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Last week we had an overview of weapons throughout history and how it's a constant game of balance and oneupmanship. Now we're looking at future weapons and Scifi stuff! There's a lot of potential ...

A group of young friends are off trick or treating in the neighbourhood, collecting many lovely, yummy treats and showing off their fantastic outfits, but there's a dark presence on the prowl… They soon find themselves trapped within a scary haunted house with no way out and many dangers ...

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This week we're talking the development of weapons, tactics and armour over the millennia. This is a fun little overview of everything from ancient stone weapons, to bronze, to iron, steel, guns, tanks, and jet-fighters and ...

Now that's a little TOO scary!

Horror is perfect for metaphor and allegory. In fact, a horror story is often allegorical by default, what with its bizarre landscapes and freaky beasties.

Here are some categories of horror and some thoughts on what they symbolize:

Reality Bites


psycho killer! Qu ...

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-Cover image: female Sagittarius silhouette pic by Tantz that only took a moment to create but its impact was way larger!

The fleeting greatness ducks of in the wind! This is a weird one based on a ...

Dance With the Devil
the attraction and repulsion of horror


There a few things - movies, books, stories and TV shows - that scared me enough as a kid that I still remember them. Some are just moments from a book, show or whatever that wasn't that scary beyond that one ...

what the flock?



Welcome to October proper, and the beginning of our spooky/scary month of articles.

There's a brand of scary movies where the ‘monster’ or whatever is not just one machete-wielding angry frog manchild. Or ravenous shark or alien or some other kind of monster or killer ...

We're jumping ahead a bit, here: I meant to do horror/halloween related articles throughout October, starting next week - but I caught a little video that reminded me of a special anniversary happening this year!


Freddy Krueger and his first final girl Nancy down for a 40th Anniversary reunion ...

I'm reading a book that Brent Spiner wrote. It's a comedic noir mystery. In the book, Brent is a version of himself, during the heyday of Star Trek the Next Generation, playing Data. He finds himself stalked by an obsessed fan. It's called “Fan Fiction”.

It got ...

Finally! It's time for yet another Creator Interview, and as usual, I have the pleasure of interviewing one more fantastic DDer! This time it's Paul Eberhadt, a wonderful artist and comic creator with a unique style I could discern among many!

Paul already has a bio on his ...