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  • Borges Wrote the Sci-Fi Masterpiece of the 20th Century

    Borges Wrote the Sci-Fi Masterpiece of the 20th Century

    Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. — Ray Bradbury In 1944 a little-known Argentine writer named Jorge Luis Borges published a slender volume of cryptic short stories humbly titled Ficciones. Enigmatic and […]

    tylermillerwrites

    July 21, 2018
    Essay
  • The Many Covers of RL Stine

    The Many Covers of RL Stine

    RL Stine has the benefit of having written for both teens and young readers during an era of markedly good cover art. Few series have been as blessed by consistently fantastic artwork as Goosebumps, and Stine’s early work for Point Horror hit the market when garish, sleazy covers were still the norm for works of horror […]

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    July 21, 2018
    Fiction, Reading
  • Bentley Little’s The Store: An Underrated Masterpiece

    Bentley Little’s The Store: An Underrated Masterpiece

    I don’t know why I’ve avoided Bentley Little for so long. I read his novel The Walking  when it came out, and half of The Town  years ago, but neither novel caught my attention so much that I stuck with him. That says more about me though than it does about Little, because after finally coming around to reading The […]

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    July 18, 2018
    Reading, Underrated Novels
    bentley little, horror, the store
  • Baby Driver: The Perfect Score for the Perfect Score

    Baby Driver: The Perfect Score for the Perfect Score

    Baby Driver squealed into theaters last week, debuting as the first great action movie of the summer. Sporting a top-shelf ensemble cast, inventive chase scenes—both on road and on foot—and one of the coolest soundtracks since Guardians of the Galaxy, the newest offering from director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) is pleasing […]

    tylermillerwrites

    July 5, 2017
    Movies and Television
    baby driver, playlist, soundtrack
  • Borges Essay Wins Thresholds International Feature Competition 2017

    Borges Essay Wins Thresholds International Feature Competition 2017

    It was announced today that my essay “Did Borges Write  the Sci-Fi Masterpiece of the 20th Century?”  won this year’s Thresholds Feature Writing Competition. The judges were incredibly generous in their assessment of the piece: ‘This intriguing short essay allows us to explore the brilliance of Borges’ short stories as well as his uncanny prescience as […]

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    April 7, 2017
    Essay
    essay contest, ficciones, jorge luis borges, threholds feature competition
  • Why the IT Remake Won’t Terrify a New Generation of Kids

    Why the IT Remake Won’t Terrify a New Generation of Kids

    New Line Cinema finally released the teaser trailer for the remake of Stephen King’s 1986 blockbuster horror novel IT, and what a trailer it is. There’s a fair amount of carping going on around the internet, but let’s be honest here: this is a spooky preview with obvious production values. It certainly inspires hope that this […]

    tylermillerwrites

    March 29, 2017
    Movies and Television
    IT, IT remake, IT teaser trailer, stephen king
  • Submitted For the Approval of the Midnight Society: The Rise and Decline of Horror Anthologies on TV

    Submitted For the Approval of the Midnight Society: The Rise and Decline of Horror Anthologies on TV

    The history of television is marked throughout by horror anthologies: shows that presented standalone terrors night after night. In spite of a healthy birth and a productive span of decades, the form has–sadly–witnessed a sad decline. That television as a medium is currently booming makes this decline all the more puzzling. The heyday for televised […]

    tylermillerwrites

    March 15, 2017
    Essay, Movies and Television
    alfred hitchcock presents, are you afraid of the dark, horror anthology, tales from the crypt, thriller, twilight zone
  • Read an Ebook Week: Free Downloads at Smashwords.com!

    Read an Ebook Week: Free Downloads at Smashwords.com!

    As part of Read an Ebook Week (March 5 thru March 11) you can download both of my story collections completely FREE at Smashwords.com.Click the link below to be taken to the downloads: Smashwords Read an Ebook Week Hope you enjoy! If you do, let me know by leaving a review on Goodreads or Amazon.com. […]

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    March 6, 2017
    Uncategorized
  • How Stephen King’s Earliest Novels Shaped His Career

    How Stephen King’s Earliest Novels Shaped His Career

    Juvenilia is a term used to define the works of a writer or artist that are produced while they are still young and before their skills have been wholly fine-tuned. For most writers, this work is rather embarrassing. It is all too easy to see the flawed characters, the hackneyed dialogue, the wandering plot of […]

    tylermillerwrites

    March 4, 2017
    Fiction, Reading
    blaze, carrie, rage, richard bachman, roadwork, stephen king, the long walk, the running man
  • How Michael Crichton Mined Classic Literature to Write Modern Science Fiction

    How Michael Crichton Mined Classic Literature to Write Modern Science Fiction

    Years after his death, Michael Crichton is still dominating American culture. Jurassic World  shattered records at the box office upon its release, demonstrating that Crichton’s dinosaurs-run-amok brainchild still holds wide appeal. HBO’s remake of Crichton’s early film Westworld  was met with great fanfare, both from critics and audiences. And in 2017, a newly-discovered Crichton manuscript will be […]

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    February 24, 2017
    Essay, Reading
    arthur conan doyle, connecticut yankee in king arthur’s court, h rider haggard, hg wells, king solomon’s mines, mark twain, michael crichton, the lost world, war of the world
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