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Micro-interview: Avery Cahill

avery_cahillAvery Cahill’s story “One Dead Eye” can be found in the February 2010 fiction issue of Innsmouth Free Press.

Avery Cahill has worn many hats in his life from working at a cheese factory to Lecturer of Classics. He lived in Japan, where he taught Beatles songs to a Yakuza, and Norway, where he learned that ketchup and pizza don’t mix. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers’ Workshop, and his fiction has appeared in Dog Oil Press. Stop by and say hi. http://avery-cahill.livejournal.com/

IFP: How did you…

Column: From Strange and Distant Shores: Audition

By Orrin Grey

auditionAudition(1999). Director: Takashi Miike. Cast: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina. Country: South Korea.

I worked at a video store for several years, and one of the questions I was most often asked was: “What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?” My stock answer was always: Audition.

Looking back, I don’t know if Audition really is the scariest movie I’ve ever seen, but it’s definitely among the most disturbing. Unfortunately, it’s also the very definition of a movie that works better the less you know about it going…

Column: Writing the Mythos: Biography of a Mythos Sorcerer

Writing the Mythos: Biography of a Mythos Sorcerer

By G. W. Thomas

returnMany of the students of the arcane that inhabit Mythos tales could be called “sorcerers”. Men like John Carnaby in Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Return of the Sorcerer” (Strange Tales, September 1931) or Joseph Curwen in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Weird Tales, May-July 1941) by Lovecraft himself, even mutated Wilbur Whateley, could carry that name. All these guys seek power and end up, well, read on…

Here’s a quick run-down of what has to happen…

Review: Caprica 1.3: Gravedancing

By Paula R Stiles

Recap: Joseph sends Sam off to even the score between the Adamas and the Graystones and kill Amanda. But he gets cold feet, despite being egged on by their bloodthirsty Tauron mother, and Sam caprica_103_syfy_promoends up not doing it, anyway. A smaller copycat bombing gives corrupt cop Jordan Duram the chance to cover up his partner’s big mistake by persecuting the Graystones. Duram also goes after Sister Clarice and the school, but Clarice sends off a quick warning message to the students,…

Retro Recap and Review: Supernatural 3.10: Dream a Little Dream of Me

By Paula R. Stiles

[lots o' spoilage ahoy]

Tagline: When Bobby falls into an inexplicable coma, Sam and Dean investigate, discovering that dreams can kill you.SN310_324

Recap: In the teaser, we see Bobby roaming around a house, knife in hand, looking bewildered. Suddenly, he’s attacked by a screaming woman. Cut to Bobby asleep (apparently peacefully) as a young maid comes in. She tries to wake him, first by calling out politely, then by shaking him gently, then harder, then panicking and calling out for help. Nothing works.

Cue title cards (did…

Review: Eastwick 1.13: Pampered and Tampered

By Paula R. Stiles

[massive spoilage ahead]

Tagline: Roxie’s husband, Danny, returns from the dead. So does Jamie. Penny is suspicious about what happened to him after his pampered3car is dragged out of the water, empty. Meanwhile, Kat bonds with new neighbour, Colin, as we find out what’s going on with with his son, Gene.

Recap: The ladies are over at Van Horne’s house (Van Horne is fetchingly attired in a black, silk bathrobe…and nothing else). They’ve just had Thai massages and are in a cheerful mood. Roxie is…