Showing posts with label Nightmares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nightmares. Show all posts

Sunday, December 2, 2012

MEET THE DEATHSCRIBE 2012 FINALISTS (part 4 of 5)

So there you are, enjoying what appears to be a nice, normal day in the city.  But...doesn't something just feel a little...off?


It's probably just the weather changing. You know how you get. But something's nagging at you. Does gravity seem stronger somehow? Is there something in the light? Everything looks familiar and yet...horribly strange.

Maybe those strangers over there know something. It's probably just the air pressure playing tricks on you. Then again, it could have something to do with those sinister fluttering sounds in your ear...or that massive, dark structure that wasn't there yesterday...
Our fourth Deathscribe of 2012 takes you to the Chicago of your fever dreams, where many things are as they were but nothing is as it should be.  Three strangers in the city latch onto each other in attempt to retain their sanity, and try to make sense of this nightmare-scape the only way they know how, by COMPARING NOTES AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

COMPARING NOTES AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Written by Christopher M. Walsh
Directed by Robert Kauzlaric

Christopher M. Walsh published his first short story, an embarrassing bit of swords-&-sorcery called "Highway Robbery," in 2001. Since then he's crossed the finish line of National Novel Writing Month three times and made his debut as an adaptor with Lifeline Theatre's 2011 production of The Count of Monte Cristo. His second play, an adaptation of China Miéville's The City & The City, will open at Lifeline in February 2013. Chris's torrid relationship with horror began in 1985, when he couldn't sleep after reading "The Mangler" by Stephen King. However, while he will greedily consume the terrors of the written word, he is ashamed to admit that still can't watch scary movies without covering his eyes. Ask Mandy. She'll tell you.



Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The Macabre And the Beautifully Grotesque

Some how, some way, I stumbled upon this fantastic page and had to share with my fellow monsters. Check out what Sean Langford envisioned ascending from the depths...

For all you FB MFer's, like this page and reap its benefits. The benefits being some of the most disturbing and wondrous images I've ever beheld. Granted this is a Facebook page, but it can introduce you to some super hot & creepy artists that maybe you're not savvy to already. Like the image above from

This image from Denise GrŸnstein is alluring and foreboding in the same misty breath. 






This tangled beauty by Katherine Blackwell is a mystery. Is it the light or the darkness she's spinning herself into? Fascinating...


These are just a few of my favorites. Like the page and give yourself some beautiful nightmares.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Dream Reapers open for the Holidays!?!

You heard me right, boils & ghouls of the Chicagoland area! The folks at Dream Reapers in Melrose Park are doing Jack Skellington proud this December by opening their doors to spread some Holiday Fear width some holiday-themed frights & delights! Dream Reapers is doing their bloody-best not only to help distract you from shopping, but (sadly) they are doing so to help recover some funds that were stolen from their office on Halloween night.



Details can be found on their Facebook event page after you log in, but short and sweet info is 7pm-11pm on Dec. 9 & 10 and 16 & 17 located at 1945 Cornell, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

I say if Christmas can creep into Halloween & Thanksgiving, it's only fair that we creep into Christmas!!! Am I right?