Flu+Nyquil=Weird Dreams

“Maps of Fallen Skies” was written after a strange fever-dream. When I woke up, drenched in sweat with a Nyquil hangover, I had this weird feeling that my “real life” was on “pause” somewhere, just waiting for me to get back to it. I grabbed a notebook and wrote this down in five minutes without [...]

Poetry from Stripmine

NOTE: This is a poem from Stripmine, a book of poetry and essays I’m publishing online and in print. I’m doing some limited-edition books–each one is one-of-a-kind, unique, hand-lettered titles, heavy paper, textured inserts, signed and numbered, etc. They are available for $50. Email gregorypurvis@live.com for details. “Blur” is written “in character” and relates a [...]

Put The SIGH In SCI-FI

—————————————————————————————————————————————————DISCLAIMER:—————————————————————————————————————————— I’m writing this blog for the stated reason that I don’t want to write about my birthday (September 18). I turned 40. The highlight of my day was that I began the (hopefully short) process of finding a literary agent. Other things that happened on my birthday: my Xbox 360, DVD player and fridge [...]

DISTRICT 9 Hits The Mark

It feels like this summer is turning out to be the Summer of Movies. First off, I’ve been working on two movies of my own: the first is THE LOST IDOL OF AMUN-RA, a take-off on 1950’s sci-fi serials. I’m directing and acting in this one (well, I agreed to play a bit part: the powerful [...]

Lust: It’s whats for dinner

The Internet is the World’s Greatest Lust Engine. Whether it’s porn (in the flavor of your choice), food or drugs (ditto the flavor choices), the object(s) of your affection or obsession–be it person, place or thing–can be found, bought, discussed, and analyzed…further adding to the collective obsession concerning the Object of desire.
When I was a [...]

‘Stay Thirsty, My Friends’

At times in my life, commercials really aggravated me. Back when I was a communist, for example. But the older I get, the more mellow I become…kind of like a good, single-malt whiskey, now that I think about it. Of course, I realize that it’s not really any sort of accident of brain chemistry or [...]

This Vampire Sucks…

I’m obviously just not kool enough to watch the MTV Movie Awards. At least, not when its live. Bad things happen…take for instance the last time I watched it live, when I was treated to the disintegration of one of the finest bands my generation ever produced: Rage Against The Machine. Err…well maybe that actually occurred [...]

X-Files Redux

I Want To Believe…The X-Files Movie Won’t Suck
 
Or: I’d rather be force-fed a greasy Spam-type meat product rather than hear anything about U.F.O.’s or ‘Grays” or Area 51.
 
By Gregory Purvis
 
When I was young, science fiction and mysteries of the unexplained used to be all good. There just wasn’t any such thing as a bad sci-fi [...]

BURNING LOVE: The Gargoyle

Burning Love: The Gargoyle (by Andrew Davidson / Doubleday / 2008)
Review By Gregory Purvis
 
I don’t read as much fiction as I used to. Sometimes I think about how silly that sounds; kind of like:
I don’t boot as much black tar heroin as I used to.
For a fiction writer, shouldn’t I regard keeping up [...]

Snow Angels

Modern cinema is held hostage in a prison of 1’s and 0’s: a Wonderland of digital dimensions.
Locked in this gilded cage, fantasy in infinite variety can woo the ooh-and-ahh, promising (if not always delivering) a matinee that was once upon a time–and not so long ago–showing only in dreams.
Lord of the Rings was penned [...]