Grab Bag

Here’s a smattering of topics to kick off the week. Forgive me if my thoughts are scattered and a little light but Monday Migraines are less than fun.

Author and Coordinating Judge Dave Farland has died. I never had the pleasure of working directly with Mr. Farland though a number of my writers pals have and none have had a single bad word about the man. He apparently was devoted to helping new writers and that is admirable. His friends and family have my deepest sympathies.

Vulcanic Eruption in the pacific. An undersea volcano near the island of Tonga erupted massively. So much so that tsunami warnings were issued around the entire pacific rim and the eruptions itself was captured and easily visible from orbiting satellites. The video is online and is both awe inspiring and terrifying.

Shudder now has the 3 hours documentary Woodlands dark and Days Bewitched exploring ‘folk horror’ films from around the world. It is an excellent primer on the sub-genre and has put many new films on my ‘want to watch list.’