Fairy tales are stock-in-trade for Theodora Goss, the award-winning and oft-anthologised Hungarian-American writer who has carved a prominent niche for herself in fantasy fiction, thanks in large part to her immersion in and reinvention of some of the most familiar and timeless stories of world literature. In this edition of Schlock Talks, she lets us
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The year is coming to a much required close, and it’s that time where every pop culture editor calls it a day with a list feature of some sort. I wasn’t actually planning on a best of feature, but fellow Schlock editor Teodor told me lists are required because, and I quote, “we like to
The vibration of a big rig, the hard repetitive thud/smacks of the rubber hitting the uneven concrete separations on the interstate, pulsated through the earth to the stools and seats in the restaurant. It was enough to remind him of the softer click/clack sound steel wheels of rail cars rolling along had made before the
*** Iella (http://cargocollective.com/iella) is creature with an uncontrollable tendency to draw on things. Based in London, it dabbles in illustration, sequential art, doodling people on the tube and some traditional fine art.
Welcome to POP CULTURE DESTRUCTION for November, or as I like to call it NoIamnotgoingtodoathingfuckyouvember! Seriously, what is up with November? I’ve asked that question many a time and never got a satisfactory answer! DESTRUCTION NEWS Lars von Trier’s latest, Nymphomaniac, gets a trailer. It has heavy metal and also, how shall I put it,
As he makes his way to Schlock HQ’s stomping grounds to form part of Malta Comic Con 2013 on November 30 and December 1, we caught up with celebrated British comic book writer and novelist Mike Carey (Lucifer, Hellblazer, The Unwritten, X-Men) for a chat about his career and what makes him tick as a
Hapless and self-absorbed, Sam Sweetmilk is a hero for our times (or something like that). Schlock loves stories of hardship rewarded – or, just about – and of unlikely heroes coming out on top. So it is with great pleasure that we speak to Jason Lee Weight, the driving force behind Sam Sweetmilk, a comedic animated
by Charmaine Tanti Image by Nico Grimm They might be small and cute, but vampire children are also the most dangerous and disturbing of the undead. With their innocent and harmless appearance, and their voracious and uncontrolled appetites, they embody a fatal combination that often makes them more treacherous and more deadly than their adult
by Jeffrey Ford Illustration by Ivana Bugarinovic First published in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities, 2012 Out at the end of the world on a long spit of land like a finger poking into oblivion, nestled in a valley among the dunes, sat The Church of Saint Ifritia, constructed from twisted driftwood and
The October 2013 issue. The Halloween season has always been good to Schlock, and this year we usher in our post-summer comeback in its wake. As per tradition, it’s an annual celebration whose trappings we indulge in eagerly and readily as ever, and this year we’re lucky enough to be able to do it with