It’s rare to find a writer who can haunt your dreams with terrifying visions of say, for example, a shapeshifting clown, while ruminating on the battle of good and evil… while commenting on societal injustices… while exploring the very base of human nature…. while illuminating the power of friendship and love. And did we mention […]
Joel and Ellie have reached the end of their Season 1 journey — but that doesn’t mean we have to. As you wait for Season 2, trek through these book pairings between some of the most memorable characters and what they might be reading during the apocalypse. What book would you bring with you to […]
Father’s Day approaches, which naturally leads to thoughts of your own father (or, if you’re a dad, your children). Not all of these thoughts will be happy ones. Still, consider how lucky you are to live in our world, where your father is a retired salesman or an army vet, and not, say, the Dark Lord, or a serial […]
When I was an unfortunate looking teenager, I took a very powerful acne drug with some very scary side effects, side effects serious enough that the manufacturer included drawings of the horrible things it would do to a baby if a pregnant woman took it. But, as real life and fiction have proven time and […]
Maybe kids who grew up in big cities (where there were things to do, and actual danger) never felt compelled to light things on fire with Bic lighters from 7-Eleven, but in the quiet, cookie-cutter suburbs of L.A., we did this a lot. (Don’t worry. Nothing got burned down.) I wouldn’t encourage young kids to […]
