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True Blood Issue #1

by Sarabeth Pollock: In May 2012, IDW Publishing released the first issue of the True Blood ongoing comic.  Showrunner Alan Ball laid the foundation for the ongoing comic with the first miniseries, True Blood: All Together Now, released in 2011.  Two other series [...]

Arts and Literature

The Zombie Apocalypse in Indiana? When Hell Cometh you’d better be prepared…

Last year, the horror convention Days of the Dead was called “the most anticipated horror convention of 2011”, and it did not disappoint.  Lauded for its unique and personal nature, created “by the fans and for the fans”, this is the [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature News, Promotions

The Vampire: From Ghoul to Teen Idol

by Phillip Donnelly: Vampires have become the idols of the young, adopting roles formerly played by pop stars and political messiahs. Where once a poster of Che Guevara or Jim Morrison might have graced a bedroom wall, a gloomy vampire now [...]

Articles, Arts and Literature

True Blood: Tainted Love

by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood: Tainted Love is the second comic series released by IDW Publishing.  All Together Now, the first comic series released, was critically acclaimed and penned by True Blood showrunner Alan Ball himself.  This second book was [...]

Arts and Literature

Swingin’ To Live

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Jeffrey Hollar: Legal Disclaimer: As the attorney of record and chief executor of the estate of one, Zigismund Abraham Zapperstein, herein after referred to by his stage name of Ziggy Zapp [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Let Them Eat Cake

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Rob Smales: Becca tried to stay as still as possible as the box shook and swayed slightly. She braced her hands on the floor to either side, crouching on one [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Invitation

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Timothy C. Hobbs: The emaciated black man sat huddled against the cold in a dilapidated wheelchair. He wore a dark cowboy hat that was faded in a patchwork quilt pattern [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Withered Bouquet

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Blaze McRob: The mirror tells her that all is well for the big day. Her hair is gorgeous, the long, naturally curly, dark black tresses sitting perfectly on the back [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Character Driven

by Gerardo Delgadillo: Eric Lom hated writing. That’s a bad thing if you write for a living. He ran a hand through his hair, focusing on the computer, hovering the mouse over the “Documents” folder. He clicked it and drummed the [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry