Day 357: Feeding On Danger And Destruction… Could It Be… Murder??? – The History Of The Pulp Magazine

originally published December 22, 2012 As a writer, there is no shame in working for cheap. This comes from the perspective of a writer who spews out a bunch of words every day and receives no payment (except that one time, with the free beer. Thanks, Big Rock Brewery!). Not every printed word that bleeds […]

Day 338: Meat Of The Press

originally published December 3, 2012 A lot of people have asked me, “Why are you doing this writing project? What do you hope to do with your life once you’ve finished a thousand days? Why are you walking away from me? Are you going to pay for that coffee? Answer me, dammit!!!” Some have suggested […]

Day 320: Tony Pezsnecker – The Stockiest Stock Character Ever

originally published November 15, 2012 As a writer who specializes in essays about insubstantial trivia, I’m thinking it’s time I delve into the world of fiction. As such, I have decided to craft the perfect protagonist. Once that step is done, I expect the actual story will fall into place easily, hopefully while I’m asleep. […]

Day 284: Superstar Mortality-Battle! Australian Folklore Creatures Edition

originally published October 10, 2012 (note: today’s article is in no way affiliated with MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch, so there is no point in informing their lawyers. No really, put down that phone.) Tonight on Superstar Mortality-Battle, we’re going to see who puts the “AU!!!” in Australian; who puts the “END” in Legendary; who puts the […]

Day 125: Nine Shakespearean Sonnets About Immortality In Fiction

originally published May 4, 2012 In honor of reaching the 1/8th benchmark of what I’ve come to call “My Bat-Shit Crazy Project”, I felt I should contemplate a larger issue – something beyond stacking chairs and arctic wastelands. Yes, even something beyond bacon. Luckily, Ms. Wiki bestowed upon me the gift of Immortality. Well, the […]

Day 62: M-Day, Or When The X-Men Universe Got To Be Too Much Maintenance

originally published March 2, 2012 I feel I need to preface today’s article with a disclaimer. I was never a big X-Men reader. I’ve seen a few of the movies, and I’ve read a handful of the comics, but I was always more of an Archie fan when I was a kid. The X-Men are […]

Day 55: Pretending I’m Well-Read… The Books Of ’55

originally published February 24, 2012 Wikipedia has a number of groupings by year – births, deaths, I even wrote about the news events of 1927 in one of my less memorable practice articles months ago. I was not aware, however, that they grouped the events in the literature world year-by-year. Now I am. So are […]

Day 8: Poe Pens A Pretty Putrid Play

originally published January 8, 2012 In December, 1835, Edgar Allen Poe’s footprint on the literary world was so fresh, pre-Victorian hipsters would have proudly nailed down this period as the time they started reading him, before “The Raven” topped the hit parade and everyone knew about him. He had won a minor prize for a […]