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Into a Hollywood heart of darkness: uncovering Trevor Simms and ‘T Bird’

Many are called, few are chosen. So goes a Marine Corps advertising slogan—also what I think of the talented transplants who flock from across the United States and rest of the world to make Los Angeles their home. A creative individual needs to be confident, even reckless, to pursue their dreams for a living. Moving to the big city is no joke, especially now. Even before the 2023 writers’…

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Persona Cracked: Mike Sauve

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Mike Sauve, is author of five novels whose work contains strong elements of literary experimentation, social commentary, and humor. I first become acquainted with Sauve’s work after reading I Ain’t Got No Home in This World No More, which Publisher’s Weekly in its starred review…

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Persona Cracked: Brian Asman

Persona Cracked: Brian Asman

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Brian Asman, is a writer, actor, director, and producer whose stories often blur the line between horror and humor. He is author of five novels, including the self-published sensation, Man, Fuck This House, recently acquired by Blackstone and optioned for TV/film. His latest…

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CEO: Scrolling social media site increases I.Q.

CEO: Scrolling social media site increases I.Q.

Idris Frank’s logo for his new app, which he promises will revolutionize social media. SANTA CLARITA — A father who has struggled with his teenage daughter’s addiction to social media has created a web site to compete with YouTube and TikTok and that he claims will increase the intelligence of viewers. Idris Frank, a 46-year-old software developer and chief executive officer of utok!, announced…

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Persona Cracked: Lucy Leitner

Persona Cracked: Lucy Leitner

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Lucy Leitner, is author of three novels and writer of transgressive fiction whose work contains strong elements of horror and satire. Her latest book, Bad Vibrations, is set for release October 19th and has the subtitle: Yoga, Sex, Blood. Lucy works in advertising and lives in…

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Music maker becomes social shaker

Music maker becomes social shaker

Review: Song of Kitaba Mark Everglade, 252 pages Revolutions are messy. They are not, as often depicted in fiction, neatly conceived tales with pre-ordained plots that follow an assured path to victory. In real life, revolutions are conceived in struggle, their course erratic, with failure often the closest ally and end result. My favorite aspect of Song of Kitaba, marketed as a ‘hopepunk’…

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Love is a Cosmic Telephone Booth

Love is a Cosmic Telephone Booth

Review: We Can Never Go Back Daron Kappauff, 30 pages I don’t read much horror. I commute on the train to and from downtown L.A., so I already know about hell and how dark, scary, and violent the world can be. If I need to side-step troubled individuals talking to themselves on the subway, just to pay my bills, why should I seek out fictional stories involving characters possessed by demons…

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Persona Cracked: Mark Everglade

Persona Cracked: Mark Everglade

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Mark Everglade, is the pen name of an author of three science-fiction novels, Hemispheres, Song of Kitaba, and the forthcoming, Inertia, as well as several short stories. While Everglade’s work and literary interests resound solidly within the sub-genre of cyberpunk, his activist…

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Persona Cracked: Jon Bassoff

Persona Cracked: Jon Bassoff

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Jon Bassoff, is author of nine novels. He was born in New York City in 1974 and lives in Longmont, Colorado where he teaches high school English. Jon’s work is described on his web site as ‘gothic-noir.’ His latest tale of existential torment, Beneath Cruel Waters, a mystery…

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Persona Cracked: Joseph Hurtgen

Persona Cracked: Joseph Hurtgen

Joseph Hurtgen with son, Ira. Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Joseph Hurtgen, holds a PhD in English Literature and is the author of several books, including Tower Defender, The Archive Incarnate, Sherman: a Novel, and tae kwon GO. He writes science fiction analysis on his blog, Rapid Transmission and is a writer…

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Persona Cracked: Max Booth III

Persona Cracked: Max Booth III

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Max Booth III, lives in San Antonio and is an author, screenwriter, and publisher known mostly for his contributions to the horror genre. His latest novel, Maggots Screaming!, is set for release in April. Who is Max Booth I and II, and how do you compare to them? My grandfather…

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Persona Cracked: Peter Malone Elliott

Persona Cracked: Peter Malone Elliott

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My next guest, Peter Malone Elliott, lives in Brooklyn and works as the creative director for Book Pipeline, a writing competition that seeks to identify literature suitable for TV/film adaptation. Peter wrote the screenplay for Wired Shut, a home-invasion thriller released in November 2021,…

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Persona Cracked: Liz Fyne

Persona Cracked: Liz Fyne

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My third guest, Liz Fyne, has degrees in biology and neuroscience. She worked for 14 years doing biomedical research before she transitioned to fiction writing. You describe yourself on social media as a ‘recovering scientist,’ but is it better to be a ‘starving artist?’ What prompted your plunge…

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Opinion: My Cobra Kai t-shirt makes me immune to everything

Opinion: My Cobra Kai t-shirt makes me immune to everything

I was looking forward to a fresh start in 2022. Weren’t you? The shutdown in March 2020 – damn, almost two years ago — was tough on my barbershop, and recovery hasn’t been easy. Wearing a muzzle on my face and talking to customers all day while cutting their hair has been more than enough cardio exercise for me, thank you. So, early in reopening, I turned up the volume on the TV, and that shut…

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Persona Cracked: Joe Favalaro

Persona Cracked: Joe Favalaro

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My second guest, Joe Favalaro, often writes under the pseudonym ‘Joe Straynge.’ He is a 28-year-old poet, novelist, screenwriter, and musician set to complete a degree from Toronto Film School in 2022. Why Joe ‘Straynge?’ There’s nothing mystical to it. One of my heroes and most crucial…

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Persona Cracked: Alexia Knight

Persona Cracked: Alexia Knight

Persona Cracked is a series that explores the intersection of artists, their work, and social media. My first guest, Alexia Knight, is a married mother who works as a teacher by profession and enjoys writing about her sex life. Ms. Knight’s series, Tinderella Diary: A Trilogy of Erotic Memoirs, was published last year. In your books, the events that prompted your sexual awakening as a…

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Entrepreneur: ‘chlorophyll skin’ to solve climate crisis ‘without the fuss’

Entrepreneur: ‘chlorophyll skin’ to solve climate crisis ‘without the fuss’

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