If you’d been an active member of the fandom in the early aughts, you might have heard of Tonya Durdel, may have read her stories, may have even had a chance to chat with her. She was certainly an author that drew me to the Gaslight Hotel site. Tonya was well known and well liked Read More …
I didn’t know it was fan fiction. I swear. I didn’t even know I was going to write it, much less revisit a favorite literary part of my high school years. Just like I didn’t know I was going to chance upon the dusty framed print of Sydney Carton in an antique store in Read More …
A Prologue and Chapter One has been added to our new “Other Ways of Speaking” story, “All This…And Heaven Too” by Tina.
Literally speaking, that is. I would like to announce a new page to Gaslights menu bar. It is called “Other Ways of Speaking.” Apart from being the title of one of TOFOG’s songs, the page is to highlight a new phase for Gaslight in publishing fan fiction from fandoms unrelated to Mr. Crowe’s filmography and Read More …
Yes, this is a post on history. Specifically, on Texan history…because without this date and (further dates on March 2 and April 21) the United States would have a vastly different history of its own. Does that sound like the usual Texas bragging y’all have heard about? Sure, it does! But it ain’t bragging if Read More …
Name that movie. (Hint: it’s a rockumentary.) It’s the shortest summation I can make for my own long absence from Gaslight. Last year was, on a personal level, a power-blown year. I know Tina has her own story to tell, so I will just keep my comments to my own experience: 2017 proved to be Read More …
The Keeper admits it. It’s been way too long since we here at the Gaslight posted anything, and for that, we apologize. The new year has been quite busy, yes, even a few months in, and it appears it’s going to stay that way. But I ran across something while watching YouTube a short time Read More …
On December 22nd, 1932, Universal Studios premiered The Mummy starring Boris Karloff and a cast which included Zita Johann, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan (also of Frankenstein). Directed by Karl Freund who not only made his directorial debut but had cut his teeth as cinematographer to the great Fritz Lang on the classic science-fiction movie Metropolis, the screenplay Read More …
