Tag Archives: #horror

Soul Screaming Deep Dive

Posted on January 4, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Ultimately, Stranger Things celebrates our love of story. We need more of all this in our lives By Christopher Ryan SPOILER WARNING: Yeah, I’m going to discuss details from the end of the Stranger Things finale. If you haven’t seen … Continue reading →

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Soul Screaming Pop Culture

Posted on January 1, 2026 by chrisryanwrites

Non-Spoiler Review: Stranger Things finale was perfectly imperfect by Christopher Ryan Last night was a Nerds Holiday unlike any other New Year’s Eve I can remember. The finale of this elaborate sci-fi/horror/comic book/80’s movies/childhood-teen-adult adventure banquet of hell yeah that … Continue reading →

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Soul Screaming

Posted on July 9, 2025 by chrisryanwrites

A weekly newsletter about creating even as the world burns by Christopher Ryan I’m watching video clips of ICE agents tasing and beating people they are kidnapping, and even running over a protester with their van and I’m wondering how … Continue reading →

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Soul Screaming

Posted on July 2, 2025 by chrisryanwrites

A weekly newsletter about artistic freedom at any age, and this week finding that amid national tensions, there is local hope. Christopher Ryan Jul 02, 2025 I met the new Mayor of Hackensack, NJ when he was a seventh grader. … Continue reading →

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SOUL SCREAMING #4 – a weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author

Posted on March 24, 2025 by chrisryanwrites

by Christopher Ryan THIS JUST IN: Internet rabbit holes are multiplying and turning darker by the day! We turn now to recent social media victim, emerging author Christopher Ryan. “I was just innocently scrolling through YouTube and Instagram,” he confessed, “and … Continue reading →

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SOUL SCREAMING – a weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author

Posted on March 24, 2025 by chrisryanwrites

by Christopher Ryan Humans make interesting connections. When our father passed, my sister started seeing cardinals (way before Kacey Musgraves released her lovely tribute to John Prine). When my wife Glorious’ father passed, we started seeing blue jays. Before anyone … Continue reading →

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January 3, 2023 – Fussing Comes to an End and a Project is Complete

Posted on January 3, 2023 by chrisryanwrites

by Christopher Ryan I should have been editing Soul Scream. Or completing the uploading of Genius High. But opportunity called and I dove back in to … poetry. Dark horror crime poetry about the most modern of monsters. And I … Continue reading →

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Satanic Panic Novel Feels Timely in Our Divisive Times

Posted on October 9, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

by Christopher Ryan Clay McLeod Chapman is currently on what looks like a fun book tour for Ghost Eaters and more power to him. While that intriguing book is on the ever-growing TBR list, his 2021 novel Whisper Down the … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY FUN: Is Moonknight the MCU’s First Horror Character?

Posted on March 31, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

When I was a kid, I delivered newspapers in the morning and put the Sunday papers together at Tony’s candy store. From the money I made, I put $5 aside every week for comic books. At the time, the cost … Continue reading →

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TUESDAY MUST READS: Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue (a guest blog by the Neighborhood Connect)

Posted on March 29, 2022 by chrisryanwrites

Hey, how ya doin’? How’s your Ma? Tell her I said hello, all right? Look, I know why you’re coming around. Books. Everyone who wants to see me is looking for a good read. Legally, I don’t know what any … Continue reading →

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