Painting Starts Where Words Stop
Abstract oil painter Melissa Friendlich on flow, burnout, motherhood, and finding her way back to the canvas. Why abstraction became the language she'd been missing.
Interview with Actress Dawna Lee Heising
Actress Dawna Lee Heising on building characters from scratch, what strength on screen really means, and the long list of horror, sci-fi, and action roles ahead.
Alien: The Franchise, The Monster, and the Artist Who Dreamed It Into Existence
You've seen the Alien films. Here's what you might not know: the story of H.R. Giger, the nightmare-haunted Swiss artist who created the Xenomorph and fought the studio system for decades to get credit for it.
Tattoo Artist Spotlight: Vic Tamian
Tattoo artist Vic Tamian on apprenticeship, black and gray, chasing trends and handling the pressure of no undo button. Fifteen years between Little Falls and Manhattan.
Remembering Kjell Nilsson: The Humanity of Lord Humungus
Kjell Nilsson, the Swedish weightlifter who played Lord Humungus in Mad Max 2, has died at 76. Remembering the strange humanity of the wasteland's most reasonable villain.
Building Worlds for Stop Motion Animation
Stop motion filmmaker Victor Oliveira (Stopmovic) on building miniature worlds from cardboard, 3D prints, and patience. One handcrafted frame at a time.
When Horror Met Rock: The Bands That Brought the Monster to the Stage
From Screamin' Jay Hawkins rising from a coffin in 1956 to Rob Zombie making actual horror films, here's how horror and rock built one of the great creative relationships in entertainment history.
Original Fiction: Displacement
A figure navigates an ordinary Saturday with extraordinary dread. An original piece of literary short fiction from Phil Allard, author of Returning from Silence.
Artist Spotlight: Samah Kthar
Queens-born, Detroit-based occupational therapist and abstract artist Samah Kthar found painting after grief, a museum visit, and a moment of seeing art that required only honesty. Her 10-year journey in her own words.
Books Do Grow on Trees: What Writing a Vampire Novel Taught Me About the Creative Process
Hungarian author W. L. Know went from outlining a mermaid novel to writing a vampire serial killer thriller. A witty essay on seeds, gardening, and how books find their own shape.
What If There Was A Star Wars Horror Movie?
Star Wars has always had horror hiding in it. Is a horror project in the works at Disney? Here's how a real Star Wars horror film could work.
Bold Expressions: When Colour Becomes Courage
Australian digital watercolour artist Phillip J Gordon on his Bold Expressions series — where asymmetry, charged colour, and fluid unpredictability become a form of emotional honesty.
I Study Oil Recovery for a Living. I Wrote a Crime Thriller for Fun.
A petroleum engineering PhD candidate wrote a dark crime thriller in the cracks of his research schedule. Karthik Sivaraman on logic, fiction, and why the two were never really enemies.
The Short Film and the Shaman: Making Helicopter
Director Ari Gold lost his mother in the helicopter crash that killed Bill Graham. Here's how he turned that grief into a Student Oscar-winning short, and why the healing took twenty more years.
Women Who Shaped the Horror Genre
From Mary Shelley to Elvira to Sigourney Weaver, these are the women who built, defined, and reinvented horror, plus some up and coming names to watch.
Nearly Burned Down My Uncle's Food Stand. Here's What It Taught Me About Writing.
Christopher Valentine nearly burned down his uncle's food stand. What followed was a reflection on Viktor Frankl, Eiichiro Oda, and why embracing your foolishness might be the best thing a creative can do.
With Love From Ukraine: The Visionary Art and Resilience of ShivaOm
Since 2012 Andrii Averin, known as ShivaOm, has created UV-reactive installations and sacred geometry art for festivals worldwide. A conversation about Ayahuasca, optical illusions, and making art while Ukraine is at war.
Art Saved My Life. To Return the Favor, I Built NewBohemia.art
Evan Greenberg spent six months building NewBohemia.art…a free, verification-first platform for human-made art only. Nearly 1,000 verified members and counting. This is why he built it.
Horror Series Every Fan Should Check Out
There aren't that many truly great horror series. Here are the ones worth your time, from Korean samurai zombies to Spanish supernatural mythology to an Alien franchise surprise.
I Never Planned to Become an Artist: The Work of J.E.
A year ago J.E. made his first drawing during a difficult period. Twenty-five pieces later, the former elite athlete based in Spain has become a visual artist working in acrylic markers on cardboard.