Earlier this month, I took my dog for a walk on Mount Tabor. It has an off-leash dog park that’s so large, you can walk for five minutes without seeing anyone. That’s not typically the case, but when there’s crummy weather, it certainly can be....
Author: jbkish
Horror Fans Deserve a Better Kind of Monster
The monster from A Quiet Place should win an academy award. Its performance was amazing. Seriously. I remember the first time I saw it—a promising young actor in the 2006 indie flick The Host. The film became a cult favorite, but it didn’t quite launch the monster’s...
Question: How do I reach out to publishers?
Recently, I was invited back to my high school to speak with a creative writing class about indie publishing. It was a great experience. The thing I enjoyed most was answering the students’ questions. Unfortunately, we ran out of time before I could get to...
Review: Netflix’s The Ritual
The Ritual, based on the novel by Adam Nevill, is one of those films that manages to accomplish a lot with very little. Everything about it seems grandiose on paper: set in the breathtaking wilderness of Sweden, four friends attempt to cut their hiking trip in half...