scop (noun): Old English – bard, minstrel, storyteller
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This Weekend at Prime Stage:
Study the Clues of “A Most Deadly Poison”A selection of drinks stands on the table. Their labels read Obnoxious Padre Wine, Stained Fork Ale, and Roast’d Knife IPA. There’s also a pot of Goofy Odour Tea and a plate of wafers simply labeled A Set of Tea Biscuits. The challenge: determine which are safe and which (if any) might be poisoned. Such…
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Get out Your Spyglasses and Wineglasses:
A New Chapter of PSMT Begins TodayWould you drink a wine labeled Arrogant Frog? How about Big Ass Red or Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush? Yes, they’re real wines, and just a few of the crazier ones listed in a Vinepair article titled “10 Of The World’s Weirdest Wine Labels.” And although a recent article in Bloomberg claims that winemakers…
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Poirot is Back:
Live at the O’Reilly & Streaming on HuluHercule Poirot enters in a swirl of mist–walking stick in hand, overcoat draped across his shoulders, and a great mustache perched atop his upper lip. In all, he seems to have stepped from the pages of one of Agatha Christie’s novels. Played with great flair by Pittsburgh-based actor, director, and playwright Martin Giles, this Poirot…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:”
The Conclusion of “Time is Out of Joint”In this week’s episode of Mystery Theatre’s “Time is Out of Joint,” we explore what mystery writer August LaFleur calls “the dream hemisphere.” That is, we consider stories that “depict time travel as a state of mind rather than a mechanical process.” I’ve always been intrigued by such stories, exemplified by titles like A Christmas…
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Mystery Theatre Exclusive:
Signed copies of Nightmares and VisionsGauntlet Press is now shipping the numbered edition of the first English-language release of Nightmares, an anthology in which I rejoin three of my collaborators from the feature film Nightmare Cinema (2019). The stories featured in the book are: “As You Sleep” by Mexico’s bestselling author Sandra Becerill, whose most recent books include La Soledad…