Cinematic genre fiction, dark mythmaking, and narrative experiments from the creator of the "Shadowdance" dark action fantasy saga—stories of power, consequence, and justice for the bad guys.
Padme Amidala is famous for both her role in trying to prevent the fall of the Republic and as Luke and Leia Skywalker’s mother. It’s the fifteenth anniversary of Revenge of the Sith To honor this milestone, I set my screen savers to a collection of Star Wars prequel stills. In watching them, I noticed […]
George Lucas gave every Gen X boy and some girls their childhood through his visionary work on “Star Wars.” The failure of his Prequel Trilogy to live up to the childhood dreams reveals a point hidden in the Classic Trilogy: Lucas is a visionary, but even he needed a crack team to make that vision […]
Spike Lee studied under Martin Scorsese. Tarantino devoured Grindhouse movies. No creator creates in a vacuum. They have an original voice, but they also find inspiration from other works of art — even outside of the urban fantasy genre. It’s time I gave props to the inspirations behind my urban fantasy fiction. I hope my journey […]
