Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

booking freakboy: IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET (QUEER REFLECTIONS OF HORROR) edited by Joe Vallese

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I love horror films, from classic to modern and everything in between.    So, when I stumbled upon IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET on Audible, I kn...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

booking freakboy: BEST MOVIE EVER (An Oral History of Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont's "Josie and the Pussycats”) by Russ Burlingame

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I confess!  I didn’t instantly love the 2001 film of JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS when I saw it during its theatrical run.    My 20-something ass...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

DECONSTRUCTING STURGEONS (the stories behind the story of a fictional little town)

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July 16, 2023 was an important day in my personal history.  It was officially the last day my sister and I delivered bad news around town.  ...
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Sunday, April 28, 2024

A Short Story (a short story, of sorts)

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     I stare, glare at the black screen through two pieces of plastic glass.     The white too bright to reflect, refract, magnify my muddle...
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Thursday, November 25, 2021

The Day I Slaughtered a Pumpkin

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  A gardening friend gave me a pumpkin.   What the hell am I supposed to do with a pumpkin?  She suggested making a pie.   I said I could tr...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Rubber Duck Lips

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  (a tale of my dad) "I can see something is wrong from here."  This is what I said to my sister, many years ago,  as we watched o...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Dystopian Future Paranoia (or how The Handmaid's Tale made me the town nutter)

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I broke down and purchased a cell phone in June because I needed to be able to stay in touch while dog-sitting in July.  I decided to go...
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