Scary Stories

The Legacy of ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’

Horror is a deep-seated fandom often tracing back to childhood, a collection of formative years where our young minds are sponges, thirsting for our next greatest influence or obsession. When I was a kid, my mom nurtured my love of reading, often letting me gallivant around Waldenbooks in search of the latest Fear Street or…

baby sloth

A Nick Caruso (Who is Not Me) Wrote a Book about Animal Farts

Last week, I learned that another Nick Caruso—a Nick Caruso who is not me— wrote a book called, Does It Fart? The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence. I jokingly tweeted that I was going to tell all my friends the book was mine because 1) the book’s concept is hysterical and 2) the obvious same-name gag. (Public…

Prince

Book Review: ‘Prince: A Private View’

When Prince passed away on April 21, 2016, it was a communal suckerpunch felt around the world. Fans were left reeling at the loss, mourning the man, the music, and his impact on the arts at large. While The Purple One was often shrouded in mystery, it only added to his allure. Despite his enigmatic…

Final Girls

REVIEW: ‘Final Girls’ by Riley Sager

Riley Sager’s Final Girls modernizes a horror trope and spins it into a character piece about what happens after horror hits home. The “final girl,” a notion well known to slasher fans, is the sole survivor of a horror film. She’s the one woman who bests the killer to survive whatever horrifying ordeal was laid out…

Motley Crue

Book Rec: ‘Kickstart My Heart: A Mötley Crüe Day-by-Day’

Mötley Crüe exploded onto the 80’s LA scene in a tornado of drugs, booze, glam and girls, girls, girls. In between platinum-selling records and sold-out club and arena tours, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx struggled through addiction, jail sentences, inner-band turmoil, rehab, you name it, making the band’s 30+ years one…

harper

It Exists: Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Sequel

Fifty-five years after her first novel, Harper Lee is finally releasing a follow-up: her publisher announced that it would be releasing a new book by the reclusive author and that the book would be a sequel to the beloved classic To Kill A Mockingbird. The book was completed in the 1950s, and was Lee’s attempt at telling the…