I’ve walked into the store hundreds of times, usually to the sounds of drums pounding in the back room. I’d take a quick look at the inventory of drums, cymbals and hardware on the floor and guitars lining the panel walls, walk past the small glass counter, usually with a pack of gum politely resting […]
Mazzenga creeps readers out with twisted townies, eerie sea creatures, aliens and more in his short story collection, Mad Tales HP Lovecraft has had more of an impact on Rhode Island writers than I realized. It seems like every book or synopsis I read is Lovecraft-esque, tales of macabre with a touch of eccentricity to […]
Christmas shopping tends to be a stressful hassle – playing Santa Claus and trying to find just the right gift for a seemingly never-ending list while dealing with the everyday stress of life. For some people, Holiday Spirit cancels out the holiday stressors, making gift buying an enjoyable experience, topped off by seeing the gratitude […]
The athletes filed into Town Hall Lanes in Johnston, heading to their assigned lane with their teammates. Families and friends waited patiently in the viewing area to cheer for all the athletes taking part in the Junior Special Olympics Bowling Tournament on November 3, 2013. All went silent to hear the Special Olympics oath: “Let me […]
RI native says, ‘Being cool is overrated’ Kids get a bad rap these days. Being known as a generation full of lazy twerkers, sexters and fans of god-awful, wretched music, their elders don’t have much confidence in the future of tomorrow. Shortly after reading an article about a group of bullies anonymously torturing a special […]
Zombies are all the rage at this moment. While much cooler than the previous vampire trend, you can’t go anywhere without seeing or hearing about the undead in a post-apocalyptic world. Lucky for me, I’ve been a huge zombie fan since I first saw Return of the Living Dead way back in my teen years. […]
Punk, aging, and the Devil If Robert Johnson were a punk, there is no doubt that he still would have sold his soul to the devil back on that infamous day at a Mississippi crossroads. But instead of selling his soul for musical ability, he would have hocked it for the ability to never grow […]
The title of this narrative non-fiction tale really gives away the plot. Before I even put down the $20 to pay for this book, I knew that John Gordon was the last person to be executed in Rhode Island and was later redeemed, though about 100+ years too late. Even though I knew the outcome, […]
I finished reading this story while spending the night at a run-down inn in the mountains of New Hampshire. It was dark, the pool was empty and secluded, and the place reeked of not waking up in the morning due to something the guy who wrote Saw would have thought of. Finishing a story meant […]
About halfway through reading this story of two women in different eras, I woke up panicked after having a realistic nightmare that still haunts me. My girlfriend started seeing someone else as I was forced to watch. We were all at a table and she just went to him as I sat there, stunned, not […]