Morgan Richter

When I was a burned-out and disaffected film major at USC in the very early nineties, I wrote a poem titled "I Hate Citizen Kane." I was just trying to feel something. I get it. I would like to tell the bluecheck bozo: This, too, shall pass, and ideally pass quickly.

Great film, though I always thought it should end with Melanie Griffith ditching our hero in the Nevada desert (ideally leaving him with a Pepsi) and flying off with Cherry herself.

Yes! There definitely are whiskeys made with oat mash. (I would *assume* there are oat vodkas as well, since vodka-making is a process that can be kinda done with anything, but I haven't investigated.)

Aw, no. Sad news. (He friended me on Facebook because of my Liquid Sky review, which still blows my mind.)

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well this is just lazy

🤣 I know! I have no idea who he is, but I refuse to take any advice from him, just based on that screenshot.

Juvenile, yes, but I immediately clocked that too.

Triptych of Facebook Reels: 1) a judgy woman with the caption "I can tell you have FATTY LIVER just by looking at you." 2) a judgy man with the caption "7 Things Women with Undiagnosed Autism thing are Normal but are actually signs of Masking." 3) a super-judgy man with the caption "Gen X should be ashamed."

I logged into Facebook for the first time in a while, and I was immediately greeted by a barrage of suggested (yet very pointed) Facebook Reels that are being EXTREMELY JUDGMENTAL of me.

Watched it? Hell, I've reviewed this movie. It's even more magnificent than the poster would lead you to believe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEy5...

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On season one of Top Chef Just Desserts, the eventual winner, Yigit Pura, was born in Turkey but spoke unaccented American English. He was very handsome and charming and cool, but there was one episode where he got pissed off and started yelling, and he suddenly became Balki Bartokomous. Glorious.

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

We had an elderberry bush in the backyard of my childhood home, and my sister and I used to eat handfuls of raw berries every summer. I can't imagine the amount of cyanide in my system from that.

Sadly, we have learned nothing from WarGames.

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

Mine had a Waldenbooks AND a B Dalton. That's been my gold standard for malls ever since: two bookstores.

YES. I hate getting everything via mail order. My kingdom for a good mall, anchored on the ends by department stores, with a bookstore (ideally two), a record store, a video store (a girl can dream), a movie theater, and a food court on the top level.

Oh, man, I'm so glad you found it, because that one *burned its way into my brain.*

A coffee mug with a design based on an old Windows drivers icon, featuring a VHS tape, a CD, and a keyboard

A coffee mug with a design of a heart disintegrating into pixels

A coffee mug with a design of a skull with a telephone receiver atop it

A coffee mug with the Progress flag design repeated

#mugs for sale

HOORAY!!!! SO well deserved! Your book is awesome, and you are awesome.

2025 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards. Superior Achievement in a Novel Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix (Berkley) King Sorro…

I got the call from @laneheymont.bsky.social this morning, but this is the first time I've seen it in print: GIRL IN THE CREEK is a Stoker finalist for Best Novel!

I have to look at it again, because it's almost impossible to believe my eyes.

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Middle name: Elsbeth. It's a family name: both my aunt and a great grandmother are Elsbeths. I like it, though it gets tiring explaining that it's not "Elizabeth." Unique enough that when The Mandalorian introduced a character named Morgan Elsbeth, I checked the credits to see if I knew the writer.

Yeah, me too. It went from being one of my favorites to one I have a hard time listening to.

Little Red Flags: Stories of Cults, Cons, and Control Twenty-one tales of frightening fanaticism! Nobody joins a cult. They find a family, a movement, a sense of meaning. And nobody falls for a con. They trust a friend, a so-called expert, an opportunity...

Hi, Gabino!

Today I want to shout out this anthology. My contribution is something I call a "fan folk horror" and deals with the question of what to do when death of the author doesn't come fast enough.
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Ooo! The World Is Not Enough would be a glorious song to skate to, maybe paired with an outfit based on Shirley's slinky red gown in the video.

The Gen X urge to smell like a sound, be lost and then found, and be hungry like the wolf

I had a YouTube series in which I dissected, one by one, in chronological order, every single Miami Vice episode. I don't know why anyone watched it, nor do I care; I know why I made it.

Oh my gosh! What are the names of these totally innocent cuties?

I know this is a (valid) piss take of the genre but... this is incredibly well done?