Archives for October 2020

An Interview with Marty Brown Marty Brown is a descendant of Jason Brown, one of John Brown’s children.  She lives in Portland, Oregon.  We contacted her after we read a letter that she had written to The New Yorker which challenged the assumption that the novel Good Lord Bird and the new TV series based […]

My question is prompted by the nomination and likely approval of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court and the reactions to that.  She is, without question, a conservative.  Some ascribe that conservatism to her deeply held religious beliefs.  Some believe that those beliefs make her unqualified while others all but completely hold the opposite […]

I started these “comix notes around Covid-19” at the beginning of the pandemic in France. It wasn’t about finding fun situations in a very dramatic situation, but to offer remarks and thoughts on what’s happening to us. In the language of comics, with the format of a single page composed of 9 images. I use […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]