Today’s Fear: Failure

Greetings mortals! I've ironically reached a crossroads in my life. If you've been following along from the crypts, you know I've embarked on a second website and various platform presences called Brent's Crossroads. This endeavor focuses on my love of travel, cruising, and Disney to keep it separate from what I do here. The drawback …

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What Do You Mean There’s No Sequel?

Good evening, and welcome back to the show... One constant and true aspect of the horror movie genre is that sequels are a natural part of the program. Once the first installment is released, a low-budget film can spin off into a full-blown franchise seemingly overnight. Look at the movies we've had spin-off into many …

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Fear the AI Invasion

These are wild times, my friends. The real horrors make the fictional horrors seem tame by comparison, but hopefully, we will navigate through the BS together. Speaking of some serious BS... Recently, it has come to everyone's attention that Meta, OpenAI, and even Microsoft have been accused of pirating books to train their AI models. …

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Where Do I Get My Ideas?

I hear this question from people at work and other places all the time. It will come up when they tell me they liked the book, but it was messed up, and they couldn't believe I wrote something like the book they read. So, on occasion, I will answer the question. What do I answer? …

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2024 In Review

Greetings, horror hounds! It is colder than the research station in John Carpenter's The Thing, but winter will hopefully go by quickly. Today, I want to reflect on my 2024 as a writer. There have been some ups and downs, but it wasn't too bad overall. It was a busy year, but much work still …

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Are Cons Worth the Investment?

Slinging some horror fiction at Nashville Horror Con 2024 Greetings, my fellow horror and fiction enthusiasts! I'm sorry I've been behind on hanging out with you here but launching a new website and associated online presence has been time-consuming. I am happy to announce that my travel, food, Disney, and cruising site, Brent's Crossroads, has …

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Halloween Movie Hot Takes

Happy Halloween, you wild and crazy ghouls! Our day has finally arrived! Okay, I know I live this day as a daily lifestyle, but let's allow other people to live in our world for a day. I've been in my occasional horror flick catch-up mode. Hot Takes will be my way of giving you wonderful …

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Catching Up With Abigail

Copyright Universal Pictures Good afternoon! There are times I get behind on watching the newest horror flicks until I have a break in the work schedule to catch up. I’m in one of those times now where I can view a few and give my hot takes. Today, I offer my thoughts on Abigail from …

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Gore Clown Shop’s Horror Fashions

Hey, ghouls, the weather in parts of the country is frightful, and I hope everyone is safe. The hurricane season has taken a turn for the worse, and the destruction they've left in their wake is terrible. It will take years to recover from Helene and Milton's one-two punch. Do what you can to help …

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