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Pete Mesling
Why horror? Because it's there.
It’s easy to be a horror fan when you’re young. It’s almost expected that a certain segment of the population is going to be drawn to...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 19, 2017
- 4 min
Stakes and Hammers: Getting to the Heart of 'SALEM'S LOT
This is a painful admission for a die-hard Stephen King fan such as myself, but I read 'Salem's Lot for the first time this year. My...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 19, 2017
- 1 min
"Lovely, Dark and Deep": A Play in One Act by Pete Mesling
I've sold a play to Off The Wall Plays, a script publisher with offices in London and Johannesburg, which means that "Lovely, Dark an...
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Pete Mesling
- Oct 30, 2016
- 1 min
Halloween Haunts: Meet Joe Pipe
Greetings, Patient Reader! I've written another guest blog post for the Horror Writer's Association's annual Halloween Haunts series....
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Pete Mesling
- Jun 2, 2016
- 2 min
StokerCon 2016: A Brief Pictorial Recollection
A lot of really nice StokerCon 2016 memorial blogs and photo slide shows have been popping up on social media, so I don’t mean to venture...
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Pete Mesling
- Apr 16, 2016
- 6 min
A Brush with the Horror of Racism
Life is precious and meaningful. That’s why I’m drawn to dark subject matter, in both fiction and nonfiction. That which threatens,...
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Pete Mesling
- Mar 12, 2016
- 4 min
Beefs, Gripes, and Peeves
Not a lot of preamble needed here, I think. As I season with age, I lose more and more of my inclination toward outward expressions of...
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Pete Mesling
- Feb 20, 2016
- 4 min
Stephen King: A Prehumous Appraisal with Bonus Digression
It can be difficult to separate nostalgia from the measured appreciation of a favorite writer. Like the woman at the bar who seems to get...
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Pete Mesling
- Feb 5, 2016
- 1 min
Robert Essig Interviews Pete Mesling
Once again I'm going to hold off on a traditional blog post, as fellow writer Robert Essig has done a bang-up interview with me that I...
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Pete Mesling
- Jan 12, 2016
- 1 min
NONE SO DEAF on Nicholas Kaufmann's Blog, The Scariest Part
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest blogger for Nicholas Kaufmann's The Scariest Part, so instead of beginning my planned...
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Pete Mesling
- Nov 15, 2015
- 4 min
A Slight Row with Mike Rowe
If it had been only one of my Facebook friends who shared Mike Rowe’s thoughts on the dangers of following your passion, it might have...
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Pete Mesling
- Oct 9, 2015
- 1 min
Halloween Haunts: Everything I Know about Sadism I Learned from Alfred Hitchcock
Every year, the Horror Writer's Association hosts a series of blog posts written by its members. This year the project was headed up by...
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Pete Mesling
- Aug 28, 2015
- 6 min
Independent: The Apolitical Appeal of 24
Well, I’m finally caught up on 24, the action-fueled torture-ganza that pits counter-terrorist super agent Jack Bauer (played to...
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Pete Mesling
- Jul 23, 2015
- 8 min
The Elusive Art of Film Adaptation: A Subjective Shot
You can't get much more disenchanted than I am with the state of cinema as an art form. I've been watching it slide down the tubes all my...
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Pete Mesling
- Jun 3, 2015
- 4 min
In Praise of the Part-Time Writer
More than one professional writer has urged those who aspire to follow in his or her footsteps to abandon the short story and get busy...
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Pete Mesling
- Jun 3, 2015
- 3 min
The Negative Film Review
When you're a young movie enthusiast, you watch everything you can get your hands on because you don't want to miss a single jewel. (With...
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Pete Mesling
- Apr 28, 2015
- 3 min
Write What You See: Thoughts on Writing
We all know we're not supposed to wait around for inspiration. Write, dammit! Butt in chair, pen in hand, tablet on lap, digital recorder...
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