Danny Elfman, much like John Williams, is almost instantly recognizable. As the composer of the Simpsons theme song, and contributing/scoring such films as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Delores Claiborne, and Red Dragon, his music is often found in somewhat dark and creepy stuff. And then there’s Oingo Boingo… One of my favorites has always been, of [...]

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Join Benjamin Kane Ethridge, author of the award-winning dark fantasy horror Black & Orange as he virtually tours the blogosphere in August & September 2011 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Benjamin Kane Ethridge   Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s fiction has appeared in Doorways Magazine, Dark Recesses, FearZone, and others. His dark [...]

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Another Monday, another Mug Shot. And technically this is a tea cup, not a coffee mug, but I drink coffee out of it all the same. I got this in a Yankee gift swap at the Christmas Party for my day job. It was the first year I’d been there, which was 10 years ago [...]

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