“My lighthouse is no longer lit, Virgil, Because there are no more boats to warn off. Five hundred years ago we landed here, And five hundred years ago we, well… stopped.” They say that nothing is original anymore, and oftentimes I am hard pressed to agree. Until now. The past year has seen little in…
“Common wisdom affirms against the drinking of whiskey during daylight hours, and while I can see the merits of the argument, it is not one to which I hold.” It’s no surprise that I worship the ground Polansky walks on; or paper he scrawls his chicken-scratch on, if you want to get technical. The man…
Smiling always seems to annoy people more then insulting them. Or maybe I have an annoying smile. I entered this book with a bit of apprehension. I heard many people gush over these books, saying they’re the best Detective Fantasy books around. Being a noir writer, I hate the illusion that people give stating that…
Noir, when translated from French, means ‘night.’ Noir, when translated from English, means ‘rain.’ A whole lot of rain. As I stated in my first post, and my bio, and my twitter account, (@Texan_Chill) I’m a fantasy noir writer. The only problem with this is that very few even know what the hell I even…
“A cynic is just a disappointed idealist.” –Carlos Yu No, I’m not talking about an angsty emo teenager who puts on too much eyeshadow to make them look like a raccoon. You laugh, but I know somebody who looks like that. True story. No, I’m talking about that guy who wears that jade-colored glasses; the…
Acerbic Writing 