to “literary” fiction.  One way to do so is to explore fiction that pushes the definition of h...
• Fantastique News
  on Mar 5, 2011 in publication Writing acceptances Fantastique Unfettered Fiction Short story
  I’ve been lax in posting lately as I ponder where I’d like to go with my blog.  In the meantime, however, I just received word that my short story “I Remember Jenny” has been accepted for publication in Issue #2 of Fantastiqu...
• Feeling SICKO
  on Jan 30, 2011 in Movies Uncategorized censorship Enfield Connecticut Health care Michael Moore Public library Scott Kaupin SICKO
  I really don’t mean to make this a blog about censorship, but sometimes you just have to go with the flow. You can read the story here, but here’s a brief recap: Apparently, the public library in Enfield, Connecticut planned a three-month...
• THE FARM by Scott Nicholson
  on Jan 29, 2011 in Books Horror Reviews Appalachia Blue Ridge Mountains book review Fiction review Scott Nicholson The Farm
  Rating: Recommended (for horror fans) Scott Nicholson‘s THE FARM provides horror fans just what they need during the long, cold winter: a meat-and-potatoes offering that is both filling and entertaining.  But it’s clearly a story aimed a...
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside
  on Jan 25, 2011 in Books Horror Stephen King Dan Simmons Kealan Patrick Burke Horror fiction Arctic Circle Northwest Passage Franklin Expedition Arctic HMS Terror The Shining The Terror A Winter Haunting Jack Torrance Dale Stewart Summer of Night
  Well, after a couple of weeks of snow, the Northeast is now blanketed in some of the coldest weather we’ve had in the past 20 years.  In honor of the weather, I present three of my favorite winter horror novels: 1.  THE TERROR, by Dan Simmons...
• THE GIVEN DAY by Dennis Lehane
  on Jan 24, 2011 in Books Reviews Boston Dennis Lehane MYSTIC RIVER Shutter Island Terrorism The Given Day
  Rating: Highly Recommended I’m a fan of Dennis Lehane, both his straight detective/crime novels (GONE, BABY, GONE, for example) and his dark, gritty novels (MYSTIC RIVER, SHUTTER ISLAND), but when I began reading THE GIVEN DAY, I did so with a...
• Absolute Write Musical Chairs Blogfest — My Entry: HIGH SCALER
  on Jan 21, 2011 in Uncategorized Writing Absolute Write blog-chain blogfest Colorado River Herbert Hoover high scaler Hoover Dam writing writing prompt
  As mentioned in previous blog entries, I am participating in a musical chairs blogfest with some of the folks from Absolute Write.  Basically, we’ve all thrown our names into a hat and been assigned to write a flash piece in a genre outside ou...
• Absolute Write Musical Chairs Blogfest — My Entry: HIGH SCALER
  on Jan 21, 2011 in Uncategorized Writing Absolute Write blog-chain blogfest Colorado River Herbert Hoover high scaler Hoover Dam writing writing prompt
  As mentioned in previous blog entries, I am participating in a musical chairs blogfest with some of the folks from Absolute Write.  Basically, we’ve all thrown our names into a hat and been assigned to write a flash piece in a genre outside ou...
• Unabashedly Middle-Brow
  on Jan 20, 2011 in Books Literary Theory 3 Quarks Daily art Beatles Dan Chaon Dan Simmons Elmore Leonard Evert Cilliers Gillian Flynn highbrow Ingmar Bergman James Joyce Joyce Carol Oates Literature lowbrow Middlebrow Stephen King
  So I’m cruising the Internet searching for something to write about, to react to, and I come across this little piece from September 27th on a website called 3 Quarks Daily: “Are Our Writers As Lousy As Our Bankers?” written by Ever...

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