Continuity of the APES

The two PLANET OF THE APES prequels, 2011’s RISE OF and 2014’s DAWN OF, have been straight-up excellent, and there is every reason to be hopeful that the upcoming WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, due out in summer 2017, will be of comparable quality. The prequels can be enjoyed on their own; it…

Lycanthropic Link to the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Let me just go ahead and warn you, peeps. This week is going to be heavy on the holiday-related stuff. By the time you’ll all be reading this, December 25th will have passed, but this whole “end-Christmas-at-11:59-PM” movement is of recent vintage and largely commercial in origin. Stores hurrying to strip their shelves and capitalize…

The Werewolf Conference

Yeah, so this happened last year. I’m only now hearing about it, okay? And it’s not like you were gonna go, anyway. Not unless you were already in commuting distance, and if that was the case then you probably already knew about the International Werewolf Conference to begin with, and you probably went to it,…

Krampus Assaulted

Let’s see the little whippersnappers try this with the REAL Krampus! A group of teenagers in St. Johann, Pongau, Austria assaulted one of Krampus’s helpers during the yearly Krampus Christmas parade. What’s up with that?! And only one of the brats got taken to jail? And where were the other Krampuses (Krampi?) when their brother…

Turnin’ and Howlin’: Micky Neilson takes on THE HOWLING—and a sequel to THE TURNING

A few weeks back I posted my review of the novel THE TURNING by Micky Neilson. NO reason to repeat that review, since you can just click on the link if you want to read it, but suffice it to say it is one of the finest pieces of werewolf fiction I’ve ever been fortunate…

The First Murder?

The story of Genesis offers us a mythic, symbolized story of the first murder, when Cain, son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother Abel. Curiously it wasn’t the act of murder that got the first family kicked out of paradise; instead, that first offense, nibbling fruit from a tree at the behest of a…

Baffled by Baphomet

A “baphomet” is an idol. Since the 1800s it is depicted as a half human, half goat figure, equal parts male and female. It’s recognized by modern Satanists and pagans; actually it’s recognized by a whole lotta people; what I mean is, it has symbolic meaning for those folks, and for the vast majority of…

Would you survive?

What the hell, I’ve done it for vampires and for zombies, might as well do it for werewolves. This is a silly quiz; answer some silly questions and it will tell you whether or nor you would survive a werewolf invasion. It’s flawed, though. Here’s one classic example: the second question, paraphrased, asks what you…

The Protector of Osmir

My brethren! Kindred spirits! I have found you! Yes, I’m talking to you, you fine folks at Impossible Salt, you twain musical directors Emilia Allen and Parker Genné, et al. And what a name for your company! IMPOSSIBLE SALT! I love it! You see, I too am a theatre person. Writing, directing, and producing are…