Where Did Halloween Come From?

Posted 9/21/2024

  “Where did Halloween come from?” sounds like a question a child might ask, but it’s not a childish question.  Parents may be more comfortable explaining why people dress as scary creatures on a particular day of the year than telling them where babies come from.  Halloween is a tradition which means that people do it…  Read More

The End: What will be the last story idea?

Posted 7/27/2024

I am about to ask a philosophical question.  What if creators of movies and books run out of ideas? I would have to think that movie theaters would have no new movies to showcase.  They could only show movies that were released before they ran out of ideas.  There is another option.  Movies… Read More

Space Aliens Dominate Fiction but Are They Real?

Posted 9/21/2024

We think about them all the time.  If books and movies are any indication, space aliens preoccupy us and will continue to do so even though we have never met them.  Extraterrestrial life is not only a staple of science fiction but is a dominant theme in the genre.  Life on other planets in fiction… Read More