We Don’t Talk Enough About ‘Dark Shadows’ audiobooks

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“Dark Shadows,” the much beloved gothic soap opera, marks its 60th anniversary this month.

The show ran but for five years, from 1966-1971, but its afterlife seems eternal.

The entire series is available on DVD, in a gorgeous coffin set, with hours of extras.

Over the years, the serial has been repurposed and rebooted into everything from big-screen films, a primetime series, comic books, paperback novels, a newspaper comic strip, “making-of” tribute books, trading cards, t-shirts, jigsaw puzzles, a ViewMaster set, and even bobbleheads.

And yet even some of the most ardent fans know nothing of the audiobooks.

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The Golden Age of ‘Star Trek’ is Over. What Next?

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The cancellation of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” was inevitable.

When White House Chief Nazi Stephen Miller took time out of his busy schedule of harassing immigrants to blast the show in January, he was telling David Ellison, owner of Paramount, to eliminate this “woke” garbage.

Ellison readily gutted CBS News to appease Miller’s boss, Geriatric Joffrey, so that he wouldn’t object to any of their multi-billion dollar mergers.

This show didn’t stand a chance.

Miller’s objection was a siren call for the incels to review bomb the fledgling show about a group of racially diverse young people coming into their own in Starfleet.

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Kill, Slander, Repeat

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Alex Pretti, murdered by ICE.

As news broke yesterday of ICE agents killing ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller referred to him as an “assassin” on Twitter.

Kristi Noem, secretary of Homeland Security, said he brandished a gun and approached officers.

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large for ICE, stated Pretti was there to “massacre” law enforcement.

On CNN today, Bovino doubled down and stated that his agents were the “true victims.”

Never mind the number of videos that completely contradict the narrative they are trying to push.

When ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good earlier this month, shooting her in her car and calling her a “fucking bitch,” the White House swiftly labeled her a “domestic terrorist.”

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That Hilarious Moment When You Realize You Effed Up Your Novel

On By Mark PerigardIn Writing2 Comments

I recently finished the second draft of my novel, and I was feeling satisfied.

The fall of the Bastille, courtesy of historycollection.com.

The hard-won result of two years of research and writing, my story is set in the years leading up to the French Revolution and follows my lead character into the Reign of Terror.

The second draft, in my humble opinion, was a massive improvement over the first. I had fleshed out character motivations and dropped some plot swerves that I hope will one day surprise readers.

But I decided to compare the timeline of actual events to the events in my novel.

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A ‘Republican Star Trek Fan’ Makes About as Much Sense as a Tribble Brain Surgeon

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Uhura and her little Tribble friend.

It was inevitable that MAGA would come for “Star Trek.”

They’ve spent years fucking up “Star Wars” fandom, warring with creators and driving actors off social media with their sexist and racist attacks.

Now there’s a new bit of clickbait making the rounds, claiming, with zero evidence, that most “Star Trek” fans are Republican and the franchise needs to embrace that.

Set phasers on stupid.

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