New Anthology Contribution: “The Many Lives of Devon Reeves”

What’s in a name?

The time has come for another anthology of short, spooky fiction from “The Terragenesis Collective”! That’d be me and some other fine folks in the online creative writing community who previously released It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…, in which my story “Repocalypse” appears (also on YouTube!). This second collection, The Many Lives of Devon Reeves, moves from a classic phrase as a binding theme to one simple similarity: Every tale has a character named “Devon Reeves.” Who–or what–is this individual? Any commonalities may be mere coincidence, or they may mean something greater… check it out here on Smashwords and decide for yourself.

My contribution this time is “A Thing Forgotten,” in which a wayward young man remembers a picture book from his childhood that no one else seems to… and perhaps they ought not to. It’s something of a spoiler, but since I’m really happy with how this turned out, check out the illustration from the talented horror painter Jenyce Garay (@JenyceGArt):

Vloggin’ In for 2021

So I’ve done some writing this year (new sci-fi short story hopefully to debut soon!), but if it wasn’t evident, I’ve been having a good deal more fun lately practicing video production and longish-form media critique with YouTube movie reviews! I like to hit a balance between “classic” riff review and more modern, thoughtful analysis; if that sounds like your thing, please consider tossing a like ‘n’ subscribe my way! Here’s what’s come out this year from my theatrical visits:

Wonder Woman 1984 — It looks great, but that’s about it!

Chaos Walking — Kinda just a lot of noise!

Nobody — A heck of a lot of violent action fun!

Godzilla vs. Kong — A familiar but fun return of two classic kaiju!

A Quiet Place Part II — Pretty good, now we just need to see the third act!

F9: The Fast Saga — It’s dumb, it’s loud, I love it.

I Tube, YouTube, We All Tube

So, it’s been a time since I’ve been on here! Not sure who still follows, but thank you for sticking around if you do, and a fine hello if this is your first time checking in. Long story short, COVID and some associated professional change-ups haven’t made me the creative powerhouse behind the pen that I thought I’d be this year, hence the lack of writerly updates since May.

However, in the meantime, I’ve doubled down on learning how to do video editing and production instead–and I’m really enjoying the more tangible results. In particular, I’ve put out some more film reviews, as well as semiregular uploads of horror game streams from my Twitch! I also did a short film with my brother as intro for the latter, which I’m rather proud of.

Here’s some highlights — please Like, Share, and Subscribe if you can! It’s just a hobby for now, but I really enjoy having more folks see my stuff:

My comedic-meets-analytical review of this summer’s polarizing blockbuster “TENET”!
A minute-longish film merging the creepy and the geeky to introduce my stream vids!
A short highlight vid of one such stream, of a truly weird underwater horror game!

And there’s plenty more on my channel after you click through! I’m always working on getting that much better each time with the technical aspects of content creation, and I hope to put out some all-new videos soon doing full reviews/riffs on old films with an insightful spin. As always, in the meantime, be sure to check me out on Twitter and Twitch as well–streams are 7pm PST on Sundays!

The Top 7 Micro-Creepypastas #5

With Halloween drawing near, I thought it time to return to a favorite pastime and record a new batch of seven fave short creepypastas culled from the dark corners of the web. Turn down the lights, turn up the volume, and enjoy!

(1) “An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away” [00:14]

(2) “Explaining Away” [02:10]

(3) “Sky Scrapers” [03:23]

(4) “The Dark Corners” [04:54]

(5) “They Watch” [07:02]

(6) “DIY” [8:48]

(7) “Perfect” [10:52]

Text of all stories can be found at http://scparchive.wikidot.com/archive. No clue on any of the authors, but credit where it’s due in general!

All illustrations by me except the Home Insurance Building picture. See more of my (less eerie) photography on my Instagram @TNW24 !

VLOGGIN’ IN: “Rambo: Last Blood” (2019)

“Vloggin’ In” continues with a belated take on my week-ago viewing of “Rambo: Last Blood”! (technical difficulties were had). tl;dw: It ain’t much, but you can do a lot worse as far as bloody old-man action flicks go.

All non-me video and audio from Google Image Search or Movavi Video Editor. May need to flip the poster to throw copyright bots off the scent.

Also, there was one part where Rambo literally just drives through a waist-high border fence without incident, so maybe *that* was a little iffy.

VLOGGIN’ IN: “Ad Astra” (2019)

Caught a Thursday night showing of the new Brad Pitt sci-fi movie “Ad Astra” and decided to pitch my two cents into the meaningless void of outer space with a driver’s seat recap!

All non-me video and audio from Google Image Search or Movavi Video Editor. May need to flip the poster to throw copyright bots off the scent.

Censorship blur was originally only supposed to coincide with my suggestive joke about space antennae, so perhaps my editing software is judging me by prefacing the video with a blur of my face as well.

Sci-Fi Narration: ”A Brief Version of Time,” by Alan Lightman (1993)

Changing things up with a short sci-fi-style reading: “A Brief Version of Time” by Alan Lightman – physicist, author, and apparently underrated renaissance man – originally published in the February 8, 1993 edition of the New York Times.

This “article” about the philosophical what-ifs of immortality really captivated my imagination when we studied it back in high school AP English, and I hope you enjoy it too! (even if it is a bit bleak)

“Illustration” by me.  See more photography on my Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tnw24/

The Top 7 Micro-Creepypastas – Part IV

It’s time for a new round of seven of my favorite super-short scary stories, read aloud with my own “illustrations” on YouTube!

Contains the following quality scares:

[1] “Pile of Photographs”
[2] “The Lighthouse”
[3] “The Murderer”
[4] “Crayons”
[5] “Difchil”
[6] “Upstairs”
[7] “Bad Dream”

Many of these stories can be found at http://scparchive.wikidot.com/archive — in any case, no clue on any of the authors.

All “illustrations” by me! See more of my (less eerie) photography on my Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tnw24/

“Bernhard’s Door” – Creepypasta Reading

Ever have this dream?

Back in the spooky saddle with a reading of “Bernhard’s Door,” a story(?) I found in image form on 4chan or something years ago. I have no idea of author or the origins of it.

Music credit: “Lullaby” feat. Dot Allison by Christian Henson, from the soundtrack to the delightfully mind-bending scifi-horror film “Triangle.” Will just reupload without it if that gets copyright flagged, but I love how it kinda synced up!

“Illustration” by me. See more on my Instagram @ TNW24!

The Top 7 Micro-Creepypastas – Part III

Welcome to the third compilation video of me reading some of my all-time favorite short creepypastas!

1) “Peripheral Vision”
2) “Food”
3) “Heavy Sleeper”
4) “’Other’ Channels”
5) “Breath”
6) “GET HELP”
7) “Growths”

Last I checked, stories can be found here. No clue who originally wrote these, but if said individuals are concerned about this video, just say the word.

All photography by me! See more on my Instagram at TNW24.