Hey, folks, I have a duet movie review on Dear Author today with my horror movie soulmate, Maili (a.k.a. Jaili). Be sure to check it out!

Slither (2007) is a splatter-horror and dark comedy about a beautiful, hapless schoolteacher Starla Grant (Elizabeth Banks) and her husband, the small town’s wealthiest douchebag and the unfortunately named Grant Grant (Michael Rooker), who falls prey to the mind-altering alien slug that burrows itself into his chest after he pokes it with a stick while out for a moonlight stroll with the town slut, Brenda…

Discovered a new blog (new to me, that is) called Horror Movie a Day, where I spent three hours clicking through the archives and reading everything on the site. The dude is funny as hell. Here’s a sample of some snarkage I encountered in a review for a Korean horror film called, The Wig:

The last thing I expect from a movie called The Wig (Korean: Gabal), which is about a haunted wig, is that it would be kind of sad. And not sad in a “Someone put money up for a movie about a haunted wig” way; sad in a “Wow I actually kind of feel bad for just about everyone in this movie” way. I also wasn’t really expecting it to be any good.

How awesome is it to be able to watch a Horror Movie a Day? I mean, I’ve got enough to be able to do it, but to have the time to review ‘em? Uh-uh. So props to you, dude! The site’s got some cool recs, too. Time to reactive the ol’ Netflix…

The always fabulous Ann Aguirre is throwing a contest as an incentive to help the fund-raising efforts for the people affected by the tragedy that struck Myanmar. If you have been living under a rock and don’t know what’s going on, here’s the scoop: A cyclone called Nargis hit Myanmar a few days ago and the death toll may reach 100,000. First Rambo, now this. Okay, that tiny bit of snarkage just made me feel really terrible. I’m sorry. Anyway, kids are starving. There’s no clean water or readily accessible food. Please help. Donate.

If the image of a starving child doesn’t warm up the cockles of your cold, dead heart, Ann Aguirre will give you $200 worth of books. Seriously. That woman does not fuck around. All you have to do is donate and send her the proof. Seriously. Go. Go now. Get yourself some good karma. Help make sure a child in Myanmar has something to eat and a warm blanket to sleep in tonight. Kthxbai.

Would you read a book called The Unfeasibly Tall Greek Billionaire’s Blackmailed Martyr-Complex Secretary Mistress Bride?

From Tumperkin’s blog:

There will be 6 chapters in all and I’ve got some people *tentatively* lined up to do a chapter. If you want to play - let me know.

These are the rules:-

1. Each chapter will be posted on the blog of that chapter’s author (if wished), and here at my place. Each chapter will appear on a weekly basis (though not necessarily exactly 7 days after the last one)

2. Each chapter must contain a minimum of three elements from the title. For example, chapter 1 establishes *unfeasibly tall*, *greek billionaire*, *martyr-complex* and *secretary*.

3. Max 750 words per chapter. (Vague story outline set out after chapter 1).

4. Pastiche category-romance feel please. No surprise vampires.

5. You get one point for every time:

- Molly indulges her martyr complex
- Nico mentions his belief that Molly’s a whore
- Nico cuts Molly off mid-sentence
- You make a reference to the global hummus industry

6. You get ten points for every time you use one of the following phrases

- To her consternation, Molly’s nipples hardened
- What was the point? Nico never believed her!
- He came, roaring his pleasure

Let me know if you want to play. Now: sit back and enjoy chapter 1.

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Rolling out after Lorelie Brown’s fabuuuuuuuuuuuulous Tarnished Angel:

Five years since Detective Xavier Landis walked away from the man who loved him.

One dead girl.

And now, an excerpt:

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