A Master Horror Story
Let’s break down one of the greatest horror stories ever told: The Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury…
Author: Steve Ruthenbeck
DogSS of War Returns!
DogSS of War is back in paperback! Here is the cover. One could even click on said cover to order said book, if one was so inclined… I like the cover and the formatting of…
The Tommyknockers
Stephen King said this about his novel The Tommyknockers — “It’s an awful book.” Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold the phone, Mr. King, hold the phone… The Tommyknockers is a great book. King didn’t start doing…
Vikings vs. The Evil (1978)
I’m a Vikings fan, but over the years the Vikings have taught me to know when to pull the plug. If they aren’t playing up to the standards of their pay, which is handsome indeed,…
Looking Within, Without or Just-Looking Horror
I watched a horror movie the other night. I won’t mention the title because I’m taking a broader view than one movie here. Suffice it to say, it was a recent horror movie; it got…
Rewriting Austen, Doubly Foolishly
I had a thought (this is such a rare and wondrous thing that I take note when it happens). Within this series of articles, I’ve been looking at famous novel openings and looking at how…
Rewriting Lee, Foolishly
I’m continuing my experiments with examining the opening paragraph of famous books. It is actually teaching me a lot about my own writing, which gives me ideas of things to do differently. This time I…
My Mullet Is Amazing, Isn’t It, Pig!?
Over-the-air TV has entered a renaissance with the advent of digital signals. Channels can now specialize their programming and show more than the same old, same old prime-time network shows. Much of this programming is…
Rewriting Hemingway, foolishly
Hmmm…I’m having a degree of fun looking at the writing of famous authors and seeing how I would tweak their prose. This is not really done in any attempt to “improve” anything. I’m merely learning…
Rewriting It, foolishly
Apparently, a film version of It by Stephen King came out recently, not to be confused with the miniseries version of It from 1990. Apparently, the new It is pretty popular. I have not seen…