Young Playwrights at Stage West
As part of its Neighborhood Play Contest, Stage West is offering free basic playwriting classes for kid scribes from grade school to high school...
Coco Returns
The best late-night host of the 21st Century is back 10 months after his dismissal from NBC's Tonight Show.
Conan O'Brien's new talk show Conan...
El Chupacabra Unmasked
Well, at least local news outlets waited until Halloween was over to be killjoys. It seems all those recent el chupacabra sightings in Texas have...
“Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been”
I’ve always thought that in horror/suspense flicks, women are more interesting as psycho killers than men. It's empowering -- in a trashy pop culture way –...
“Dark Delicacies” for October
I recently stumbled on the award-winning horror anthology series Dark Delicacies and ordered the 2005 debut collection. Dark Delicacies is also the name of...
R.I.P., Benoit Mandelbrot
Sad news from the world of higher mathematics: Benoit Mandelbrot passed away last week at the age of 85. The Polish-born mathematician was best...
Fort Worth Vegan Blog Launched
Attention, tofu totalers and zucchini zealots: We’ve heard that being a vegan in a city known worldwide for its cattle industry can be a...
Hip Tips (Slight Return)
Remember how I used to turn you on to cool new things every week in Blotch? But then I got sorta lazy and stopped?...
Get Free Car, 15 Minutes Fame
I'd like a new Ford pickup, please. Preferably red in color. With in-dash GPS, of course.
And if you don't give it to me, I'm...
K-Mart Conceptualism Short Story Project
As part of the new Vernon Fisher retrospective at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, K-Mart Conceptualism, writers are encouraged to submit stories...