“That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.” — H.P.L. NOTE: Contains minor spoilers. Don’t get me wrong — I used to devour books and enjoyed other genres besides horror, but before Lovecraft I read mostly science fiction and fantasy (such as the dozen or so science fiction […]
Situation Report (SITREP) from the Hard Crackers Editors – A Communiqué on our Next Print Issue – Hard Crackers Magazine #8
A while back, we, the editors, had announced our intention to return to publishing Hard Crackers Magazine in the print format. The deadline for written submissions has now been established and it is December 31, 2020. All writers please take note. The focus of this issue will be on the year 2020, the Year of […]
Stay Safe – A Short Take On Language In These Times
I was sitting on the local benches with a handful of my pals last Sunday, masked up, pulling on a Crisp Pilsener and shooting the shit. I raised the question about the various crises, in particular the fires out west. We all immediately agreed how dangerous the whole mess is. We got onto the phrase […]
Rehearsals (Clowns Included)
A couple of weeks ago, an author named Jack Luna explored the significance of the Trump-supporting car/truck and boat parades on Labor Day: “With images of raucous white Americans on parade freshly troubling me, I kept turning that word — parade, parade — over in my head until it suddenly hit me like a ton of mailbags dumped […]
Direction
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth, The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south “Substitute” by The Who (1966) Most thinking people on the side of the insurgency against the police and state sanctioned murders aren’t sure what might happen next. It seems topsy-turvy because […]
The Show Must Go On
“It’s so great that we are all together in one place,” a middle-aged white woman gushed, almost directly in my ear. “Trump was sent by God!” I had other theories, but she was right about one thing. Donald Trump’s “Great American Comeback Tour” had brought me and roughly a thousand other souls together, far too […]