scop (noun): Old English – bard, minstrel, storyteller
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Deleted Movie Scenes
Kill your darlings … spare the dog. In a recent installment of The Town, podcaster Matthew Belloni shares a list of deleted or added scenes that would have dramatically changed some popular films. In Pretty in Pink, Molly Ringwald originally ended up with John Cryer, not Andrew McCarthy. Loki initially died in Thor: The Dark…
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Deleted Darlings
Newsletter Challenge #2 In a previous post, I shared details and images of a deleted scene from the anthology film Nightmare Cinema. Produced by Mick Garris and featuring the critically acclaimed segment This Way to Egress (directed by David Slade and based on my short story Traumatic Descent), the film had a scene that never…
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Strangest Superheroes Ever
Who Are They? As announced in a previous installment of this blog (find it here), my brother Christopher and I have launched a newsletter featuring production updates, photos, concept art, videos, and audio recordings relating to our forthcoming book Minute-Men: Execute & Run. Installments of the newsletter also feature puzzles and challenges, with the most recent…
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Newsletter Challenge #1
Forgotten Superheroes Recognize these guys? If you’ve subscribed to the Minute-Men: Execute and Run newsletter, you know all about the challenge associated with them. If you’re not a subscriber, please consider signing up via this handy subscription box: Either way, now that you’re here, let us know if you can identify any of the characters…
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Out Now: “Echoes” in Weird Fiction Review
Prosperous Progeny. “And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper.” That’s Mary Shelley, writing in her Introduction to the 1831 edition of Frakenstein. While writing the book as a teenager, she could not have imagined how successful the novel would become. But as an adult, after witnessing a reissue of the…
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Newsletter: Ready for Launch
How to Sign Up. Earlier this year, a newsletter subscription offer appeared on this website. Can you find it? If you’re reading on your phone, the box is near the bottom of this page. Otherwise, it should be off to the right. See it? The Substack logo that you click to enter your email address…