EIGHTH TOWER'S NIGHT FALLS: STORIES INSPIRED BY DAVID LYNCH'S TWIN PEAKS

Eighth Tower Publications, courtesy of Raffaele Pezzella, presents Night Falls: Stories inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks, a bountiful, Dark Fiction curation that pays homage to the revered filmmaker's specialized stylings, in particular the breakthrough, television saga he co-created with Mark Frost.  

The stories are written by J. Edwin Buja, Michael F. Housel, Chris McAuley (who also acts as the volume's editor), Nora B. Peevy, RDJ Armstrong, Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, Erica Ruppert and Carri Wiggins. Each tale commemorates a facet of Lynch-ian thought and/or lore, with ideas and motifs that touch upon both the weird and the wonderful.

Many had hoped for more Twin Peaks before Lynch's untimely passing. Alas, such wasn't to be, but Night Falls: Stories inspired by Twin Peaks may be the next best thing to extend the saga's offbeat allure. 

Order a copy today, and why not also obtain the anthology's audio accompaniment? The Night Falls album features a host of avant-garde artists and the inventive tracks they've composed to celebrate Lynch's unorthodox spirit. 

https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/night-falls-music-inspired-by-david-lynch-s-twin-peaks

EIGHTH TOWER'S NIGHT FALLS: MUSIC INSPIRED BY DAVID LYNCH'S TWIN PEAKS

Eighth Tower Records' Night Falls: Music Inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks lives up to its label, for it summons a wealth of vibrations that place the listener in a rich, surreal sector. 

The ambient tracks are, in fact, both reality changing and soul affirming, with each artist, each creation, tapping existential necessity.   

The contents are listed below, with artists on the left; compositions on the right:

1) 400 Lonely Things - Butterfly

2) Joel Gilardini - Traces to Nowhere

3) Kabra - Black Soil

4) David Kovacs - Dreaming in grey

5) Mario Lino Stancati - Fire Walks Through Wires

6) Paolo L. Bandera - Agente Atomico Episodico

7) Yousef Kawar - Whispers in the Black Lodge

8) Rapoon - Snowqualmie falls

9) Mark Hjorthoy & David Strother - A Rabbit In the Moon

10) Oubys - For Julee

11) Richard Begin - Dale Cooper's Doppelganger 

12) Glass Isle - Haze 

13) Beyond the Ghost - Velvet Curtain 

David Lynch's concepts are vast and open for interpretation, as are the contents of this album. If one holds a hankering for the strange and interpretive, then Night Falls: Music Inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks is worth a try: the most unique cup of audio coffee that one could ever sip. 

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Procure both digital and CD editions today:

https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/night-falls-music-inspired-by-david-lynch-s-twin-peaks

D-DAY 2026: IN HONOR & RESPECT (6/6)

 

ODO & THE BLIND DEAD: EIGHTH TOWER DARK FICTION

As some learned through a previous post, I have a story in Eighth Tower's upcoming, Dark Fiction: Tales of the Blind Dead (Amando de Ossorio) anthology. I'd like to focus on its prime character for this reflection: an apish (and in the story's progression, blind) gent named Odo.

Odo, contrary to the name's primal sound, signifies sophistication, which goes contrary to my character's relegation. That's why I named him so, for the sake of irony, and the fact that the "moniker" was prominent in medieval times. Of course, Rene Auberjunois' Deep Space 9 character couldn't help but come to mind when I chose, and in this respect, my Odo is an affectionate nod to Star Trek's. 

Otherwise, we're dealing with a biological throwback (a troglodyte, if one will). I name-dropped similar characters in my story, though couldn't cover them all without risking the novelty turning top heavy. My Odo is perhaps most in tune with Dave Prowse's creature in Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, though nowhere near as malformed, but he also taps DC's famed villain, Vandal Savage, though without the superior intellect. 

I also reference other ape-based stories in my yarn, including Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and Clive Barker's "New Murders in the Rue Morgue," as well as the 1932, Robert Florey adaptation of the former, starring Bela Lugosi. 

My story is about evolution, both on a physical and spiritual plane. As such, I've called it "The Templar Evolved." 

Despite its varied ingredients, "The Templar Evolved" is in every way a Blind Dead (evil Knights Templar) homage to the core. 

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I'll keep readers abreast of the volume's progression when further details emerge. 

PINUP TIME: MARILYN MONROE

 

COLLECTIBLE TIME: NECA'S SILVER SCREEN, TOONY TERRORS LUGOSI DRACULA (B/W)

 

"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make!" 

Bram Stoker/Lugosi/Dracula 

I visited Walmart to purchase workout wristbands, and though they were listed in stock, they were nowhere to be found; no employee cared to assist me. Disgruntled, I cussed under my breath and wandered, then saw it: an on-sale, NECA Toony Terror, Bela Lugosi, Count Dracula (black-and-white, Greyscale, "Silver Screen" edition) figure.

My vain pursuit for wristbands had been remedied, for it led to this, and yes, I bought it. How could I not?

The figure stands 6" but looks larger (at least to my eyes) in its fanciful, window-box packaging (adorned by stylish, silver-foil lettering). It even includes a castle-wall, coffin-bound cutout on the back, with Drac equipped with candle and ornate stick, just as he appeared when descending the stairs to greet Dwight Frye's Renfield in Tod Browning's 1931 classic. 

This is by no means a new, NECA release (with such having premiered in late 2024), but as will sometimes happen with these floating, in-circuit products, they have a peculiar way of finding the right person at the right time.

I'm glad this one found me. 

Long Live the Immortal Lugosi. Long Live the Undead Count!

HAPPY DINOSAUR DAY 2026 (6/1)