Perspective: Reviewing a Disney movie from Ten Minutes of Viewing Pleasure

     As some of you with children (or the heart of a child in a jar and/or other canopic device) may know, Disney released a movie simply titled Frozen some time last year. Now, I've long been a proponent that Disney films have some of the most over the top villains ever, and I have not seen this movie! But from three clips, I surmise a good deal of plot.

Dark Eclipse #31

     Another month, another Dark Eclipse! This month I discuss the true heroes of horror, the greats that lead to how we look at the genre as a whole. I of course could only touch on a few, but I think I touched on some of the greatest influences that we've had.

     As for stories, I enjoyed it all, especially "Devils of Cain's Island" by Kris Ashton. For $1.99, it's definitely worth a read!

Tales of the Unseelie Court is now out!

     An anthology a tad on the fantastical side of horror, Tales of the Unseelie Court is a mirror to the anthology, Tale of the Seelie Court. My addition is of course to the Unseelie version, as my piece is more horror based (as always). There are a great number of quality pieces in each anthology, so check them both out.

     To those unaware, Seelie/Unseelie are the names of mythical creatures commonly known as fey or fairies. From imps to boggarts to gremlins and goblins, the Unseelie are considered the darker aspects of these natural entities. Their alien emotions and actions are hard for humanity to understand, and even harder to deal with.

     Take a look and see if these stories tickle your fancy. We would all (we being the indie authors) appreciate if you would download a copy and let us know how we did.

A Dark Night

Slowly rousing from your dead sleep, you first take notice of your wooden ceiling, smacking your dry lips as you stir within the confines of your bed. Bloated, you roll over and pull a pillow over your head. From beneath the pillow, you blink away the sleep from your eyes, staring at the clock beside your bed.

Site Status

     The site will be posting stories in a slower fashion, as I am wrapping up work on my first novel, Jack in the Box. As many of you may have noticed, I removed the sections of the book from the site. I did this as a precursor to a publisher asking me to do so.
     I have about fifteen to twenty bobbers in the publishing pond, and am just waiting for bites at the moment. When a story gets rejected I'll willingly put it up on the site. Not to mean you all get the scraps, but I am trying to get my feet off the ground here.
     In lighter news, Demonic Visions will be having a third installment with a never-before-seen story of mine being featured. I'll post the link for it.
     As a side note, we're being highlighted by storybundle. Here's the visual:

     Go on over and take a peek!

Jeffrey

Creaking open slowly, Matthew looked out of his room to try and catch sight of his parents in the darkened halls of his home. Seeing nothing, he turned and nodded to his friend Jeffrey, and the two crept out on light feet across the hall and down the stairs, skipping the one board that creaked whenever stepped upon. 

Graverobber

Walking through a graveyard at night, you start to wonder whether or not you chose the right profession. You may have been a little hasty dropping out of school all those years ago, but in your defense you were drawing a good amount of attention with your… obsession with the dead. Shifting the shaft of the shovel on your shoulder, you lift your lantern higher to get a good look around you; this is a new graveyard that you’ve yet to venture to, so you’re not very familiar with the layout.

“Where oh where is that fresh grave…?” You mutter aloud, looking around to try and discern where the fresh body could be. “I know I read that obituary right, today should be the day that she was buried.”

The Old Well, Part One

The old town well was cursed.

Not cursed in that it gave foul or polluted water, no. No, the water was fine and cold, and clear as could be. The seven families that composed the village of Remtusk depended on the well for their everyday chores: the woman needed it for laundry and cooking, while the men used it to quench their thirst after working with the animals in the fields. Even the children looked to it as a source of solace that they could find on a sweltering summer day.

Devil's Due

     A while back I wrote about the first true scary movie of the New Year, Devil's Due. Well, aside from being wrong and finding out there was a new Paranormal Activity that came out (which was awesome by the way), there is a great promotional video for this movie that has left me in stitches. Take a look:

     Behold, the wonders of science! It grants us the ability to terrify people (other than that one man who looked like he didn't understand what was going on). Go see this movie when it comes out, and hopefully we can motivate Hollywood into making more movies like this one.

Paint It Black, Part One

Sitting on the window sill as I eat my breakfast, I cast my gaze out over the waterfront district of this colonial port town. I see men bartering over barrels of whiskey, pointing hands shouting as several lankier looking fellows roll said barrels down a ramp leading from the boat to the pier. Fishmongers, all surly looking sailors with skin as tough as any animal hide and as tanned as the skin of a coconut shout their wares to the errand boys moving through the crowds, who duck between shopping wives and mothers, who turn their nose at the homeless children begging for alms in the gutter.