Derek Austin JohnsonMy 2024 Cardiac AdventureThere’s a reason those who log onto this website (which I’m guessing aren’t many) might not have seen updates until recently.3 min read·Apr 28, 2024----
Derek Austin JohnsonOther Worlds Austin 2022: It Gets Dark So I Can See the StarsIf I had to choose one word that describes the Other Worlds Austin 2022 film festival, it would be “melancholy.” I do not believe this was…7 min read·Dec 5, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 24Why have I not yet talked about David Cronenberg?1 min read·Sep 26, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 23A number of writers have shaped no only my aesthetic taste but also my own desire to write fiction, but few have had the impact of Harlan…2 min read·Sep 26, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 22I was a teenager when George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead appeared on MTV one Halloween. To say it was life-changing is an…1 min read·Sep 26, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 21Summer is behind us, which means I probably shouldn’t include Jaws among this series’ entries. And yet, if we’re talking about why I am the…2 min read·Sep 24, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 20Shockingly, I have not discussed Ray Bradbury at all during this series.2 min read·Sep 22, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 19Today is September 21. Stephen King’s birthday. So we are perhaps obligated to talk about our favorite King work, or in this case, our…2 min read·Sep 22, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 18A few quick words about my favorite werewolf movie, An American Werewolf in London.2 min read·Sep 22, 2022----
Derek Austin JohnsonORIGINS OF MY LOVE OF HORROR 17There are a lot of great alien invasion movies, but few match the paranoia of Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers.2 min read·Sep 20, 2022----