Wednesday is the wickedest of days.
T6
(Unofficial Lyrics - The Cure Wish Deluxe Album)
December 28, 2022

If you find one moment of love in a miserable life, it has been one worth living.
The Last Paramours of Paris
(Epilogue)
April 23, 2022

Il n'y a pas d'art sans beauté et pas de beauté sans art.
The Last Paramours of Paris
(Epilogue)
April 23, 2022


Give me a grand bookcase so I can build a petite maison around it.
The Last Paramours of Paris
April 21, 2022

The greatest cities in the world are built on words instead of stone.
The Last Paramours of Paris
April 21, 2022

Le sentiment est une piètre excuse pour la passion.
The Last Paramours of Paris
April 21, 2022

Rainy days have endless possibilities.
The Last Paramours of Paris
April 21, 2022

Vous êtes le rythme circadien de l'univers.
The Last Paramours of Paris
(A Prologue)
April 19, 2022

They curled up like the birches,
Face-to-face for all eternity–embracing–in glorious fashion,
To die like the lovers of Valdaro!
Kyivian Moment
(A Warring Sonet)
March 26, 2022

L'art passe par une joie extrême ou une douleur extrême; tout le reste est la culture pop.
A Strange Brand of Heathen
December 28, 2021

Life is a Lie and all that is within it.
The River Whyld
December 17, 2021

If you’re a cowboy, why do you kiss like crap?
If you’re a cowboy, why listen to rap?
If You're a Cowboy
(Two Step Riff)
December 4, 2021

How close is far away?
Attack of the Plastic Cowheads
(Dollar Store Diatribe)
November 20, 2021

Not for all the Bolivian blondes in the world.
Bolivian Blonde
November 12, 2021

Minuit est fait de 1000 chuchotements.
The Dark Mystic Wisteria Jane
October 23, 2021

Those who kiss with their souls, experience celestial intimacy unknown to those who only kiss with their lips.
The Dark Mystic Wisteria Jane
October 23, 2021

Things happen on rainy days that one can only dream of on sunny days.
Shhhhh!
August 14, 2021

If one searches the world over for beauty they are sure to find it.
She will kick her boots and scream if you try to bring her back home.
Small, Small the Night
July 23, 20221
 

Edgar Allan Poe was GOTH incarnate.
Facebook Post
November 21, 2020

T.S. Elliot is Edgar Allan Poe’s whimpering lapdog of a poet. The best he could remember Poe by was the insulting title of “first-rate critic” and the best the world could remember T.S. Elliot by is a cat poem.
Facebook Post
February 3, 2019

Art schools create musicians.
Music schools create writers.
Writing classes create angry critics.
Facebook Post
December 28, 2018

Today's Mega Mansions are tomorrow's Haunted Houses.
Facebook Post
November 10, 2018

Jack Kerouac writes like Jackson Pollock paints.
Review of On the Road
September 18, 2016

It's hard to order just a black coffee these days. That's the kind of miserable world we live in.
The Divine Dantes: Squirt Guns in Hades
July 25, 2011

Blondes make nice pets.
The Divine Dantes: Squirt Guns in Hades
July 25, 2011

All Ghosts Are Gray.
Phantasmal: The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849
June 7, 2011

Tweets and text messages killed the long novel.
The Brownie of the Alabaster Mansion
July 25, 2011

Is not our purest form of writing that done without the taint of money?
Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life
November 3, 2003

J.D. Salinger—The Great Uncommunicator.
What’s in Salinger’s Closet?
January 27, 2012

The literary world is marred with dead trees and terrible, fat novels. Does length equal creativity and originality? Do pages equal greatness? 
Best Vampire Short Stories 1800-1849
August 12, 2011

Charlotte Bronte borrowed liberally and sloppily from Joseph Sheridan le Fanu when penning Jane Eyre. The originality of this classic novel is tarnished as a result.
Best Ghost Short Stories 1800-1849
June 7, 2011

“Groupies will give you Chlamydia, Edward.”
“Planet Earth to Virg: Groupies throw underwear on stage. They don’t throw flowers.”
The Divine Dantes: Paella in Purgatory
May 29, 2013
 

Bea broke up the band.
The Divine Dantes: Squirt Guns in Hades
July 25, 2011

They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.
Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles
March 5, 2010

The short story is not, as some believe, a lesser form of literature than the novel.
Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849
September 2, 2009

The difficulty with Poe is not figuring out which of his stories rise to the level required of this collection, but rather which of his stories to exclude from it.
Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849
July 28, 2009

In truth, J.D. Salinger never needed the world. It’s always been the world that has needed J.D. Salinger.
What’s in Salinger’s Closet?
January 27, 2012

“Even the moon was embarrassed by the beauty of Barcelona.”
The Divine Dantes: Paella in Purgatory
May 29, 2013