![]() ![]() ![]() Static X 1999 Album "Wisconsin Death Trip," inspired by the book. Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr Įd Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsionįrank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI The film dramatizes a series of macabre incidents that took place in and around Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the late-19th century. Murder, suicide, disease, and madness devoured the state, though the era was seemingly mysteriously forgotten until, in 1968, Lesy came across the work of former Black River Falls photographer Charles Van Schaick, and newspaper articles of the day, to paint a truly horrific period of our state's and nation's history.Ĭombined into an art, and quasi-history book, Wisconsin Death Trip has since become one of the most iconic "cult classics" in American pop culture history. Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 docudrama film written for the screen and directed by James Marsh, based on the 1973 historical nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lesy. ![]() Michael Lesy's 1973 book Wisconsin Death Trip examines the harsh lives of many Wisconsinites during the years leading up to, and just after the turn of the twentieth century. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The bio on his website reveals a hint of Straub's wry humor. His father was a salesman and his mother was a nurse. "It's a sad day because my good friend and amazingly talented colleague and collaborator, Peter Straub, has passed away," wrote Stephen King on Twitter, "Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life." Straub won numerous honors including multiple World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Straub's books include Ghost Story, The Hellfire Club, Black House and, in collaboration with Stephen King, The Talisman. "Peter Francis Straub, the smartest and most fun person in every room he was ever in, 3/2/43 - 9/4/22. ![]() ![]() His daughter, novelist Emma Straub, announced his death on Instagram: Peter Straub, author of horror, mystery and supernatural novels and short stories has died at age 79. Paul's School in London, when he was collaborating with the Aurora Orchestra for their touring show "Thriller" in 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier is a retelling of an “origin myth”, one that ties the birth of modern America and the birth of the modern superhero together in a conscious fashion. Without a millenia of iconography from a shared cultural identity bogging it down, the superhero looks like what a modern mythology – created from the ground up – might. Many are even what this story describes as a “landed immigrant” – although not those huddled masses from overseas, but from beyond the stars. Look at the archetypical superhero, typically a self-made man (or woman) who has pulled themselves up off the ground in pursuit of an ideal – the belief that their individualism can somehow make the world a better place. They have formed the cornerstone of a complex shroud of American mythology, speaking a whole manner of allegorical fairytales and secrets that underpin what is still one of the youngest (and most powerful) global entity. Some would suggest that superheroes are the new mythology. ![]() ![]() He has a tragic backstory that has made him unable to work in a high-powered job. He joins in business meetings from his home over a tinny phone line. Graeme Crawford-Collins, AKA Graham Cracker in Henley’s head, is the social media manager at Seaquest and works remotely from Michigan. ![]() Henley also moonlights as a graduate student in business administration, and as if she isn’t busy enough, she skimps on sleep to work on her never-ending task list. However, her ambition to make director before the age of thirty is being thwarted by a sexist boss. She works tirelessly, and bookings for Pacific cruises have done up every quarter since she joined the company. ![]() Henley Rose Evans is not one to make waves as a marketing manager at Seaquest Adventures, a global adventure cruise travel company based in Seattle. ![]() ![]() Mitchell administered this cure of extended bed rest and isolation to intellectual, active white women of high social standing. Silas Weir Mitchell, late-nineteenth-century physician to the stars. The story is based on Gilman’s experiences with Dr. Reading “The Yellow Wall-Paper” felt like a mix of voyeurism and recognition, morphing into horror. The unnamed first-person narrator goes through a mental dance I knew well-the circularity and claustrophobia of an increasing depression, the sinking feeling that something wasn’t being told straight. The rest cure caused the illness it claimed to eliminate. She thinks she’s a creature who has emerged from the wallpaper. ![]() On the last day of the treatment, the narrator is completely mad. ![]() I loved the unnerving, sarcastic tone, the creepy ending, the clarity of its critique of the popular nineteenth-century “rest cure”-essentially an extended time-out for depressed women. When I first read “The Yellow Wall-Paper” years ago, before I knew anything about its author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, I loved it. ![]() ![]() I was thrust back to the crime scene, back to Mother’s corpse and the shirtless eighteen-year-old roaring obscenities while Sheriff Gray and a deputy dragged him away in handcuffs." - Within Temptation As fast as those images came, others replaced them. "MEMORIES flooded my mind, of the quiet riot he was, of the secret crush I’d had on him, and the extraordinary friendship we’d shared so many years ago. Set in a sleepy little town during the dead of winter, this award-winning romance novel is a tale of one woman's quest for truth and a man's struggle to forgive. Now that he's free, Shannon Bradford tops his list of bad memories. ![]() As far as he's concerned, digging into the past won't replace the years he's lost or erase the hell he's lived. Serving hard time for murder has left Trace angry and bitter. Her best friend and childhood crush, Trace Dawson. Desperate for answers, she seeks help from the one person least likely to give it. Even worse, her prominent family may have had something to do with it. ![]() Twelve years after her mother's murder, Shannon Bradford fears she may have helped convict an innocent man. Love, betrayal and murder in a small town…. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With their lives on the line, Ryke & Daisy head towards the vast, wild unknown. Finally, the epilogue novel Some Kind Of Perfect concludes. As a professional free-solo climber, Ryke is no stranger to risk, but his next step with Daisy wagers more than just his health. Fuel The Fire (Rose & Connors POV) and Long Way Down (Daisy & Rykes POV) come next. Ones that Connor Cobalt wouldn't even take. To never abandon their love for each other.īut preserving their happiness also means adding more risks. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple - their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media.īehind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke & Daisy's resilience and shape their future together. With a seven-year age difference, Ryke & Daisy have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. ![]() ![]() ![]() TOOT & PUDDLE: TOP OF THE WORLD, by Holly Hobbie (Little, Brown, $15.95, 0316365130) Ages 4-8. Its a very deserving finalist for the National Book Award, with more awards likely." Carol Chittenden, Eight Cousins Bookshop, Falmouth, MAĤ. I think teens will really enjoy this one. "Anderson has created such a convincing future world complete with so many provocative ideas and sly commentary, I marveled at how he fit them all into one book. ![]() A great choice for mother/daughter book clubs." Valerie Koehler, Blue Willow Books, Houston, TXģ. Martin opens our eyes to shades of gray, where its hard to make choices and live with the consequences. "Based on a secret in the authors own family, this story works on many levels. Enjoy!" Carol Schweppe, Hicklebees, San Jose, CAĢ. ![]() Here's the first ridiculous, witty, and fun installment. Ardagh is here with a new series about kids persevering despite some dire straits. A HOUSE CALLED AWFUL END: Book One of the Eddie Dickins Trilogy, by Philip Ardagh illus. ![]() ![]() ![]() To those who have searched our own universe looking for answers but never finding them, Waid is literally giving Marvel fans the creation of the Marvel Universe and maps out the epic highlights up through Wolverine’s birth. The best way to describe Mark Waid’s first issue of the HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE is smart, informative, brilliant, and heavy. Let’s jump in and possibly witness the greatest tale ever told – and be prepared for some shocking revelations! ![]() Writer: Mark Waid Art: Javier Rodríguez, Álvaro López, VC’s Joe Caramagna, Steve McNiven, Mark Farmer, and Sunny Gho Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 24th, 2019Įverything you ever wanted to know about the Marvel Universe – in one lavishly illustrated series! From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence all in this week’s all-new HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 by Mark Waid. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST. ![]() He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. His newest book is the novella NORMAL, from FSG Originals, listed as one of Amazon’s Best 100 Books Of 2016. Warren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the NYT-bestselling GUN MACHINE and the “underground classic” novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, as well as the digital short-story single DEAD PIG COLLECTOR. ![]() |