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Pete Mesling
Stephen King: An Outsider's Elevated Perspective on The Institute
I did something this year that I haven’t done since I was in high school: read two Stephen King novels back to back. First up was The...
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Pete Mesling
- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Poetry Showcase, Vol. 6: E-Mail Roundtable, Part 2
Part two of Gwendolyn Kiste's roundtable discussion with the contributing poets of the Poetry Showcase, Vol. 6, is live on her blog:...
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Pete Mesling
- Dec 5, 2019
- 1 min
Poetry Showcase, Vol. 6 (and E-Mail Roundtable, Part 1) Out Now
Volume 6 of the Poetry Showcase series from the Horror Writers Association has landed, folks. Here's a link and everything: ...
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Pete Mesling
- Nov 16, 2019
- 6 min
The Big Dark: A Meditation
Grief, like a cloud, Obscures everything except that for which we grieve— But allows us the comfort of memories. Depression is a heavier...
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Pete Mesling
- Nov 5, 2019
- 22 min
Nicholas Tana and Pete Mesling Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming
Nicholas Tana's website Nicholas on IMDb Nicholas's New Classics Books line of children's books Much of Nicholas Tana’s work as a writer,...
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Pete Mesling
- Oct 5, 2019
- 1 min
"The Chance of a Lifetime" Out Now in Shallow Waters, Vol. 3
I have to say I'm pleased to have a frightening piece of flash fiction in this Kindle-only anthology of flash, from Bram Stoker...
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Pete Mesling
- Sep 6, 2019
- 4 min
Dig Two Graves ... If You Dare!
When I recently decided to tweet teasers for each story from Dig Two Graves, Vol. II, it didn’t occur to me to include my own story,...
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Pete Mesling
- Aug 10, 2019
- 3 min
Glad Men from Happy Boys ... or Else: A Review of Thomas Tryon's THE NIGHT OF THE MOONBOW
Some things in life make absolutely no sense. That Thomas Tryon isn’t a household name is one of them. I’m too young to know what it was...
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Pete Mesling
- Aug 8, 2019
- 2 min
If YouTube, ITube: Introducing the New Pete Mesling Video Channel
As some of you may recall, I tried my hand at a podcast several years ago. Had a lot of fun with it, honestly. But it swallowed my time....
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Pete Mesling
- Jul 31, 2019
- 3 min
Inevitability and the One-Way Mirror of Social Media
I honestly don’t know how some writers are able to post as much as they do on social media, not to mention get good at it. I work a...
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Pete Mesling
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
Publishing Updates
Since there are some neat writerly things around the corner for me—and more neat writerly things that might maybe possibly be around the...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 2, 2019
- 8 min
The Films of Richard Matheson, Part 4 of 4
In the 1970s, Richard Matheson became associated with director Dan Curtis for a number of television movies, much as he had become...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 2, 2019
- 7 min
The Films of Richard Matheson, Part 3 of 4
It's discouraging that one of Richard Matheson's greatest novels, I Am Legend, has yet to be turned into a wholly satisfying film (unless...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 2, 2019
- 8 min
The Films of Richard Matheson, Part 2 of 4
Matheson wrote another important comedy for AIP in 1964. It boasted, once again, a familiar cast, including Vincent Price, Peter Lorre,...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 2, 2019
- 7 min
The Films of Richard Matheson, Part 1 of 4
What follows is a retrospective I worked on with Mr. Matheson in 2003. It originally appeared on Filmfodder.com, and I see no good reason...
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Pete Mesling
- Jan 31, 2019
- 1 min
New Poem—"Black Skull"—Now Available in The Literary Hatchet, Issue 22
As promised, I'm here with an update regarding the publication of my latest poem. "Black Skull" appears in issue 22 of The Literary...
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Pete Mesling
- Jan 7, 2019
- 1 min
"Black Skull" Finds a Home
The astute among you may have noticed that I've pulled the audio/video recording of my poem, "Black Skull," from the blog. That's because...
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Pete Mesling
- Jan 7, 2019
- 1 min
"Black Skull": A Video Poem
First, thanks for being curious enough to read this far. I understand that poetry isn't an automatic draw for everyone, including the...
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Pete Mesling
- Nov 21, 2018
- 3 min
2018 in the Rear-View Mirror
After Halloween it’s always kind of a downhill slide to the New Year, and here we are, one day from Thanksgiving. From there to Christmas...
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Pete Mesling
- Aug 2, 2018
- 7 min
Write On: Rules for Better Pagecraft
Why should you care what I have to say about the craft of writing? Well, I don’t know. I’m hardly a household name, but I’ve been at the...
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