Search Results for: best of 2018

• “J.J. FTW” at Yale Review
• “Greased Lightning” at Pidgeonholes

Well, I mean, aside from pretty much ever story in Cat Valente’s The Future is Blue. Especially and forever “Planet Lion.” That story’s right up there with Peter Watts’ “The Things,” for me. 

One of which is yellow and werewolfy . . .

• https://www.unboundworlds.com/2018/09/the-100-best-horror-books-of-all-time/

Isn’t that mask just so expressive? It’s supposed to make Michael Myers faceless, but really it kind of gives him a soul. A dark, evil, tortured soul. Anyway, I think it’s going to be a touch before I get to actually talking about this latest version, BUT:

• if you haven’t seen it yet
• AND you don’t like spoilers
• AND you can’t help but finish every post you start reading, then:
  • maybe don’t start this one yet?

Which is to say, spoilers wil…

All kinds of cool, getting to help with this poll for NPR:

Sounds like a boxing movie. Anyway, cool starred Publisher’s Weekly review—nice words for “Chapter Six.” Click there, or, I mean, it’s so short, here:

Ink portrait of Stephen Graham Jones, after reading the brilliant “Mongrels”. I know, I know, full moons are rubbish. Sorry, @SGJ72 pic.twitter.com/1BUkF0cg67

— Evan Cagle (@cagle_evan) February 8, 2018

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For the first time ever, I kept a running tab of the best of every month:

• for January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

It’s not everything I read/watch/listened to. Just the stuff I dug.

And? I had this big idea that I’d peel back through all those, dither and negotiate about which is actually my favorite whatever of the year. But what I’m right-now finding? I like to remember better, on the idea that if it was good, …

Best movie’s a hard call, especially as I’ve yet to see The Eyes of My Mother or Nocturnal Animals or Moana or Kubo and the Two Strings. Also? I doubt I’ve seen just all that many of the award-contenders either. But I did luck into a few good theaters/iTunes rentals/Netflixes:

Television of course is the one the whole world loved, then the usual (superhero) suspects, then a couple that should surprise no one, then a Netflix stumbleupon that was amazing, an

This all the slasher stuff that USED to take up the middle of The Last Final Girl‘s page. Still some links &etc over there, too, but it’s all LFG specific now, to keep that page from getting too thick.

What that means for ME, though, is now I can just go even more hog wild with the slasher stuff HERE. I expect this page to get longer and longer—a go-to to me any time I, you know, maybe have some time, need some clicks.

And? Y’all let me know if any of these are now dea…

One in-hand, one soon to be:

• the Guran (Mapping the Interior): https://www.amazon.com/Years-Best-Dark-Fantasy-Horror-ebook/dp/B07HGBQ33K/
• the Boop (“Stands Twice and the Magpie Man”): https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Outta-Deadwood-David-Boop/dp/148148432X

Too, I keep all these covers, most with links, over on the Anthos page.

And, case you maybe missed them, the two just before this, which is the same thing: one in-(my)hand, one on the way:…