Tag: Alan Pangborn

Everyone Loves Something For Nothing… Even If It Costs Everything

(Needful Things) Needful Things was written well in the past. So clearly, it’s not about now, nor even about the recent past. And yet… who do we know who came to a new town and spent his time there riling up the prejudices, grudges, odd conspiracies and paranoias, and hatred of anyone that he could? … Continue reading Everyone Loves Something For Nothing… Even If It Costs Everything →

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Starting Off Always Felt A Little Obscene To Him, Like French-Kissing A Corpse

(The Dark Half) It’s difficult for me to imagine writing a story on a typewriter, let alone a pencil. I have actually done both in the past, of course, I’m old enough to have used typewriters, and, at least when I was in school, it was much more common for kids to write assignments, including … Continue reading Starting Off Always Felt A Little Obscene To Him, Like French-Kissing A Corpse →