tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91309919506466232502024-02-20T20:29:16.292-08:00A few notes from the Author...Welcome so much to my blog =D The things you’ll read here will be quick and dirty, raw and unedited 1st drafts of the things that I think and write about. The thing I want you to know up front is I do not plan to edit or censor anything. Please be forewarned that the contents are mature in nature and oftentimes will be entrenched within the realms of the unsettling. Please feel free to stay awhile, look around & leave a comment or two. Have fun!From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-10848969966434226992016-04-12T14:49:00.000-07:002016-04-12T14:49:06.130-07:00The Christian, The Witch, & Me.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How
is it that as a Christian you write so much about witchcraft? Well, 1<sup>st</sup>
thing I am not a Christian, I am God fearing. Two very different things … topic
for a different day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back to the question at hand…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
is a question that I oftentimes struggle to answer, when people expressed how
much they love the character of Inanna priestess in The Spectrum Trilogy I was
genuinely surprised as she is the most wicked of all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
few years ago I found a posted review that read in part: “This is a book that
holds high the power of the Mother – not just as a biological imperative, but
as a title that must be earned.” Reading the rest of that review was difficult
because I was in tears. It struck a chord with me but it really doesn’t answer
the question. And if you had asked me just yesterday why it became so emotional
I wouldn’t have been able to answer you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
that was yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today
while scrolling thru Facebook I saw a meme that read: We</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">⭐</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Intend</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">⭐</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">⭐</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Create</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">⭐</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Havoc
What and who exactly is a WITCH? This question was asked by the owner of
Thehoodwitch.com and as The Darkness and The End is Now continue to make the
rounds and I am yet again receiving emails asking about my Christianity
coexisting with my very limited knowledge of the occult I was immediately drawn
in. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
says, "Why have young women today taken an interest into witchcraft,
paganism, or the occult?" The answer is complex and also quite simple: We
are returning back to the ways that are true to us. Invoking the power as the
life givers, the oracles, the healers, the wild women, the Goddesses. We are
reclaiming what has already been living inside of us. People are attracted to
witchcraft (I'm using this term loosely as an umbrella for pagan methods of
healing.) often times for the wrong reasons. They've seen silly television
shows or movies and think that magick will be just like that. Yet there are
also others with reasonable basis for their attraction to witchcraft, the
desire to return back to a path that honors nature, acknowledges the potent
forces of sexuality in our lives, and the desire to question the failures of
organized religions, examining the lies of patriarchy, and most importantly the
desire to learn mastery of self. Learning ancient techniques of meditation and
healing.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Witchcraft
and the power of the Mother. It hit me like a ton of bricks. Invoking the power
as the life givers, the oracles, the healers, the wild women, the Goddesses.
The women. And just like that, even though I didn’t know it, there’s the
answer, my answer to the question of why I write so much about witchcraft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
get it, because like she said often times people are attracted to witchcraft for
the wrong reasons, and because I am first and foremost a horror writer the
things Inanna is doing with her power is terrifying, made worse so because she
is Adam’s mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unfortunately
my late ex-dad was not the prince she thought he was. It was too late when she
realized that she had married the beast. I was very young we when escaped.
Thankfully my younger siblings do not remember the things that I saw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
don’t blame God for when bad things happen to good people. God gave us all free
will and there’s no point in blaming Him when people wanna show their ass and
not act right. When people wrong us we can either respond in kind or try and
the high road on the narrow path of righteousness. Of course me, being so
young, unreasonable, and unaware I wanted, wished that mother would respond in
kind. As an elder, as a mother, as a healer my mom knew better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
what I was acutely aware of, even at that young age is that when we finally
broke free it was the women who snuck us out, gave us shelter, and paid for the
train ticket. When we got to my grandmother’s house it was the women, my mom’s
sister and her friends who took us in and built the first wall of protection
around us. Things didn’t get easier for a long, long time but thru it all it
was always the women who saw my mother and her children thru. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The life givers,
the oracles, the healers, the wild women, the Goddesses. The Mother. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
remember once being downstairs and seeing my mom surrounded by her friends and
her big sister, my aunt Lady B who use to talk to the moon, they were all
sitting on the floor around the fireplace. They were laughing, drinking, smoking,
and talking about the things grown women talk about. I remember thinking that
they were stronger than God. I remember that feeling like it was yesterday, and
just like then it sends chills down my spine. Being God fearing, even as a kid
thinking that, it felt blasphemous. It’s a reoccurring and a troubling thought,
one I always comfort myself with Mathew 18:20 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst
of them.</i> Being within a coven of women feels sacred, safe, and powerful. So
over the years I have reasoned with myself with the thought that maybe the reason
I thought they were stronger than God is because only when engulfed within the
coven of other women is when I truly feel His presence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">E.Jong,
author of "WITCHES" said "We claim that God is raceless and
genderless, yet we visualize God as White and male to such a degree that the
very notion of a Black, Female God is enough to raise guffaws in response to a
hardy, perennial joke.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s
a tough place to be, believing in both God and The Goddess, having empathy and
sympathy for both Lilith and Eve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"5,000
years ago our ancestors worshipped the supreme Goddess, the queen of Heaven. It
has taken several years of millennia of warfare, genocides, holocaust,
idol-smashing, book burnings, and deliberate rewriting of myths and legends for
the "Father-God" Jahweh and his son Jesus, to be finally enthroned in
our minds and our imaginations."- Erica Jong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The GODDESS has
never left, and she still reigns supreme. She cannot be eradicated! And as long
as man (and woman, too) is BORN of woman she will never lose influence over our
lives. These are the words of the hood witch that hammered it home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Goddess and the
Oracle. The Priestess and the Healer. The life givers. The Mothers. My mother.
After everything she did, after everything she didn’t, after everything she
gave to ensure that my siblings and I would be here, the things she did to keep
us safe … there is no way that there wasn’t any magic involved, a force which
is blessed by a higher authority. No way in Hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The power of God
is the force of the magic that is bestowed upon the Mother. And that is why as
a God fearing woman I write so much about The Witch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After everything my
mother did, how dare I not?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It would almost
be blasphemous not to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-71251873645754956362016-04-07T05:16:00.000-07:002016-04-07T05:16:35.731-07:00Live Action Reviews! by Crystal Connor: Flowers<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Live Action Reviews! By Crystal Connor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">At 7:30 pm on April 3rd
2016, Crystal Connor, brought home a pizza flopped on the couch, wrapped
herself and the dog in a blanket and picked up her remote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">This is the unedited
journal chronicles the harrowing experience that her neighbors endured for
hours as she screamed, cried, and shouted expletive obscenities at her
television as she watched Phil Stevens indie horror film Flowers…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBy3Wp3i1gBO6c0IBhdwGnjmuUiOkIWpcx-A2kHcIA4grScBQSwL7O5nMSip7nBjItNcM-BWfx30PN_7ZBsaMvgM3wi-u3aZLIzKBZ_AXr5WL-9oNxJkOAhk_NMZjNDBz1QGjuWxNFno/s1600/Flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBy3Wp3i1gBO6c0IBhdwGnjmuUiOkIWpcx-A2kHcIA4grScBQSwL7O5nMSip7nBjItNcM-BWfx30PN_7ZBsaMvgM3wi-u3aZLIzKBZ_AXr5WL-9oNxJkOAhk_NMZjNDBz1QGjuWxNFno/s320/Flowers.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 1</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
At least she’s smart enough not to scream and stay where she is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 2</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
So basically she was for dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 3</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Guess Buffalo Bill wasn't the only one into thick chicks…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 4</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
How are you gonna get thru there, and are you sure you even want to?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 5</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Just calm down, you’re not safe yet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 6</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Why is there no pain?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 7</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Ok, now wait a second here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 8</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
What the fuck dude, go if you’re going! Goooooo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 9</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
No, don’t just stay right there, he’ll see you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 10</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Fucking A! No one fucking listens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 11</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Ok, seriously what the fuck, is this purgatory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 12</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
She’s not going to be able to eat all of that…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 13</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Well, I’ll be damned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Who would like it</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: This is pretty extreme but if you got through <i>A
Serbian Film</i> you should be ok. But it’s not really fair to compare Flowers to
Serbian because unlike the latter Flowers isn't just shocking for the sake of
being shocking. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Overall / High Points</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: I think watching horror movies should be an
‘interactive’ activity (which is why I watch them alone) and the more I yell at
the people on the screen the more fun I’m having. I’m a tough customer and I
can be pretty unforgiving when it comes to the myopic way in which I prefer to
be entertained, so before you get the wrong idea by the small number of
entries, let me just say right off the bat that I really liked this movie. The
trick now becomes trying to figure out how to tell you why… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Watching
Flowers was like watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, or maybe more like
Alraune, but again Flowers really isn't a silent film. I mean it is but it’s a little
bit more than that because there is absolutely no dialogue. Which is one of the
things I really like, and is the main reason I am having trouble trying to
explain this movie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">The
narrator in this film is your imagination which means it will be different for
every single person who sees it. Because no one is talking the heroines in this
movie bring it, they have to, the lighting and the way Flowers is filmed is
very Hitchockian which only serves to add to the distress, so your stuck right
there with them, trying to figure out what the hell is going on right along
with them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">My
favorite scene is with the last girl in the vanity/dressing room, it was as if you
could actually hear her international dialogue. At 1</span><sup style="font-family: Sunshiney;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"> I thought she
realized her situation but then tried to change it and save herself. It left me
thinking that she had become both the doctor and the monster, but then when the
scene fades from present to a flash back I was pissed off at her because I
thought it was all her fault. Throughout Flowers, the women are clinging to a
photograph, all of those pictures are in her room. And during the flashback all
of the women are together in the same room, she’s the last to enter. The other
women disappear one by one after being shown what circumstances lead them to
this chance encounter, but as the end credits began to roll I wasn't so sure of
my assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Gore Factor: </span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">I am going to say 3, it’s not so much gore than it is muck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Scariness Factor</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: Zero. Flowers isn’t scary, it’s fascinating. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Complaints</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: N/A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Stars</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-39865463606181492302016-03-22T02:24:00.000-07:002016-03-22T02:24:02.737-07:00The Suspense is Killing Me!
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As an indie
horror/scifi/dark fantasy film I accept direct messages for review request, and
I get to cherry pick the ones I review for Horror Addicts but sometimes I am
flat out told which movie I will be reviewing for Horror Addicts. Despite the
fact that I quasi bitch and moan when this happens I actually like being
assigned films, because every single one of them are movies that I wouldn’t
have picked if left to my own devices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The latest film
assigned to me is Phil Stevens’ <strong>LUNG II</strong> (here’s the official Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LUNG2themovie/?fref=ts">page</a>) I
usually stream the movies I review but this time my mailing address was
requested which can only mean I am getting a DVD and possibility some art work
and/or a T shirt (just in case I’m a size XL) so much for being subtle …lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyway, I LOVE
DVDs, I even have an old school DVD Netflix accounts because one of the things
I love the most are the DVD extras so I am keeping my fingers crossed for a
bunch of behind the scenes goodies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another thing I am
looking forward too is the movie itself. The <strong>LUNG II</strong> team was being very vague,
almost secretive in regards to sharing the synopsis or reveling the plot. I
love this tactic as a way to build suspense. When I am assigned a movie I don’t
watch the trailer or read any reviews and the fact that they are doing this
deliberately pipes more than just general interest. There are reviews out for
both <strong>LUNG II</strong> and FLOWERS but I am avoiding them like the plague as clearly the
director wants film viewers to experience these movies with an open mind and
virgin senses. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am more than
happy to oblige! I will keep you all posted and will also do an unboxing with
my review! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-11704122046035629452016-03-16T04:53:00.000-07:002016-03-16T04:59:19.425-07:00The Magazine Lifestyles of the Starving Artist<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">For those of you
who are following me on Instagram must think I am just rolling in the funds,
but trust me I’m not…it just looks like it. I’m always jokingly tell my sister
and friends that I want the life I lead on social media lol. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">Being a working
author is awesome but trying to earn a living while still growing a fan base
can be exceptionally challenging, especially when sales are lean. So the point
of these series of blog posts will be to share my secrets, tips, and tricks on
how to treat yourself to the finer things in life without being fiscally irresponsible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">Since most of the
pix I post of are me dining out, why don’t we kick off this series with food! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">This culinary deal
of the day was found at the Dollar Store: Jamaican Chicken Patties. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">Ok so 1<sup>st</sup>
off these are not patties, they are meat filled pastries, so I’m not sure why
they’re calling them patties. This is bigger than a hot pocket, the directions
say to microwave it but I decided to cook it in the oven instead. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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flakey and flavorful. Try to imagine if CheezIts were made with real butter and
that’s what it taste like. The filling is surprisingly spicy, if you think the
Taco Bell fire sauce is hot, then this would be too spicy for you to enjoy. </span></div>
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filling is meat and veggies but it’s really blended so that the contrasting textures
of the chicken and vegetables are gone but for what it is, its not really a bad
thing. </span></div>
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in the island theme of the meal I paired it with a Bai5 Bubbles in Peru Pineapple.
I snagged this from my sister who bought them from an online store called
boxed. Each can ends up being $1.60 which is cheaper than buying them individually
at a specialty store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">This infusion
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<span style="font-family: "sunshiney"; font-size: 12pt;">At
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I’ll have it with a spinach and strawberry salad. </span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-41995673354202337722016-01-26T05:00:00.001-08:002016-01-26T05:00:13.524-08:00Remembering The Importance of the Fairy Tales
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today I
was reading a thread on Facebook in which the originator is not in a safe place. The
immediate and permanent solution to this problem is jumping on a plane. But the
person says they are afraid to fly. Naturally this has cause some strong words,
disbelief and a roar of push back. And I too was pissed off when I read that.
But before I responded I wanted to 1<sup>st</sup> try and figure out why that
made me so mad.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So
I reread what they wrote it again. Fear. Ok. Fear. I make a living ensuring
people don’t sleep well at night so I thought about it for a sec. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fear.
If this person was a character of mine what would I do to them to make the
reader turn on the lights? What would I have to do to make the reader think
about them long after the story ended? What if it were me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
few months ago there was this meme floating around that showed a bug infested
bathroom and asked ‘Would you spend the night here for 10 million dollars?’ My
answer was not only no, it was fuck you, kiss every inch of my ass, no! Now
that I am thinking about it, would I be able to do this wearing a bee suit? No.
What if I wore a self-contained Hazmat suit, with the lights turned off and
wearing headphones and listening to music? That would only make it worse
because I would where I was and what was with me, and anyone who has read any
of my books knows the very last place one should be left in the dark with is with
my imagination. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ok.
Let’s ask me this way. If it meant not only saving my life but also the life of
someone I loved would I be able to do it then? If we’re going to be brutally
honest here, the answer is still most likely no. At this point if the person
who was with me <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">knew</i> me, which they
would because they love me, would be frantically trying to come up with an alternative
route to survival. Because if that bathroom was the only option Sean would be right, we would both
be fucked and that’s just the honest to God’s truth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://youtu.be/YwfDFpBBZ9E">Sean was right</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
it was at this point when I realized why I was so pissed off about this post.
The people who know this person immediately took the bee line to the alternative
route. Now just to back up a bit, this person is outside of the United States
and what’s putting them in danger is not considered a crime where they are. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
person is an American, and the person who is causing the unsafe living conditions
has dual citizenship. What’s being done is a crime on American soil, and there
is an American Embassy in the country that they are in. Though in a foreign
country, on the other side of those gates is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American soil</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not a
permanent solution but it is an immediate one. And it’s not like a “Not without
my daughter” scenario either because the people who know where this person is
have posted Google images and MapQuest directions … it’s on the bus line! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
person has a HUGE pool from which to pull resources, the last I checked there
were more than 700 comments, and a few hundred sub conversations. A lot of
people have offered to pay or chip in to pay for an international flight, one
person booked a hotel room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Does
this person jump on the bus? No. You read that right. No. Did they check into
the hotel? No. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Instead
they are making excuse after excuse why these aren’t viable options while with
the next breath stating how terrified they are. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And
I am left to wonder if this is a cry for help or the cry of the wolf, and I am
not the only one. According to what’s being said by the people who care about
this person what’s being said, at least part of it is true. Which means things
are only going to get worse. This person is a critical point here because
people are starting to shake their heads and express their frustration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
person needs to desperately remember ‘The boy who cried wolf” because when
things get worse, the help that’s being offered now may not be extended. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">No,
we are not children anymore and we realize that leaving breadcrumbs is not the
best navigation method when trekking through the back country. But still, it would
be behoove of us to remember that Grandma did not have such big teeth... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-21779067010410240152015-09-23T09:07:00.001-07:002015-09-23T09:07:30.113-07:00I can totally explain...<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">Oh my gosh, its been so long since I updated my blog I
forgot my password … lol, but see what had had happened was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I know, I totally fail at keeping my blog updated but
hopefully most of you are following me on my Facebook fan page, Twitter, and or
Instagram. For those of you who aren’t the two biggest reasons I haven’t been
on top of my blog game are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">The 1<sup>st</sup> is that I had to break my lease and
have the VA help me with an emergency move. The guy next door started using and
then selling meth from his apartment, and towards the end it got really bad
like Breaking Bad with a side of Sons of Anarchy bad. I was beyond stressed
out, wasn’t getting any sleep let alone getting any writing done and updating
my social media was the furthest thing from my mind =( <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I moved into an amazing safe place that’s
close to my mom’s. I am not totally settled in yet, but I am sleeping way, way
better and I’ve started writing again and let me tell you its about damn time! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">The 2<sup>nd</sup> reason is actually kinda cool. I have
been on the road promoting and marketing basically since March and it has been
A-fucking-mazing! I have met so many kick ass people that its just unreal. Here are the links for the albums posted on my fan page =D<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1040399379322662.1073741828.160741420621800&type=3">LA Book Signing 2015 </a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1040402365989030.1073741829.160741420621800&type=3">World Horror Con & Coca Cola World ATL</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1045783625450904.1073741831.160741420621800&type=3">Seattle Crypticon 2015</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1114778041884795.1073741832.160741420621800&type=3">Rose City Comic Con</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">Let me tell you one thing about self-promoting. It is a
beast! It is absolutely sink or swim, there’s no middle ground where you can
just float or dog paddle, it is absolutely sink or swim. For me I always just
jump in to things head 1<sup>st</sup> in the deep end. These last few months
has taught me a lot. Five years and 11 publications later all of my visual
branding is uniform. My convention theme color is grey (because I’m from
Seattle) because my brand is my name and not the logo I swapped the T from
Crystal with an ax and the last O from Connor with a skull. w/the tag line A
Trusted Name in Terror. From now on this is how I will display it on
promotional material. Bad ass uh? </span></div>
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tour shirts (one was red, the other grey) that I sold at my booths and book
signings, but as far as the sales went one did not out sell the other so I’m
not sure which one was the favorite.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">However, I
updated my logo and this is the 1<sup>st</sup> time that I’ve debuted it.
Ta-Da!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I am so in love with this logo so moving forward this
logo will be on a dark grey tee at every convention and book signing and since
people liked both of the tees above I will continue to sell those but not both
at the same event. That way not everyone is walking around in the same tee and
it will help stretch out my inventory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I’ve also have been working really hard on the branding
for In the Foothills of Mt. Empyreal The End is Now, one of the books I wrote
with Lori Titus. Even though I am the one who designed these images I really
can’t dominate the visual message, so to keep all of my visual branding uniform
I included a skull to anchor it to my brand. These books were published in 2014
but I have been working on these logos all this time to get them just right,
and I am going to say that it seems like all of my hard work has paid off
because they are just as gorgeous as the ones I did for the Crystal Connor logos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Oh my Gosh! I forgot to tell
you! On Oct 31<sup>st</sup> 2015 which is only 38 days away I will be a vendor
and a guest panelist at my very 1<sup>st</sup> international convention!!!
Dudes! Its in Canada and all the proceeds goes to charity! How awesome is that! </span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ifconvictoria.com/">IFcon Victoria</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I am so super excited plus I thought that would be the
last con of the year but its not because the weekend of the 13<sup>th</sup> I
am heading back to Portland for The Living Dead Con! Dudes, this has been one
hell of a year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I am currently working on two new books and securing
dates for my 2016 convention and film festival and I have something big
simmering on the back burner but I don’t want to mention it yet because I don’t
want to jinx it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">Well I don’t wanna take up too much of your time, just
wanted to touch base and let you all know what I’ve been up to <3 o:p="" ttyl=""></3></span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-71243694662910355732015-05-26T19:46:00.001-07:002015-05-26T19:46:00.814-07:00Things to big to see<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">You know how
sometimes things are so big it takes a few weeks, sometimes months to see or understand
the enormity of it. Take for example Hurricane Katrina. We all knew it was
going to be bad because it was being called a super-storm but most of us </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> ‘get it’ until we saw pix of the Superdome and heard reports about people being
shot and killed over water. Yet still, we </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> get it, get it until we
watched Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Running in the
science fiction and horror circles that I run in, I cannot count the number of
times </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> heard black women talk about how seeing Uhura (played by Nichelle
Nichols) on Star Trek changed their lives. That </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> happen with me. For one
I </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> see myself in Uhura because in my young logic, you had to be smart to
work on a spaceship and I always struggled in school. And two I was a
Battleship Galactica & Buck Rogers kid. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But I did have an
‘Uhura moment.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was 20 and
watching Tales from the Darkside: The Movie … the segment was Lover’s Vow. When
Carola (played by Rea Dawn Chong) appear in the alley I literary sat up. I saw
me in her, she was black, well-spoken … and beautiful. I know that sounds vain
but you know what I mean. A black woman in a horror movie who looked like me.
And she was the star, it was her story and I was so mad at how it ended I
turned the movie off. But then I turned it back on after my popcorn was done …
lol<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When Lucy Cruell
first contacted me about being a part of this project back in April I
immediately said yes. I knew it was going to be a big deal, I mean 7 black
female horror author’s having their stories adapted for film and those short
movies being directed by 7 black female directors …come on, that’s a
no-brainer. But I </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> ‘get it’ I want to say it was because I was focused on
gearing up for World Horror Con in Atlanta followed by Crypticon here in
Seattle. But the truth of the matter is, I just didn’t get it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But like my
elders say, You gon learn today! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rea Dawn Chong,
the woman I saw on the big screen in a horror movie who gave me my</span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Uhura
moment is one of the directors for 7 Magpies. My name is mentioned in the same sentence as Rea Dawn Chong. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14pt;">Rea. Dawn. Chong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14pt;">And not only that,
last night, though it was announced on May 16</span><sup style="font-family: Sunshiney;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14pt;">, I found out that the
Executive Producer is Stacy Pippi Hammon. And as amazing as this is, this is
just my seeing the Superdome moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now that </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">I've</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> had
some time to let this settle itself around me, I realize that if not for bestselling
author Sumiko Saulson, Lucy Cruell wouldn’t have even heard of me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sumiko and I
spent the most hectic, stressful, amazing weekend together in Los Angeles on a book
signing tour and the next thing you know I am being contacted by Lucy Cruell. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have illusions
of grandeur and an ego you can see from space. (yes I meant to use the word
illusions) Sumiko has both of her feet firmly planted in the soils of reality,
yet after spending an entire weekend with me she </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">doesn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> think of me as some garden-variety
self-centered, overconfidant megalomaniac who wants to control the world. Bear
in mind I want to dethrone Stephen King so that I can reign supreme in the
horror genre … and I said that out loud. More than once.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And like my mom
and those in my closest, tightest circle she believes in me. She </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> tell me
that. She </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> tell me how brave I was for quitting my job to write full time.
She passed my name along. That’s all she did. And it feels exactly the same as
when my sister secretly paid my light bill, the exactly the way it felt when my
BFF bought me $200.00 worth of groceries and then hung out with me at the
laundry matt, supplying the quarters that would ensure clean, dry clothes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/rae-dawn-chong-headlines-7-magpies-all-black-female-director-horror-anthology-film-20150526">Rae Dawn Chong Headlines ‘7 Magpies’ - All-Black Female Director Horror Anthology Film</a> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://sumikosaulson.com/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Sumiko Saulson</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-36578545772360980682015-04-17T18:31:00.000-07:002015-04-17T18:46:49.866-07:00No, exposure doesn't pay the rent, but...<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a hot button
topic, and often a point of contention among writers, but I have seen some
authors lose their shit on various social media sites over the audacity of some
publications and small press publications who have calls for submissions but do
not pay for the stories accepted, the argument being that being a writer is a
job and those of us who work in this industry deserved to get paid for our work.
After all you wouldn't ask a plumber, a doctor, or an IT Tech to work for free…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now before we get started, I am NOT telling you what to do but simply sharing where I stand on this issue and why.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />As someone who
walked away from a > $50K a year job, I get it. Trust me I do, I need all
the money coming in that I can get. As someone who has to budget to the dime I
can no longer afford to buy a brand new book several times a month and when I
do buy books I buy them from the 2<sup>nd</sup> hand bookstore but last year
things got so tight that I started contacting other author’s to request bartering
and book trades. Luckily almost everyone I asked agreed (even the authors who
have careers I dream of having one day and probably never even heard of me
before reading my unsolicited email.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the very
beginning I've always said I wanted legions of fan, but I also understood that
having an enormous fanbase wouldn't necessarily equal mountains of sales. Now
this might come as a surprise to you but I am a huge Stephen King fan…lol The 1<sup>st</sup>
Stephen King book I read was IT, I was in the 7<sup>th</sup> grade and I
borrowed it from my BFF. The 1st Stephen King book I <i>bought</i> was nine years later when I was in the Navy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I really do want
people to read my work even if I don’t get paid, which is why all of my eBooks can
be shared and everything in print can be checked out at the library. I am
featured in four other anthologies that are not my own and submitted to those
for the sole purpose of getting exposure. The reason I made that decision was
based on my own budget buying, when I cannot afford to buy a book from an
author I’m a fan of I buy anthologies, it’s a lot of bang for your buck and I've
‘met’ some incredible authors from reading anthologies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also have a forever
free audiobook version of my own collection …And They All Lived Happily Ever
After! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the
questions I am often asked in interviews is what advice would I give other
emerging authors. My answer, if you stay true to your, art your art will stay
true to you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As of 8:30 this
morning on April 17<sup>th</sup> 2015 for this quarter I have earned $71.68
from my <i>free</i> audiobook. $5.83 more
than from the sales from the premium version available on Audible, Amazon & iTunes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s no way
for me to track how much exposure I've received by allowing anthologies and
websites to publish my stories without being financially compensated and the
books available on Podiobooks are free but there is a ‘tip jar.’ The default
tip amount is $4.99 but you can tip as little or as much as you want. And
leaving a tip is not required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0in;">As an author only
you can decide how much your work is worth, and whether or not you’ll work for
free. Lord knows I </span><i style="text-indent: 0in;">know</i><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> that ‘exposure’
doesn't pay the rent...but it did, however, just pay the light bill. </span>From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-78072332021458455262015-03-11T23:49:00.003-07:002015-03-11T23:50:23.537-07:00Mid-week Mini Movie: Chatter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-21008545239426871522015-03-09T00:09:00.001-07:002015-03-09T00:12:16.581-07:00A rare non horror movie review<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I usually do not review films outside
of the horror or its subgenres but Emeriah Rich of Horror Addicts dot net
supports writer/director Omar Haro and asked me to review this film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hearts&Kisses is a really good
example of how a director can use the setting make the most out of a small
budget and a limited time frame. Clocking in at just 14 minutes and 45 seconds
the setting does all the heavy lifting, just sixty seconds in and you already
know that this is a Christian household and this sets the tone for the strange
little story that follows perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hearts&Kisses tells the love story of
Richie and Liz. They are a fairly young couple and their feelings for each
other and the way interact with each other is genuine, tender, goofy, and
awkward. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Surrounded by the icons of their faith,
with her parents, and brothers, away Liz decides that tonight should be their
big night, despite that they are still probably a year or two away from their wedding
night. </span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">Of course Richie is delighted! But God
is watching and Richie has a secret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The pacing and storytelling of this
micro-mini-movie is really good. The ending, if it could be called that, will
leave you questioning what the hell it was you just watched but I am not going
to fault it for that. I am going to give this one 3 out of 5 stars. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-36530956440183050662015-02-27T22:30:00.000-08:002015-02-27T22:32:04.455-08:00This is what I wanted...<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the things I quickly got used to
when I made the transition from being a ‘signed’ author to a self-published
author was, is, that I have complete control over everything I do. Everything.
I would be lying if I told you that it wasn't downright terrifying AND
stressful but for me it’s worth it because when it works, it really works, and
when something I do doesn't it’s a hard learned lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the things that I did that hasn't
been done before is the way I layout the interior of my anthology. The table of
contents is hand written, it’s laden with graphic elements but it’s not a
graphic novel. I knocked that shit out of the park! I’m really happy with the
way it turned out because having an anthology of my own short stories is basically
the gateway drug to the nightmares I create. I know I am not going to be your
only horror dealer but I have every intention of becoming a reliable one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The problem with the layout though is
that the format does not translate well into a eBook, which left me reeling
because not everyone is willing to spend $14.99 on an up-and-coming-author and
at that time most of my royalties’ were coming from digital sales. So even
though I had a kick ass print version I felt like I fucked myself because in
order to convert it into a digital format the graphics would have to be removed
and that wasn't an option because that would completely change the tone of the
stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So just as I was coming to terms with
the fact that I had cut myself off from all the ‘gadget guys’ I met a woman
named Kay Richards. And over the next two years this amazing woman that God had
sent my way produced two audiobooks for me. A forever free version that is
available on Podiobooks and a premium version that can be purchased on
Audible/Amazon/iTunes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The free version went live in Dec ’14 and
as of this posting has been downloaded more than 33K x, dudes, really? So mind-blowing
I’m still kind of pinching myself, and top of that two people have donated despite
the fact that it’s absolutely free. I was so moved by that I actually cried…both
times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So fast forward to right now and my
control issues. Ok so Createspace is the self-publishing platform for Amazon,
and the only thing you can <u>not</u> do is set the price of your paperback
below the price it cost to print it. Fair enough. The platform for self-publishing
audio books for Amazon is ACX (Audiobook creation exchange) I have no control,
none whatsoever, no say at all, over how Audible sets the prices for the
audiobooks. So when the premium went live on Feb. 19<sup>th</sup> with a sale
price of $19.95 Audible members I panicked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Quitting your job in order to make your
dreams come true is insane, hard, and oftentimes ill-advised. There a months
were I have to budget to the dime and I mean to the dime. I know how important
book sales are but even still I buy my books from a 2<sup>nd</sup> hand store
and at the end of last year I started bartering books with other authors, some
who are far well off than I am. Buying a brand new book is something I have to
save up for. As of right now I cannot afford to spend $19.95 on a paperback, let
alone on an audiobook. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, just as I was coming to terms that
at least I have a free version of the audiobook, I check my sales report. I sold
12 premium audiobooks in 9 days. I’m paid 40% royalties’ and even after taxes I
earned $103.57. Me, more than 100 dollars in just nine days. Selling stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am an emotional wreck right now. This
is what I wanted, but now that it’s happening I can’t believe it. I’m afraid that
at any moment now I’m going to wake up. I've cried, did my happy dance, checked
the sales report more than a dozen times to make sure I’m looking at it right…this
is the most amazing thing ever! Like I am drowning in a sea of love and
support, not really drowning more like bobbing gently in the warm tide. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I just can’t thank everyone enough, I
just can’t. I’m going to take a nap now because I really can’t think but the
only thing I want to do is to continue to be worthy of your time and support,
this is really the most amazing day and it’s all because of you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you, you guys. I really mean it,
thank you…</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-68679815615576736772015-01-13T13:46:00.000-08:002015-01-13T13:46:29.586-08:00I've been fan fictioned! <div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
morning I got an email note from another blogger who asked me to check out his
blog because the latest post was inspired by events that took place in Artificial
Light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve
been writing for a while now and some of the most contentious on-line wars I’ve
ever seen have been over fan-fiction. I never entered any of those flame war conversations
because both sides make really good points which left me wandering someplace in
the middle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
always wondered how I would feel if I had ever been ‘fan-fictioned’ and now
that it’s happened I’m not gonna lie to you, I’m pretty stoked! It was written
by blogger Craig Whibley and you can read it here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://5centstories.blogspot.com/2015/01/quake.html?showComment=1421179634318#c8157359167313646804"><b>Quake by Craig Whibley</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now
don’t get me wrong, if I had found out about this via a multimillion dollar
budget movie trailer I might not be skipping around on cloud 9 but with so much
of my writing being inspired by others how would I look if lost my mind and
started acting like a dick, claiming ownership of an idea, and threatening
legal action over something as cool as this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hell
the foundation for my short The Lazarus Antidote is built entirely on someone
else’s work (used with permission of course, but still):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://wordsmithcrystalconnor.blogspot.com/2011/11/federal-vampire-zombie-agencys-fvza.html?zx=d93f38d5d1e62b95"><b>The Federal Vampire & Zombie Agency's (FVZA) legendary Dr. Hugo Pecos</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
The End is Now would be completely different than it is now if not for the
inspiration and collaboration I got from for Lori Titus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I’m
still stuck in the middle over the whole fan-fiction idea but I wish this guy
tons of success, because the 1</span><sup style="font-family: Sunshiney;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;"> thing I wanted to do after I
stopped screaming in glee was write. I inspired him, and then he inspired me!
And so the cycle of creativity continues. And this is why I’m stuck in the
middle of this hot button issue because I do believe that the creation of art
should have some ownership but to suggest that anything created now is 100% original
and wasn’t inspired by anything that came before it is a bit asinine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
only we as writers are going to be successful and achieve acclaim is if we help
each other, encourage each other and be inspired by one another. And we have to
allow others, to a certain extent, to be inspired by the work we create. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
industry isn’t every man, woman, and child for themselves. It just doesn’t work
that way. In Monopoly the game is over
once ONE person has EVERYTHING. We as artists and creators can’t let that happen
because the end game would be the end of books, the end of art, the end of
music. Do we really want that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Well
because no post would be complete w/out shameless self-promotion here are two
chapters from Artificial Light that inspired the short story Quake. Have a good
one guys!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">***</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book II Chptr 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Who’s
guarding the gates of Hell while you’re walking Lucifer’s dog?” Dr. Farley
questioned when he was within speaking distance. Ken and I both smiled at that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
looked over his shoulder, then up at the watchtower before addressing me again.
“And you are?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Dr.
Farley. I’m Artemisia, this is Dr. Kenneth Astor, and this,” I said while
nodding toward my dog, “is not Cerberus, but Sentinel.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “We
belong to the Skyward Group. We’re the ones responsible for your release,
because we feel you’re too brilliant of a scientist to rot away behind bars.
” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Dr.
Farley crossed his arms and looked up again at the watchtower, which, like
before, he found empty. In the seven years he resided here, he had daydreamed
of escaping and had never once seen the tower unmanned. The mistrust that was
written all over his face now migrated to the rest of his body as he took on a
more combative and hostile posture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
large Rottweiler equalized the tension by matching Dr. Farley’s posture of
bellicosity. The doctor realized that he was no match for the 107-pound
guardian, whose ancient was breed was prized for their fearlessness, strength,
and power, and he instinctively took a step back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I
shrugged my shoulders. “You can go back if you want.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “And
what will my brilliance cost me this time?” he snapped. “I have been stripped
of my license, labeled a crook, a fraud and unreservedly ruined. I have lost
the appetite for flattery in the form of half-truths and whole lies.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You’ve
already secured a piece of real estate in Malebolge. Why don’t you just wait
until you get there to move in? I’m sure you’ll be more than comfortable with
the housing arrangements our group can provide while you’re still living, which
thanks to you, could be a very, very long time.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “What
is it that you want from me?” the doctor demanded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Nothing,”
I answered while admiring the way my gold bracelets played in the light,
wondering if my earring danced in the sun the same way. Dr. Farley noted my
distracted vanity with an expression akin to that of one trying to swallow hot
sand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “I
know you have reservations, Dr. Farley,” Ken noted. “However, we are nothing
like your former associate, Mr. Sheldon. One hundred percent of the funding for
the studies we conduct is legal, and so is twenty percent of our research.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Only
twenty percent?” Dr Farley questioned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Twenty
percent,” I repeated. “Publicly, I sit at the head of the Artemisia Luxury
Group, the core of which is jewelry. I am the owner of Periodic Element AU and
Atomic Weight 196, and my jewelry boutiques are scattered over every continent
on the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You
and your associate raised 93 million dollars over the course of six years,
which is admirable. However, the revenue generated through the Seattle, New
York, and London Periodic stores alone is twice that in just six months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “After
taxes, payroll, and insurance, the Artemisia Luxury Group earns nearly half a
trillion dollars a year.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dr.
Farley’s mouth fell ajar. “Ken,” I continued, “is the head of the Astor
Corporation. You might have heard of them; with over 300 firms worldwide
conducting military weapons research, you’d be right to say that the Astor
Corporation is the world’s most powerful and influential defense contractor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “It
pains me to admit that the Astor Corporation earns more money than The
Artemisia Luxury Group.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “There
are twenty-one founding members of the Skyward Group,” Dr. Astor explained.
“All of us own independent organizations that gross more than one hundred
million dollars a year, and we’ve all partnered with global organizations who
are researching and developing things such as wind and solar technology,
weapons, deep-sea exploration, crops that will grow in barren lands, cancer
research and the like. Our alliances with these firms and the multitudes of
fundraisers we host throughout the year make up the twenty percent of the
research that is conducted at the Skyward Group and provides our firm with the
first tier of funding.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Our
second tier of funding comes from covert U.S. military research,” I explained.
“But we also conduct experiments for militaries of other nations as well. Two
percent of the private earnings of our founding members are pooled together and
added to the funds we receive for these projects, which leaves more than enough
money to fund an organization such as ours.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Dr.
Farley remained silent as he once again looked at the unmanned tower.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “The
biggest weapons project we’re working on is the Tesla Project. We’re studying
the effects of geophysical manipulation, but you will not be a part of that.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Geo
…” Dr. Farley stammered nervously, looking again at the empty watchtower. “You
people are trying to control the weather?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Dr. Farley.” I did the best that I
could to keep the irritation out of my voice. “There are more neural
connections in the human brain than there are stars in the sky that can be seen
with the naked eye, yet you have found a way to clone the human mind, so let me
be the first to welcome you to the ranks of ‘you people.’” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Like you, Dr. Farley,” Ken
explained, “Nikola Tesla was a pioneer, and we are simply continuing the
research he started in the 1940s.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Everyone
tries to control the weather,” I said, answering Dr. Farley’s question. “From
the sacred ceremonial dances of ancient peoples to children signing ‘Rain,
Rain, Go Away,’ everyone tries to control the weather. But we’re not trying to
control the weather, Dr. Farley, we’ve weaponized it … and our experiment
surpassed all of our expectations.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The
Indian Ocean earthquake that caused the deadliest tsunami in recorded history
was man made. The quake was the second largest ever recorded, lasting almost
ten minutes. The entire earth shook as a result, because the initial earthquake
triggered other quakes as far away as Alaska.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Wha …?” Dr. Farley was beyond
astonishment. “But over 200,000 people were killed.” Dr. Farley’s eyes quickly
darted between mine and Ken’s as he took another step back. Beads of sweat
began to appear across his forehead as he glanced again at the unmanned tower
and the large iron gates of the prison, which had locked behind him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Yes. That was quite unfortunate.” I
explained, “The Skyward Group donated two point eight million dollars as a
result of the humanitarian plight that resulted. But of course, that wasn’t
good enough, because it took them less than a year to retaliate.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Them?”
William had been scared beyond description at the prospect of being thrown into
and then spending the rest of his life in prison. Now, as a free man, Dr.
Farley found himself paralyzed with terror with the company he now kept. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Yes,”
Ken explained. “Ten months later, they counterattacked by creating Hurricane
Katrina. The scientists behind the assault, the ones who controlled and
directed the super storm, were caught and assassinated. In the three years
following Katrina, the United States has not been attacked by a hurricane, and
that is no accident.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “But
there was Rita,” Dr. Farley recalled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Hurricane
Rita wasn’t a weapon. She was just your good old-fashioned natural disaster.
There’s nothing we can do about acts of God,” I explained. “But we’re working
on it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
appeared stunned, and I was becoming exasperated by the contentious way Dr.
Farley was looking at us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You’re
working on it, with weatherized warfare? What is it that you want from me? I
don’t want to be involved with manipulating weather; there are limits to what
man can …” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “No
there aren’t, Dr. Farley,” I interrupted. “And like I said, you will not be a
part of that project. We’re here because of Project Six Thirty One.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “What
the hell is …” I cut him off again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Dr.
Farley, I’m pleased to tell you that efficacy has been established with the
pre-clinical trails you were conducting before your imprisonment.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The
expression on the doctor’s face was indescribable as he looked beyond me to
focus on something that wasn’t there. I handed Dr. Farley a thick confidential
folder labeled The Children of Project 631, which contained smaller folders
with information on six young subjects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subject
one, female, 11 years old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Professor
Mary Stemple PhD, 64, transitioned to Amy Rebecca Winsten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subject
two, female, 10 years old <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">April
Tanner, 42, transitioned to Stephanie Johnsten. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subject
three, female, 10 years old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Elizabeth
Whitley, 64, transitioned to Elisabeth Tiffany Gunnell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subject
four, male, 9 years old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Samuel
Whitley, 63, transitioned to Jeffery Samuel Winthrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subject
five, male, 9 years old<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Army
First Sergeant James Earl Lake III, 68, transitioned to Allen Kenneth Morgan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subject
six, female, 7 years old <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Annette
Smith, 72, transitioned to Olympia Dawn Michaels. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “We have taken the liberty of securing all the
data that were compiled while you were under the umbrella of the Lotus
Foundation. Dr. Farley, we are here to invite you to continue your research
under the protection and with the unlimited funding that a group such as ours
can provide. However, sir, if you wish to return to prison, that can be
arranged, as we can continue this research without you.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dr.
Farley was no longer uncomfortable in our company or distracted by the unmanned
tower. The accomplished geneticist pulled his glasses from his shirt pocket and
quickly scanned the patient files that were handed to him. He was back in his
element for less than a minute before all the files were quickly flipped
through and scanned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Invite me, what an interesting choice of
words. Where are the others?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “The others?” Ken and I asked in
unison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Yes,” he answered irritably. “There
are only six patient files here. Eight transitioned, so I ask you again: Where
are the others?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> We said nothing, as we looked at
each other in stunned silence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Arrogance breeds incompetence.” Dr.
Farley actually turned his head and spat before he glared down at me from over
the top of his glasses, clearly no longer bothered by our research or by
Sentinel, who issued a growl of warning.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Complete
this research without me … maybe. If you paid as much attention to the data as
you do to the idol god that you’re wearing around your wrist.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I
was furious. “Let me remind you that I’m not the one who spent the last seven
years in prison, Dr. Farley.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “And
I need not remind you that I’m not the only one who’s placed a deposit to dwell
in the fourth Bolgia! Let me ask you something, Artemisia, what is it that you
need me for?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “I
do not need you for anything.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Dr.
Farley barked out a harsh laugh. “Of course you don’t. I assume I have a
workspace in all of this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “State
of the art,” I snapped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Dr.
Farley brushed past me and got in the car. “Then take me to it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ken
offered to drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book II Chptr 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The
density of the woods started to recede, and slivers of shimmering skyline began
to expose themselves between the branches like a flirtatious burlesque performer,
but we were still an hour away from our destination. Dr. Farley had his window
down, and cold air was gushing in. I turned on the heater, and Ken slowed down
and then stopped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Do
you feel that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> After
a few moments, I did. “An earthquake.” It was strong enough to bounce loose
rocks and pebbles on the asphalt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Is
this one of yours?” Dr. Farley sarcastically asked from the back seat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “No,”
we both answered at once. When the rumbling stopped, Ken and I both reached for
our phones and placed calls to different departments within the Facility. I
brought Dr. Farley up to speed once I got off the phone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “The
calls were placed in accordance with the Skyward Group’s emergency management
procedures, which mandate that all of the founding members and our most senior
staff call in to report locations and receive assessment reports on any outside
environmental threats, ground or structural damages, and quarantine conditions
and, if necessary, obtain any rerouting instructions for the safest and
quickest way to the Facility.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
reached into the center console and handed Dr. Farley a company cell phone,
gave him the number, and brought him up to speed with regard to his status
reports.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “When
speaking to anyone within the Skyward Group, clients of the Skyward Group, or
anyone working for our supporting organizations, you need to do so on the phone
I’ve just assigned to you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Because
cell phones and base stations use low-power transmitters, we’ve purchased our
own cell phone company to ensure that information traveling through our
channels and frequencies does not collide with any other providers and, of
course, to prevent any verbal communication from being intercepted and/or
recorded.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “We
also own our own networking and Internet infrastructures, tons of domain names
and IP addresses. Anything you can dream of that will allow us to control and
monitor the traffic of communication and information, we’ve thought of it
first, and we’ve already implemented it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Dr.
Farley placed the phone on the seat next to him and commented sarcastically,
“Big brother is always watching.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Of
course, you can acquire your own personal cell phone,” Ken offered, “but we
will tap into and monitor all communications through that phone as well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dr.
Farley took a deep, slow breath, checked out mentally for a moment while he
thought something over, then turned his head toward the window to allow the
cool air to wash over his face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Two low-flying Army gunships
screamed past us, racing toward the city ahead. I turned to regard Ken with a
questioning look. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “This is intriguing.” Ken placed
another call. “Put a squint team together, find out what just happened, and get
General Addison on the phone.” Ken ended the call before whoever he was just
talking to had a chance to respond.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “All
of your staff has been accounted for, and they are at the Facility,” I
continued. “Your personal assistant reported that all of the glass in your
apartment building has been shattered, so you won’t be able to sleep there
tonight. It will be too cold; it’s on the eighteenth floor. We have housing at
the Facility, but if you wish to stay in a hotel or at a nearby resort, your
assistant can arrange that.”<br />
"My apartment?” He asked the
question slowly and in a slight state of confusion, as if he were just coming
to after being knocked unconscious. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Well
yes.” Ken glanced into the rearview as he spoke, throwing quick glances at the
road. “The apartment is spacious. The view from the library overlooks the park
while the living room and bedroom offer views of the city’s skyline.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “It’s
a little over a thousand square feet – not too big, but much bigger than where
you slept last night, and graciously furnished. The property belongs to the
Skyward Group, so we’ll have all the glass replaced in a few days, but if you
wish to live somewhere else or buy your own property, by all means do so.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “I
am a convicted felon with no money, and you’re talking to me about purchasing
real estate? And another thing: I am no longer a doctor, so please just call me
William.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I turned to look at Dr. Farley,
ignoring the antagonism in his voice and the lines of irritation across his
forehead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “You’re
right. Dr. William Arthur Farley <i>was</i> a convicted felon, but tragically,
he died this morning in prison. You’re still a doctor, and you’re still William
Farley, but now you’re Dr. William <i>Ryan</i> Farley.” I removed an envelope
from my bag and handed it to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Here
are your new driver’s license, Visa and MasterCard, passport, social security
card, information on your banking accounts, and your company identity card.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Be
sure not to lose your badge,” Ken cautioned. “You’ll need it to activate the
biometrics security system that will allow you to move about the Facility
according to your security level. That badge will allow access to any of our
research facilities worldwide that you have clearance for. You’ll have your
thumb and eyes scanned when you go through orientation with the security team.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> William
was surprised to see that the picture on his passport was the same one he had taken
when he renewed it eleven years ago. His chest tightened. He no longer
remembered the man in that photograph. He sifted through the various photo
identifications, reached for the cell phone, and put everything into his
pocket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “So
I guess this is a good time to negotiate my wages and benefit packages.” Ken
was shaking his head, not at the ruins of the city through which he was trying
to navigate, but at William’s question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “No.
As a senior staff member, you have a base salary of twelve million a year, and
it is <i>non-negotiable</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The
sound that William made was startling. I had been receiving and responding to
emails on my handheld, but hearing that sound made me quickly turn to look at
Dr. Farley to ensure that he was OK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Sentinel,
who had been lying in the back seat and keeping a relaxed watch over Dr.
Farley, immediately snapped into full, taut attention. Ken was looking at him
through the rearview mirror and had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting an
emergency responder who was directing traffic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> With
the car at a full stop, and as we ignored the scathing curses from the man we’d
almost run down, all eyes were on Dr. Farley. He held up his hands and shook
his head as if trying to clear it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Gimme
a minute. You cannot imagine the day I’m having. The most frightening, amazing
day. Being broken out of prison, told my experiments are successful – that my
patients actually transitioned, that they’ve made it.” He took his phone and ID
out of his pocket and shook his head again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “To
be given a new hold on life and to learn you have twelve million in your bank
account, to find out you even have a bank account.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Actually,”
I interrupted, “you only have just over six. It’s the standard signing bonus,
but you go on payroll as soon as you start working.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> William quickly did the math. “So that’s
roughly eighty-three thousand dollars a month?” We both nodded in agreement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Plus
benefits and bonuses,” Ken reminded him. William was again shaking his head as
if to clear it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ken
was waved on, and once again we weaved our way around roadblocks and passed
herds of people huddled together in wide-eyed fear and relief. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Falling
bricks crushed cars parked below, and the number of killed and injured changed
every few minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">One
sky rise had shifted on its foundation and was now leaning on another for
support. When the occasional concrete slab, broken rebar or other building
material fell to the earth, the crowd watching from a distance would scream. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The
concentrated area of destruction along with the earlier sightings of the
helicopters led Ken and me to suspect that the devastation was caused by a
bombing and not the forces of nature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"> It
took nearly an hour to snake our way to the Facility. When we finally arrived,
Dr. William Ryan Farley was asleep, and neither one of us wanted to wake him
up. He was right; we could not imagine the day he must be having.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-48465399345015189242015-01-10T12:36:00.003-08:002015-01-10T13:00:43.515-08:00A storm indeed was coming...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In The Valley of Shadows: Chapter Seventy – One </span></b><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Inanna was ready to learn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They began their journey, on foot, three hours before the sun rose. When
they reached ritual complex the sun was still low in the eastern sky but could
not be seen as the dense fog and misty weather used hues of whites, greens, and
yellows to paint the landscape with blurry images. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The length and breadth of the British Isles had been built with the
power of arcane magic which is the very reason Abigail brought Inanna here, to
the Avebury stones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a descent of the heathens that once ruled this land Abigail was
genetically connected to the ancient pagan powers beneath her feet and the
energy being emitted from the ground on which they now stood charged the air
around them like an electrical storm and the young Obeah drew the power toward
her as if she were a lightning rod. Inanna wasn’t the only one being drenched
in the endowment the ancestors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Guardian unbuckled the baby carrier and set Assyrian down near a
large stone forming the outer circle next to his brother. Immediately, his
attention was drawn to a cobweb saturated with heavy drops of drew, under the
weight of the morning mist some of the glistening strands fell free of the
formation and swayed gently in soft aurorean breeze. The rest of the web
collapsed when Assyrian touched it. With the power of thought and his
interpretation of geometry Adam reconstructed the elaborate orb structure made
of silk. The web was quickly forgotten as Assyrian became distracted by the
lazy flight of the bumble bee; today he was going to learn the natural
consequences of petting bees. As his fist closed around the honey-making insect
he was stung. The only reason the entire bee population wasn’t wiped off both
the northern and southern hemisphere was because Inanna had become hyper aware
of the twins’ raw abilities, the missing flight from their flight or fight
response, and the potential devastation resulting from their knee jerk
retaliations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rough, undressed sarsen stones that made up the ritual complex that
they had travelled so far to reach is the largest stone circle in the world and
the grandest ceremonial site in Britain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These megalithic rings were the source of great mystic powers and hours
passed as Inanna received the unspoken instructions from the immortal witch,
finally left alone the young African priestess roamed the grounds of the
massive ceremonial stones reviewing notes from the lessons just learned and
shifting through the latent but powerful energy still contained within the ring
and, not surprisingly, she chose to acquire the malevolent powers of nature and
in response to her call a gentle breeze, barely noticeable, began to wrap
itself around the great ring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the quartet gathered the children and walked away the soft whisper
of wind went with them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Being in the center of hundreds of prehistoric sites spreading for miles
in all directions was energizing for both Abigail and Inanna, however the long
journey on foot carrying children who were also being feed by the energy left
by the elders was beginning to take its toll, especially since it seemed that
the boys were getting stronger by the minute and wielding powers years beyond
their natural development of forethought and impulse control..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The abbey was nearly two hours to the north yet the ringing of the cast
iron bells could clearly be heard over the backdrop of the splattering rain and
the roar of the vehicles that zipped by on the A road and it was their chiming
that roused Logan from sleep. It had taken them a day and a half to get here,
they still had a ways to go and Logan was exhausted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While some believed that the stakes at Woodhenge were just the remains
of an ancient farmer’s fence being encased by the Durrington Walls which was
already a permanent structure when Stonehenge was being built Inanna and anyone
else who knew better understood that the complex timber structure was much more
significant than that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After spending the several hours among the ruins of wood they headed
east to the Neolithic monument that lay 980 yards away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The swirling winds never left the perimeter of the Obeah and as
Stonehenge grew larger by their approach the soft blowing of the wind became
stronger and coiled tighter. Logan put her baby down to sweep her hair into a
bun to keep it out of her face. The flat landscape around them shimmered and
flew away as the dense forest that once was … was once again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The walkway circling the stones and the people being herded along it
faded from view as the ancient stones seemed to grow before their eyes. The
wind became stronger and coiled tighter. Mighty oaks replaced the busy highway
and then began swaying in submission to the forces of nature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From between two stones two smaller dust devils began to spin. Both Logan
and The Guardian stopped walking and put the children down. As the twin swirls
of wind began moving toward them as if footsteps The Guardian drew her weapon
and stepped forward. The shadowy forms at the base of the dust devils began to
take shape: feet, legs, thighs. The wind became stronger and coiled tighter. Inanna
quickened her pace and marched forward with determination, her Guardian marched
at her side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The twin dusters moving away from the giant slabs spiraled up and fused
together, forming hands, arms, and chest as the legs on the spoondrift figure
became solid. Seized by the storm Inanna’s long, thick, kinky hair began to
spin until it was in synch with the howling wind circling above her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The debris
ripped from the earth fed the approaching duster: shoulders, neck and head.
Like the tip of a finger, the whirling column of the cloud extended downward to
tangle itself within the whirling strains of the obeah’s hair. Inanna became the
axis of a tornado and the approaching figure formed of the dust of the ground opened
his eyes and smiled while the dirt spinning around him covered his nudeness
with leather. </span></div>
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ignited, burst into sparks, cooled as flakes of iron and cloaked the wizard in
mail and armor. As if drawn to a lodestone, large flecks of ferrous infused
loam swirled around the outstretched hands of the one approaching until he held
his staff in one hand and a sword in the other. His long atramentous hair and
dark red cape whipped and whirled in the wild wind and his angry bluish-purple
eyes spun like the air around him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grew. The black rolling clouds that smothered the ground sounded like thunder, however
the clamor had nothing to do with the weather … it was the announcement of war
steeds. All the horse were as black as the wizard’s hair and clad in blazing
red barding with champron’s made of gold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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upon the army was assembled behind Myrddin the Deadly and the only thing that
stood between them and the Southern Lands of Cerhwor was a three days ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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another artist who has not been influenced by your work but had the exact same
idea as you did but expressed it in an entirely different way. I belong to a
group on Facebook called The State of Black Science Fiction and I swear when I
saw this posted, even though I believe this is Storm, I got dizzy, because this
is exactly how I imagined her hair, the swirling wind, her power.</span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-55641596168555448952015-01-08T01:16:00.000-08:002015-01-08T01:16:09.367-08:00Where is the border between free speech and bullying?<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Happy
News! Dudes I’m so not going to tell you that I am going to be blogging on a constant
basis because I say that every year lol. I hope you all had a kick ass
Christmas and winter holiday season. </span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">I
usually don’t write about current and world/political events on my blog because the
purpose of this blog is to share my love of #AllHorrorEverything with others
who love the genre. Plus the opposing sides ever agree and those types of conversations are usually to the death but I’m going to today because the topic drifts into the zone of free speech...the life blood of those who create for a living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
Sony was hacked I posted on Facebook that I didn't particularly feel bad for
Sony and their racist little film. Needless to say people were stunned. It was
assumed that because I write for a living that I would side with Sony on principle
because they were a victim of censorship. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
always see those campaigns and post railing against bullying. There’s explanations
of the different types of bullying, and immediate and long term effects of
being picked on are often highlighted and sited in these types of threads.
Videos of victims standing up against their aggressor’s usual goes viral especially
if the victim responds with violence. There are helpful tips on how to report a
bully or other suggestions on how an attacker should be held accountable. When
the bullying is prejudicial the push back from advocates on team anti-bullying quickly
escalates into the equivalent of a pitch-fork, flame carrying mob, and rightly
so because this type of bullying is severe and can open the door to hate
crimes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">People
have no right to bully others<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bullies
Lose In The End<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stop
bullying & make a difference!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">No
one will miss a bully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">We’ve
all heard them, some of us repeat them. But the way this works is if you truly want
to end all bullying then you need to call it out every time you see it, but the
problem is team end bullying only fight for the cause if the person being bullying
is them or someone they know. It doesn’t work like that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
either want it to end or you don’t. So which is it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now.
Where is the border between free speech and bullying? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">"It
was a horrendous, unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime. It was also a direct
assault on a cornerstone of democracy, on the media and on freedom of
expression." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“People
had been "murdered in a cowardly manner"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Despite
today's attack, Kerry said, civilization — with its core values of freedom of
expression and a free press — will prevail.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">"It's
perhaps a bit pompous, what I'm about to say, but I would rather die standing
than to live on my knees,"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Judaism,
Islam and some strands of Christianity all, to varying degrees, share an
aversion to visual images and anyone who has done the minimum amount of
research knows that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some
are calling Hebdo's work satire but his cartoons are doubly offensive because,
rather than criticize Mohammed, his purpose seems to have meant to be especially
offensive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where
is the border between free speech and bullying?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let’s
back up a bit: Sketch artist Ted Rall. When he drew our President and his wife
as apes, the outrage was immediate…and global.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“an
editorial decision that has been slammed as "stale racist drivel."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">"When
you consider the fragment apart from its context, which is a properly worked
out satirical section, then you don't see the joke but just a picture evoking
sheer racism," the newspaper said. "We wrongly assumed that racism is
no longer accepted, and that in this way it could be the subject of a
joke."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">I'm
repulsed and speechless at the same time. This is wrong on so many levels.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Your
depiction of Barack Obama as ape-like is intolerable. Being critical of Obama,
even ferociously so, is not the problem. Through British and American history,
Blacks have been subject to racist depictions of themselves as monkeys and
apes. No excuse is acceptable for replicating that history, no matter what your
intent. If it happens again, your posting privileges will be suspended.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where
is the border between free speech and bullying?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
the Sony hacking the Washington Posts said in part, “It’s impossible to summon
much sympathy for Kim Jong Un. But now imagine this assassination farce was
made not in Hollywood, but in North Korea or Moscow, and the leader
assassinated in the film was a president of the United States. Or imagine the
film was made by Iran, and the leader assassinated in the film was the prime
minister of Israel. Where “The Interview” draws on stereotypes about North
Korea’s ridiculous, yet terrifying isolationism, this hypothetical film makes
jokes about African Americans and Jews — perhaps about the incompetence of a
black man in the White House, or about Israel’s right to exist.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">If
there was a The North Korean, Russian or Iranian version of “The Interview” Would
we be so willing to write that off as satire?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">I seriously
doubt it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
most memorable thing I've read from a Eric Garner protest was this: “Its not an
attack. Its retaliation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where
is the border between free speech and bullying? This is something that we need
to figure out and figure out quick, because like the saying goes: There Is
Always Someone Bigger, Stronger and Meaner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">You
either want it to end or you don’t. So which
is it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the 12th day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me: The 12th broken seal <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">three
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">two
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">and
one insane bitch </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">♪</span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-6665930103223671412014-12-16T23:42:00.001-08:002014-12-16T23:42:15.951-08:00On The 5th Day of Christmas...<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
the Fifth day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me: </span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">Five Screaming Kids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">three
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">two
crazy parents<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">and
one insane bitch </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">♪<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-65397243417357878592014-12-15T02:45:00.002-08:002014-12-15T02:50:05.890-08:00On the fourth day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me...<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">On
the Fourth day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">Four people dying...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">♫ three
crying victims</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">two
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">and one insane bitch. ♪<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-24568191324871231412014-12-14T01:05:00.001-08:002014-12-14T01:07:32.499-08:00On the first day of Christmas, my stalker gave to me... <div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ok guys here it is ... my 12 days of Christmas horror movie edition! Now these aren't all</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Christmas hauntings/</span>slashing<span style="font-size: 12pt;">, some of these stories just happen to take place during the holiday season and others its just winter time (but close enough). </span></span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">Feel free to sing along, and come back tomorrow to see what my stalker brings on day four.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
the first day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">One insane bitch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
the second day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">two
crazy parents <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">and
one insane bitch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">On
the third day of Christmas, my stalker sent to me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">three
crying victims <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12pt;">two
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney; font-size: 12.0pt;">and
one insane bitch!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-16858151956384674262014-11-29T03:44:00.003-08:002014-11-29T03:44:35.138-08:00Live Action Reviews! The Devil's Hand<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">At 3pm Oct 20<sup>th</sup> 2014, upon just waking up Crystal Connor checked her email, and found within a
review link. Grabbing a bowl of cereal, she sat in front of her computer and clicked
play. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the next 86 minutes her
neighbors were subjected to screaming, crying, and expletive outburst…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">This is the unedited
journal chronicling the harrowing experience her neighbors were forced to
endure as she watched, Christian E. Christiansen's 2014 The Devil's Hand.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 1</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
What the hell, that's an elder.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 2</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
You don fucked up now</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 3</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
You really think you can just change the prophecy?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 4</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Your gonna hide in the well? How is that even an option?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 5</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
“Your own flesh and blood deceives you and you doubt the Prince of Darkness
would do the same.” </span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><-best horror="" movie="" nbsp="" of="" quote="" religious="" span="" the="" year.=""></-best></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 6</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Say that then!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 7</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Oh my God this Stepmother is a fucking bitch</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 8</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
How 'bout barring the closet door closed.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 9</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Wow, that is a hateful woman</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 10</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
What the fuck?!??</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 11</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
For the love, they're just kids</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 12</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
No, that's NOT the word of God</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 13</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
If you banish someone from the community why go look for them?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 14</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
BOOM!!! And that's exactly why you need to read the bible for yourself</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 15</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Dude, you've been banished, you just can't go back home.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 16</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE UNTIL MORNING!!!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 17</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
OMFG what did I just say to you?!!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 18</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
See! </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 19</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
OMFG YES! Finally </span></div>
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When young girls start to go missing within a religious cult, older followers
fear a long-told prophecy while the younger members suspect abusive elders are
killing them off.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Scariness Factor</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: Slasher films = jump scares. Solid three. If
you watch as many horror films as I do you know when to expect them and in
which order everyone will die. That being said it didn't take away from this
movie. There are some really fun eerie/creepy parts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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true to form there is killing but not too much blood</span></div>
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make the Amish faith seem cultish even though this particle group is. Like so
often in cults, the people in this community are trusting the words of an elder
over the words of the scripture and then are lead astray. The elder is doing
some horrific things and I'll just let you experience the examination for
yourself. The way they pit the younger man against the elder…it's a nice
contrast and boldly draws the line between faith and fanaticism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Complaints</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: If you're going to make a person's culture the center piece of
your story you need to do the research and observe their customs. These girls
are about to turn 18, but when Amish kids turns 14 their Rumspringa begins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">During this time they
get to do Non-Amish things like wear modern clothes, drive a car and hang out
with Non-Amish kids, doing normal teenage things like shopping at the mall
and using cell phones. There not even punished for having sex or experimenting
with drug and alcohol. It gives them the chance to see if they want to stay or
leave. This is a big deal because if these girls would have gone thru their Rumspringa
two of them most surly would have left.</span></div>
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I think watching horror movies should be an interactive activity (which is
why I watch them alone) and the more I yell at the people on the screen the
more fun I'm having. I'm a tough customer and I can be pretty unforgiving when
it comes to the myopic way in which I prefer to be entertained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">This was a really fun
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3 ½ Stars </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Where I watched it</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"> : VOD</span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-17395764963309565962014-10-29T20:25:00.002-07:002014-10-30T14:26:11.965-07:00Live Action Reviews! The Baby Shower<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Things you never see black people doing in horror
movies: Thing #23</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="color: blue;">Walk by a window with the
killer standing right there and NOT see him! We make great use of peripheral
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">At 1:30 am on Sept 30<sup>th</sup>
2014, Crystal Connor, bundled up in bed, downloaded a movie to her computer and
clicked play. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the next 89 minutes her
neighbors were subjected to screaming, crying, and expletive outburst…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">This is the unedited
journal chronicling the harrowing experience her neighbors were forced to
endure as she watched, Pablo Illanes 2011 Baby Shower</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Reader discretion is Advised</span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 1</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
No. Your kids need more than just you.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 2</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
If you didn’t want anyone to answer the phn you should have unplugged it.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 3</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
What truth?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 4</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
What the hell?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 5</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Bad ass little boy!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 6</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Ok no, I don’t like this woman. They need to get Angela outta there.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 7</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Yeah, don’t leave her there</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 8</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Wow</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 9</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
No they can’t leave!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 10</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
The fucking tea</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 11</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Oh my fucking God, what in the hell?!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 12</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Now who the fuck is this guy?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 13</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
No she’s not, she’s throwing up blood.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 14</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Fuck this poor girl</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 15</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
What kinda people are these…</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 16</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Don’t scream</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 17</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
GO BACK TO THE HOUSE</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 18</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Hold the fucking phone, did Angela plan all of this over some fucking guy?!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 19</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
NO! THAT’S NOT OLIVIA </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 20</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Are you happy now? Those were your friends</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 21</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Hit her again! See, no one fucking listens</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 22</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Is he in on this?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 23</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Nope he’s not</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 24</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Oh my fucking God, she is crazy</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 25</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
If the truth doesn’t matter then what’s the point?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 26</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
SHOOT HER! What the fuck are you doing?!</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 27</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Your not gonna make it.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Entry 28</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Shut the fuck up.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Plotline</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Four ex classmates get together to celebrate the pregnancy of one of them. The
venue chosen for the party is a country house located one hour away from the
city. It has been a while since the four of them saw each other for the last
time and one recently committed betrayal threatens to destroy their long and
deep friendship. The revelation of a dark secret and a series of violent deaths
transform the baby shower into a nightmare. A very disturbing one. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Scariness Factor</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: I’m going to give this one about 3 stars out of
5, there were more WTF and oh hell no moments than it was scary <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Gore Factor</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again a 3, there’s torture
and birth </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">High Points</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: Usually in horror movies we’re primed to think of the dark
skinned/haired/clothed person as the villain director Pablo Illanes flips the
script making the fair-haired one the bad guy which makes all the things she’s
doing seem that much more off the chain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">One of the best scenes
in the movie is right before the woman who leads the cult puts the S hook in
Felipe’s neck. It was fun, wild, insane and unpredictable, toward the end I
kept thinking about a T-shirt I had seen a girl wearing a few years ago that
said ‘Hoes before Bros’ but jokes aside the ending is the perfect tragedy that
will leave you asking ‘Now what?’ </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Complaints</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">: The trailer. I almost missed the gem of a movie because when I saw
the trailer I thought it looked cheesy it wasn’t until I read the write up over
at the Horror Quest Film Festival site did I reconsider this movie. Glad I did.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Overall</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
I think watching horror movies should be an ‘interactive’ activity (which is
why I watch them alone) and the more I yell at the people on the screen the
more fun I’m having. I’m a tough customer and I can be pretty unforgiving when
it comes to the myopic way in which I prefer to be entertained. With 28 entries and nearly a all female cast and an ending I didn't see coming this movie was a blast! I'll be keeping an eye on this director and all the actresses who carried this movie to the finish line.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Stars</span></b><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">:
Four Stars </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><br /></span>From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-84374704412610919592014-10-11T15:34:00.001-07:002014-10-11T15:47:43.591-07:00In loving memory of Jeremy McSpadden<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">An 18-year-old from
Spokane Valley was killed last night in the Incredible Corn Maze at Hauser Lake
when a bus inside the maze struck him, according to the Kootenai County
Sheriff’s Office.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">After the incredible time
I had with my sister and friends last night at several haunted attractions this
is the most heart breaking news to wake up to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">For those of you who
follow my live action movie reviews and or like my random status updates of me
screaming at people in horror movies know nothing provokes my righteous ire more
than people who choose to run into the cornfields when fleeing from monsters
and madmen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Last night was the very
1<sup>st</sup> time my sister and I were actually in a cornfield. The 1<sup>st</sup>
thing a city</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">dweller notices when
being in real life farm country is how dark it is at night. It’s even darker in
a corn field, it’s naturally claustrophobic and the terrain is uneven. Being
inside a corn field at night is unsettling even when nothing is going on, so
much so that I broke the cardinal rule by instantly utilized my flashlight app
on my phone. The rebuke was immediate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Its easy to Monday
morning quarterback or be an armchair general but this isn’t what this is about
because I can totally see how something like this could happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">The Seattle horror
community is a pretty tight knit family, and the people who are responsible for
putting these haunts together take their jobs seriously even thou 90% of them
are volunteers. They work incredibly hard and put in tons of hours to put on
the best show that they possibly can, brainstorming and planning starting
months in advance. They vent to their friends about what goes on behind the scenes,
call each other out and then fight on facebook about perceived slackers and the
injustice of towing someone else’s line. They go to each other’s haunts to
critique each other’s sets because they want the equivalent of the fan’s choice
awards in the form of longer lines, glowing reviews, and tons of social media
tags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">They do this all for us,
so I can totally see how something like this could happen. But…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Working around heavy equipment
my entire adult life there is a huge piece of me that drops everything to ask ‘how
safe is this?’ the minute any type of machinery is involved. I stand in line at
amusement parks scrutinizing the framework looking for the tell-tale signs of
properly preventive and the upkeeping of schedule maintenance, making a b-line
to the food court at the 1<sup>st</sup> sign of a rusted bolt, the faintest
whisper of dry, grinding gears.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Without a doubt there is
blame here, but I’m not the one to cast it. The zombie slayer bus was a brand
new attraction for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Incredible Corn
Maze at Hauser Lake. A brand new attraction just for us…the fans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">I didn’t know this kid,
but my heart is breaking just the same because I know a dozen kids and adults
just like him. They do what they do for the sheer love of it. They do what they
do for us, the fans. But at the end of the day, we the fans are not worth this. My deepest condolences to the McSpadden family and to everyone who knew and loved Jeremy. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/oct/11/spokane-valley-teen-killed-hauser-corn-maze/">Spokane Valley Teen Killed at Hauser Corn Maze</a>From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-12756121697103173262014-10-10T01:50:00.002-07:002014-10-10T01:54:25.417-07:00Finally...damn<div align="left" style="text-align: center;">
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It took me almost 2 days because it hadn't been done since 12 but I finally updated my blog. I still have to update my DVD pick of the week archive but all of the other pages have been updated. </div>
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Almost everything is done in my side bar. All of my books are clickable, so if you want to purchase a book from this blog, at this very moment you can. Just click the book cover and you'll be directed to where you'll have the opportunity to
purchase the book via my eStore.<br />
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In the next few days I will also have a side bar with all the kindle/eReader links!
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Til next time,<br />
The wordsmith<br />
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<br />From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-9299037865750947672014-10-10T01:14:00.000-07:002014-10-10T01:14:03.392-07:00Dudes! It's Friday!
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Happy Friday guys! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Today’s stop on my tour
is an interview with Darcia @ A Word Please. I hope you have to time to check
it out. If you missed any stops so far here is the full schd’l </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><a href="http://junipergrovebooksolutions.com/happily-ever-crystal-connor/">http://junipergrovebooksolutions.com/happily-ever-crystal-connor/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Speaking of Juniper
Grove Book Solutions, Jaidis Shaw the founder, gave birth to 8lbs 10oz
beautiful baby girl! Whoo Hoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Me and my kid sister
start our insane visit every single haunted house in Seattle tonight and we’re
going to be going to three of them tonight to get things start right =D Check
my instagram for the pix! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">So here are all the
horror movies that will be on TV in North America tonight and thru the weekend
if you’re planning on staying in…don’t forget to check your local listings, if
your going out have fun and be safe. Talk to you guys soon! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><strong>Oct 10</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">12:15 a.m. Constantine,
HBO 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1:25 p.m. Tales from the Crypt Presents:
Bordello of Blood, HBO Comedy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 a.m. Manhunter, Showtime</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 a.m. The Monitor, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 a.m. Paranormal Entity, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11:00 a.m. Descendants, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1:00 p.m. Devil’s Playground, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 p.m. Ghostmaker, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4:00 p.m. The Uninvited, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:00 p.m. Bad Kids Go to Hell, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:55 p.m. Constantine, HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6:00 p.m. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974),
SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6:30 p.m. The Last Exorcism Part II, Showtime</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. My Bloody Valentine, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:15 p.m. Warm Bodies, HBO2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Animal, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:30 p.m. Hostel, Showtime</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">2:00 a.m. The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre (1974), SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:50 a.m. Poltergeist III, HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6:00 a.m. ABCs of Death, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">8:30 a.m. Gacy, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 a.m. Aliens, Sundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10:30 a.m. Vanishing on 7th Street, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12:00 p.m. The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, TCM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12:30 p.m. The City of Lost Children, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:05 p.m. The Witches, HBO Family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:30 p.m. Chernobyl Diaries, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 p.m. Tormented, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:30 p.m. Red Dragon, HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4:40 p.m. Halloween II (2009), SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:00 p.m. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:45 p.m. Fallen, HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. Freddy vs. Jason, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. Open House, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Vacancy, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11:00 p.m. Hostel, Part II, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">1:00 a.m. Chernobyl
Diaries, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:15 a.m. Blacula, TCM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:30 a.m. Aliens, Sundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 a.m. Teeth, HBO Signature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 a.m. The Bleeding, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:25 a.m. The Hills Have Eyes (2006), HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4:00 a.m. Scream, Blacula Scream, TCM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4:35 a.m. Cry Wolf, HBO Signature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">5:25 a.m. Tales from the
Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, HBO Comedy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Stoker, HBO Signature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10:30 a.m. Night of the Demons, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12:30 p.m. Halloween II (2009), SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:00 p.m. The Lost, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 p.m. Stir of Echoes, Sundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 p.m. Hostel Part II, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4:30 p.m. The Woman, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:00 p.m. Freddy vs. Jason, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:15 p.m. They Live, Sundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. Seventh Moon, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. The Fog (2005) SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. 13 Eerie, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:45 p.m. Warm Bodies, HBO Comedy </span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-37038424501616432692014-10-07T22:02:00.001-07:002014-10-07T22:04:54.550-07:00Blog tour day 2!<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Hi guys! Just a quick update
today, still a little under the weather =/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Today’s stop on the tour
for And They All Lived Happily Ever After is w/Elora, Marie & Layna over at
Lunar Haven Reviews and Designs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><a href="http://lunarhavenrd.blogspot.com/2014/10/and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after.html">http://lunarhavenrd.blogspot.com/2014/10/and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Ok you guys, here are
all the horror movies that will be on TV in North America for tomorrow Oct 8<sup>th</sup>
! We can thank the guys over at the Atlantic but sure to take their suggestion
and check your local listings </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">12:20 a.m. The Hills
Have Eyes (2006), HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:50 a.m. Poltergeist III, HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:25 a.m. Cry Wolf, HBO Signature</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 a.m. Hollow Man, AMC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11:30 a.m. Deep Blue Sea (1999), AMC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12:00 p.m. The Dead Zone, Sundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:00 p.m. Snakes on a Plane, AMC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 p.m. Vile, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4:00 p.m. Van Helsing, AMC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:00 p.m. Junkyard Dog, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. The Monkey’s Paw, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8:00 p.m. Warm Bodies, HBO Comedy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Madison County, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">So I’m not gonna post a
short film tonight but don’t worry I do have something planned for you! The 1<sup>st</sup>
thing I have for you is the reveal of my newest and official author promo spot
=D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">And the 2<sup>nd</sup>
little thing is gem! Ok it’ll take a few steps but trusted its worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Step 1: In a new window
open this link, immediately press pause then come back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39S3vUmalA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B39S3vUmalA</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Step 2: In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">another</i> new window open <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> link then come back here…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Step 3: Go back to the 1<sup>st</sup>
link press play, then go to the 2<sup>nd</sup> link and read the story. No need
to thank me ;p</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">ttyal</span></div>
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From the pen of Crystal Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550922952074679313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9130991950646623250.post-37966742689090021362014-10-06T01:03:00.002-07:002014-10-06T01:03:21.123-07:00Starring me!
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">¡Hola, amigos! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">This 1<sup>st</sup> stop
in the 20 days of me tour is with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laurie
@ Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews! This is my 2<sup>nd</sup> time touring my
anthology but this time around I’m promoting my audio book! Click the link to
check it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><a href="http://lauries-interviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after.html#more">http://lauries-interviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/and-they-all-lived-happily-ever-after.html#more</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">So like I’ve mentioned
in earlier posts the guys over at the Atlantic has complied a list of all the
horror movies that will be on TV in North America for the entire month of Oct!
Here’s what’s on tomorrow Oct 7<sup>th</sup>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">8:00 a.m. My Soul to
Take, SYFY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2:30 a.m. Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon
Knight, HBO Zone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3:00 p.m. Razortooth, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5:00 p.m. Spiders 2: Breeding Ground, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:00 p.m. The Arrival, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7:45 p.m. The Dead Zone, Sundance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Zombie Strippers, IFC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9:00 p.m. Black Cadillac, Chiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Sunshiney;">Our short feature for
today is a sci-fi entry called The Device! Enjoy, see you around the web…</span></div>
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