Carrie M.

  • October Takeover: Terrible, Terrible Movies

    ~posted by Carrie M.  There are some people who live for a good blockbuster horror film. You know, A-list actors, huge budgets, and tons of high-end special effects, that sort of thing. Sure, those kinds of horror movies are all but guaranteed to give you thrills and chills, but where are the laughs? For a… Continue reading

  • October Takeover: Advice for when you become a Zombie

    ~posted by Carrie M. I don’t want to be the one to say I told you so, but I TOLD YOU SO! The zombie apocalypse started and you ignored my previous post, thus getting yourself bitten by a stinking, shambling corpse. Now you find yourself roaming night and day on your decaying legs in a… Continue reading

  • October Takeover: How to Avoid Becoming a Zombie

    ~Posted by Carrie M. Of all the potential “what-if” tragedies that could completely change our lives forever, the most popular by far is the much anticipated zombie apocalypse. With so much “zombie culture” surrounding us today, many people may go into the event feeling overconfident. Sure, you’ve seen The Walking Dead and Z Nation, and… Continue reading

  • October Takeover: Crafting for the Apocalypse

    ~posted by Carrie M. So, it’s finally happened: the world as we know it has ended. That’s right, it’s the apocalypse, and you have found yourself as one of the few lucky survivors. Congratulations! But does living in dystopian future without all the conveniences of the past really mean that you have to give up… Continue reading

  • Fantasy Checklist Challenge: Dark Fantasy

    ~posted by Carrie M. What constitutes a work of “Dark Fantasy,” can be difficult to define. For our purposes, we will be looking at some works that are fantasy in the sense that they have the mandatory elements of other worlds and/or otherworldly beings, but that also contain a “dark” element such as (cue *gasps*)… Continue reading

  • Science Fiction Checklist Challenge: Dying Earth

    ~posted by Carrie M. There is something both chilling and oddly beautiful about the concept of a dying earth. This literary genre places the reader on the precipice of humanity’s destruction and forces us to come to terms with the fragility of life and the evils of society that are nearly always the cause of… Continue reading