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The Curator of Schlock #113: The Ewok Adventure
The Curator of Schlock #113 by Jeff Shuster Star Wars: The Ewok Adventure: The Caravan of Courage It’s Willow with Ewoks. Hey, I bet you guys didn’t know that I was once a huge Star Wars fan. I bought the toys whenever I could afford them, could hum every note of the score, and had… Continue reading
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The Lists #27: Horror Movies Sure to Be Released in the Next Decade
The Lists #27 by John King Horror Movies Sure to Be Released in the Next Decade The Befouling The Thing Next to the Other Thing Arbor Day Hypno-homicial Apocalypse of the Purple Land The Stupefaction Bloody Souls The Mutilation Diaries Nicholas Sparks’s The Wumpenbooble The Thing Next to the Other Thing 2 Paramecium What the… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #15: Fallout 4
McMillan’s Codex 15 by C.T. McMillan Fallout 4 It has been three weeks since the release of Fallout 4 and in that time I had no desire to stop playing, like Aldous Huxley hooked up to an I.V. of LSD. It is a fantastic game. A great game. If you’re not playing it, you need to.… Continue reading
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On Top of It #7: The Customer is Always Right
On Top of It #7 by Lisa Martens The Customer is Always Right Beth walked in to pick up the latest hardcover edition of Stoner by John Williams. At dinner the other night, one of her professor friends had said it was “wonderfully droll” and “brilliantly bland . . . honest.” This was exactly the… Continue reading
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Episode 181: Rick Moody!
Episode 181 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Rick Moody plus Ryan Rivas reads his essay, “Reporting from Inside the Vortex of Miami Book Fair,” which first appeared on lithub. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out Rick’s… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #112: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Curator of Schlock #112 by Jeff Shuster The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Back when movie titles made sense. Quantum of Solace? What does that even mean? Hey, umm, I forgot to do a cannibalism movie for Thanksgiving so your getting it on Black Friday. I know my loyal readers will be busy pepper spraying each other for… Continue reading
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The Lists #26: Yams Recipe
The Lists #26 by Patrick Jehle Yams Recipe Take yams out of cryogenic yam storage. Contemplate your failures and sins. Peel yams. Remove any unsightly spots by digging them out. If a spot gets bigger as you dig, keep digging. Dig, donkey! The hole will get bigger and darker. Do not look directly at it… Continue reading
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The Lists #25: How I Do My Bird
The Lists #25 by Patrick Jehle How I Do my Bird a. Stalk, disarm, and smother a swan until deceased. 2. Exult. 3. Learn to forgive yourself. 3. Stuff bird generously with explosives (whatever you have around the hovel). d. Put in the oven and flee the house. 3. Strip, flap, soar, weep, and be… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #6: Psych Yourselves Up, Fellow Writers—NaNoWriMo is Almost Over!
Aesthetic Drift #6 by Lisa Martens Psych Yourselves Up, Fellow Writers—NaNoWriMo is almost over! Like many self-loathing, procrastinating writers who fear of dying before the world discovers their geniuses, I am participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For those of you with self-respect (to quote Louis CK), I will explain: During the month of… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #14: I.R.L. (In Real Life)
McMillan’s Codex #14 by C.T. McMillan I.R.L. (In Real Life) Videogames offer unique experiences. With the click of a mouse or pressing of a key, you can explore fantastical worlds, solve complex puzzles, and live out taboo desires. Since the dawn of the Information Age, we have never been more socially connected, and the massively… Continue reading
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