Tag: halloween

• The Autumn Kid

  Inspired by my prolific friend Tim Gilmore, I decided to write something about my childhood. While my novel Tamper included some semi-autobiographical chapters, this is all new and all true: I’ve been trying to erase the line between science and mysticism since I was a child, even if I couldn’t put it into words. Some…

  Bill Ectric

  August 13, 2017

  autobiography, autumn, childhood, halloween, Thanksgiving

• The Beauty of Dark Writing

  Author John Shirley has written an essay on why he likes “dark” literature – those genres that deal with the supernatural, horror, and so forth. The essay appears on Literati Literature Lovers. Here’s an excerpt: It may be that the appeal of dark beauty is that it bridges these fearful gaps in existence: it brings…

  Bill Ectric

  November 20, 2013

  Author John Shirley, Fantasia, halloween, horror, John Shirley, literature, supernatural, writing