Author: Bill Gauthier

• Girls Like Superheroes, Too, You Know

  It’s hard raising a daughter. Somehow, in 2016, I feel like the world has gotten tougher for girls. Maybe it’s because social media amplifies everything to a ridiculous volume, but…

• Discover Me…Again, or Buy This Book, Please&ThankYou

  It’s here! Discoveries: Best of Horror and Dark Fantasy, edited by James R. Beach and Jason V Brock, published from the great Dark Regions Press. Not only can you get it…

• A Few Words on “The Umbrella People”

    That handsome cover belongs to a reprint anthology my story “The Umbrella People” is a part of. There are stories by others whose names make me giddy, like Ray…

• One Term Ends & Another Begins, or More Random Stuff For Your Entertainment Pleasure

  All right, let’s do this! Yeah, I don’t buy that enthusiasm, either. Term 1 is done and so is my first grad class, which I passed with an A. I’ve…

• Wherein I Peek Out, Blink, & Weep, or What the Hell Is Going On, Anyway?

  I posted a quick update at the end of week 1 of my grad school online course and wrote, “when I look at the syllabus, I see that the remaining nine…

• Don’t Make Me Angry, I’m Always Angry, or Why You Should Go Eff Yourself

    It was about a week before the new school year was to begin, this past summer, almost two months back now. Pamela and G had just gone to bed…

• Grad School: Week 1, or Through the Looking Glass & What Bill Learned There

  Today is the end of my first week as a grad student. I have no fucking idea what I’m doing. Because I don’t have time to drive and attend an actual…

• Kids These Days, or You’re Old, Shut Up

    Twice in the last 48 hours on my Facebook feed I’ve seen posts that start with “Kids these days…” or some equivalent. Whenever I hear that, especially coming from…

• Freddy 101, or If You’re Gonna Do It, Do It Right

  With the death of Wes Craven still carving the hearts of the horror community, many tributes have flooded social networks. They’re heartfelt, and many show great imagination. Some, however, are…

• Wes Craven, or Nightmares, Screams, & Mourning

  The first time I saw the name Wes Craven, it was in TV Guide, around 1986. It was in the synopsis for A Nightmare on Elm Street, which read something…