As dusk descended on Halloween, Karl Vincent turned on the outdoor porch light of his charcoal gray, gabled house on Grimwood Street in Providence to let the Trick-or-Treaters know that he was now “awake.” For fun, he’d open the front door with a Transylvanian-accented “Good evenink” worthy of Bela Lugosi himself. The kids in the […]
There I was, alone, lying on my side, basking in sunlight, amid the chaos of a busy city street, minding my own business. In my peripheral vision I could make out the wavering, jumbled festoonery of mankind passing by, back and forth, sometimes repeatedly, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly — as a form of recreation of […]
Orville Becker looked again at his map of Lincoln Woods State Park. He’d hiked through the natural rock formations of Druid Circle, stopping to gaze at the Pedestal and Split Rock boulders, before continuing toward Quinsicket Pond, which lay to the northwest, where he planned to break for a late lunch. Odd name, Druid Circle, […]
Beer has been shared across many cultures over the past 13,000 years. Given that, I feel it’s pretty safe to say it is here to stay, despite production declining over the past decade. It is not just about the grain bill, flavor profile, and ABV. Although this is important, it represents so much more. Sharing […]
The hood was unceremoniously torn from over the young man’s head. A tall, gaunt man in antiquated clothing peered at him, his face mere inches away. “And who do we have here?” hissed the man. The young man gasped and his mouth dropped open as he stared into the eyes of the person before him […]
Wards 2, 9 and 12 all report the same. Mendez wins in each! It appeared that Providence was perfectly poised to usher-in its first female mayor in history. The polls were closed and final results for each of the fifteen wards were starting to trickle in. There was a sense that something monumental was occurring, […]
“You’re late, Brother,” she said, hovering outside the weathered cottage near a pebbly beach, indistinguishable from the shadows cast by moonlight that hit the thick hydrangeas. It was late in the evening of a seawind-chilled Thursday in early summer on Block Island. “I miscalculated, Sister, and manifested in Port Judith,” he explained. “So I took […]
The NecronomiCon is a biennial celebration of the works of HP Lovecraft and beyond, and throughout the genre of “weird fiction.” Centered in downtown Providence, it boasts four days of literary panels, readings from various authors, tabletop gaming, vendor halls, and guided walking tours which showcase locations described in Lovecraft’s stories. It is a four-day […]
Your computer, smartphone, laptop, tablet, and electronic devices are tools. Those tools have no gender. No heartbeat. No blood in their veins. No lungs. No thoughts. No Soul. Those tools are an amalgamation of dead materials: silicon, copper, aluminum, gold, plastics, et cetera. Materials that are “activated” by small brushings with human heat — mostly […]
Theodore “Teddy” Jennings lived to the remarkable age of ninety-eight. For the entire second half of that, he resided in the same Victorian-style home nestled in the West Elmwood neighborhood of Providence. He married three times, outliving each magnificent woman and madly in love every time. He was even-keeled, kind and energetic to the end, […]