Short pieces
A sampling of interviews, articles and archived blog posts.
If you’re a fan of noir, you’ll want to check out this new anthology from Outcast Press —edited by Craig Clevenger—all about the dark side of that culinary and cultural staple of Americana and beyond: the diner. I co-wrote the forward , along with author Manny Torres. Once you read this collection of stories by established and up & coming writers of noir and transgressive fiction, you’ll never look at diners the same way again. You can get Put Out the Lights and Cry here at the Outcast web site, or over on Amazon— and anywhere books are sold!
Issue #37 of Noir City Magazine
Learn about the music of film noir in my interview with musician/ record producer Skip Heller where we talk about the music of noir films and Skip’s album with the Hollywood Film Noirchestra, Dark Passages. This issue is packed with great articles! Get digital copies through the Film Noir Foundation, with print copies available on Amazon.
“What I Learned From Watching”
Archived series of blog posts where I discuss life lessons learned from watching certain films over and over again. Includes classics Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard, and Bonnie & Clyde, as well as Run, Lola, Run, Baadaaasssss! and Ghost World.
“Inside Georgia’s Real Life Lunatic Asylum”
Click below to read my article at Deep South about Central State Hospital in Milledgeville. Originally known as the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, it was once site of the the world’s largest mental institution. Scroll to the very bottom of the page to see comments from former patients and family members.
From the short film “Route of All Evil.” Photo: Jeff Pounds.
Guest post in Deep South Magazine about why much of my work resides “At the Corner of Noir and Southern Gothic” (and why Southern Gothic is just noir with a southern accent).
“Interview with Manny Torres: Atlanta’s Beat Writer”
In this Deep South interview, I talk with writer Manny Torres about the influences of Beat literature and film in his writing, his grandmother’s machetes, and why women are the saviors of the world.
“. . . POSER is a pleasure-imbued companion from page to page, with its endearing cast of the most good-hearted eccentrics in the suburban Bay Area . . . All unreal at various points. And all real by the end.”