Archive - Eric Sandwich

Monster Musings: the Lix

Spoilers for Clive Barker's Great and Secret Show

May 1, 2023 •

February 2023

Dancing Computers and Loom Libraries

Extrapolating Complex Information Delivery Systems from Historical Practices

Feb 23, 2023 •

The Bourgeoisie

Marxists-- please don't forget you are using specialized language!

Feb 10, 2023 •

Wittkop & Baudrillard

Reification through polar opposites

Feb 9, 2023 •

January 2023

"The Right’s War on Libraries" -Rite Gud

I spoke to Raquel Benedict about the wave of censorship attacking public libraries. It was a great conversation, you can listen to it here…

Jan 6, 2023 •

I changed this blog's title and the cover art in order to consolidate my social media pseudonyms. It's best to stay consistent. I took the talking…

Jan 6, 2023 •

June 2022

Rococo Pompeii published in Not One of Us Magazine

Try here for the website. It's hard copy only but I'm still thrilled to be published in a magazine read by Ellen Datlow and Steve Horton

Jun 28, 2022 •

January 2022

Hyper (Greek for above or beyond) is a misunderstood prefix. It's used synonymously with "super" or "mega"; another mouthful from our overflowing cup of…

Jan 5, 2022 •

November 2021

The Grin of the Dark by Ramsey Campbell

Technically a spooky clown book, a premise so stale that it kept me from this title for years. What a pity! The Grin of the Dark isn't about scary…

Nov 30, 2021 •

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)

Musical theater is a stagnant genre but it didn't have to be. I think I finally accepted that the medium would forever be resigned to kitsch around when…

Nov 30, 2021 •

Notes on Against Equality

There is vaguely anarchic category of "queer" that has been annihilated by the compartmentalization of different sexual preferences and gender…

Nov 6, 2021 •

October 2021

"It's just fiction, bro!" On UKLG and style, voice

Voice is a tragically unexamined aspect of writing, so invisible yet so necessary. If it's doing its job well you don't think of it, like the plumbing…

Oct 13, 2021 •

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