I grew up in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and now find myself in George Orwell's worst nightmare. We're turning Eden into Hell. This site is monitored by the Federal government because I am an ex-con. I call myself The Bleak Philosopher, but my name is Alan Carl Nicoll. Background painting by Natalie Belikova. Please: don't just glance and move on–disagree with what you read here, please! How else am I going to learn?
YouTube discoveries; Mayim Bialik; extended cognition; new novel & the coming doom; movie criticism strikes sparks; book idea; horror in India.
Enchanted House: a fantasy short story inspired by A. E. van Vogt: "Enchanted Village." A boy investigates an odd-looking house.
An old married couple has a disagreement about the bugs she can see but he can't. A humorous horror story.
I grew up in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and now find myself in George Orwell's worst nightmare. We're turning Eden into Hell. This site is monitored by the Federal government because I am an ex-con. I call myself The Bleak Philosopher, but my name is Alan Carl Nicoll. Background painting by Natalie Belikova. Please: don't just glance and move on--disagree with what you read here, please! How else am I going to learn?
Essays, Reviews, and Random Ramblings on Whatever
