SNEAK PEAK DARK FICTION, THE GREATER GOO, PART 2

Raffaele Pezzella just dropped the second half of my Dark Fiction, David Lynch-inspired story, "The Greater Goo" for Eighth Tower Magazine through Patreon. (See February 1 post regarding Part 1.)

"The Greater Goo" references storylines and concepts found in Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and The Elephant Man. It features a strange entity (a "goo," if one will) inspired by both the Eraserhead baby and "the Arm" from Twin Peaks: The Return. The creature absorbs (rather like the Blob), collecting and cultivating flesh, but also the thoughts that swarm around it. (For the record, there is, in fact, a smidgeon of Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse in the tale, due to the goo's friend, a downtrodden lass.)

One can access "The Greater Goo" at

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQfBkFbHKhKjkSslBQNBgjkFfsq

SNAKE PLISSKEN RETURNS TO EIGHTH TOWER (FULL STORY NOW FEATURED)

My second, Snake Plissken story, "Snake vs Snake: Escape from Carny Land" is now available for reading through Eighth Tower Magazine. (The online source unveiled the story in two parts in July, and as such, it can now be consumed in whole for complete, seamless, dystopic effect.) 

For the record, "Snake vs Snake" falls between the events of Escape from New York and Escape from L.A., dropping our respected anti-hero into the throes of a mutant colony, which falls prey to warring, mob factions seeking a high-tech, prototype jeep. 

I really had fun writing this one, and I trust you'll have as much fun reading it. 

Portions of the Eighth Tower Magazine are free per Patreon, with benefits available at various, subscription levels. The magazine is well worth a look, as it offers not only interesting fiction, but enriching explorations of the company's amazing, experimental music.

Visit Eighth Tower Magazine at 

https://www.patreon.com/eighthtower

MORE SNAKE PLISSKEN FICTION FOR EIGHTH TOWER MAGAZINE

I have a new Snake Plissken adventure in Raffaele Pezzella's Eighth Tower Magazine: Music, Fiction & Modern Mythologies. It's edited by the accomplished Chris McAuley, and the first part is now posted, with the second scheduled to drop on July 30. (The story's striking artwork, which initiates this post, comes courtesy of the generous Mr. Pezzella.) 

"Snake vs Snake: Escape from Carny Land" is the title, with events stationed in toxic-laden Arizona, at an amusement park that's been transformed into a scientific, research facility. Reptilian mutants roam the landscape, as led by Snake's rival, Idris Coulson. 

Idris is reminiscent of Ox Baker's Slag from Escape from New York, as well as Robert Clarke's Gilbert McKenna from The Hideous Sun Demon, Dirk Benedict's David Blake from Sssssss and Waylon Jones, better known as Gotham's Killer Croc. 

The story also references aspects of Star Trek's "Miri," Battlestar Galactica's "The Young Lords" and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, wherein children are led into peril, in this case as Idris and Snake battle intersecting mobsters who hope to seize a prototype jeep.  

Like my first, Snake Plissken, Eighth Tower submission, this one transpires a short period after the original John Carpenter/Nick Castle movie. 

For those interested in reading "Snake vs Snake," Eighth Tower Magazine awaits. Portions of the magazine are free through Patreon, with benefits available at various, subscription levels. It's well worth a look, for the site offers not only interesting fiction, but enriching explorations of the company's amazing, experimental music.

https://www.patreon.com/eighthtower