Adam M. Forrest
@adamforrest
Marketing and content strategy geek. Edits texts. Designs tabletop games. My silly party game is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
a Panos Cosmatos #STONEFISHmovie would be amazing RT if you agree
Finished reading this cosmic horror story collection: “Shout Kill Revel Repeat” by Scott R. Jones @PimpMyShoggoth. Tons of invention & imagination here. My faves: “Book of Hours” is like Lovecraft in his witchy mode. “Assemblage Point” is a spiritual successor to Edgar Allan Poe.
If possible it is best to view cinema in the manner the creator intended
Sometimes that second draft takes w o r k. Sometimes you have to stare straight into your weaknesses.
Why didn’t the gang of Universal’s Monsters include an archetypal witch, warlock, or wizard? The closest thing I’ve seen to it is THE BLACK CAT (1934), which has aged better than most other classic Universal fright films I’ve seen.
I hear from may writers who are tired of the cleaned-up, tidy images and theology of social media spaces they encounter. Here's the gauntlet I throw down: You don't have to acquiesce. You can decide to share your messy, growing, shifting, curious faith—be what you want to see.
For fun, I’m investigating how ancient pagans / polytheists perceived themselves and their world. Does anyone recommend Bruno Snell’s “The Discovery of the Mind” (1953) for this purpose? It looks good but I wonder if it’s too dated. smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00A73…
This looks fun! Inscrutable Malice: Theodicy, Eschatology, and the Biblical Sources of "Moby-Dick" amazon.com/dp/150176165X/…
I’ve heard the Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s” so many times, I wouldn’t expect it to surprise me anymore, but the guys behind the @WeirdStudies podcast made me hear it anew—especially my favorite track “A Day in the Life.” weirdstudies.com/104 Thank you @philford @JF_Martel.
I really enjoyed the cosmic horror novel STONEFISH by Scott R. Jones @PimpMyShoggoth. It's weird, psychedelic, and beautiful. Here's a short review. amazon.com/review/R5MMUVI…
I think about these two and a half pages from Norm Macdonald’s book constantly. When I reviewed it, I wrote that they would “make for a fine eulogy”—and I swear I didn’t mean anything by it. But they do.
Norm Macdonald has been my favourite comedian since I was nine years old and getting to know him in the tiniest of ways was the greatest thrill of my life. He was so kind to me. It meant so much
🧵 A thread on publishing, Christian celebrity, and my role in it as a marketer and theological-algorethics researcher:
If an earring design is transformed into a song, what does it sound like? I explore this with designer Beth Usadel. The result is a musical feast of catchy, summery soul & rock songs. Here’s the interview: open.spotify.com/episode/4TAbcg… Subscribe to #EarCookies where podcasts are found.
