BY STEPHEN LANGLOIS & BUD SMITH
WANTED: Hell Hunter: slayer of demons, killer of psycho clowns, fearless destroyer of creatures born from utter blackness/bleakness of bottomless pit nightmares
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My Friend Bill
BY DENNIS W SMITH
As I sit here at my computer writing this story, I don’t see any fiery sunrises or dark clouds looming, or sense some aura about me, and I didn’t wake up trembling when the alarm went off or any of that nonsense. I am up early, as usual, after one of “those” dreams, of which I’ve had so many over the years. The same dream.
S-TOWN: BARRELHOUSE TELEVISION (PODCAST) WORKSHOP
A BARRELHOUSE TV (OR, UM, PODCAST) PANEL
In the Barrelhouse Television Workshop, writers look at the way we tell stories across media, the way those "writer moves" work, and why they may or may not work in certain situations. Here, we're adapting the "Television Workshop" format to discuss S-Town, the new podcast from the producers of This American Life and Serial.
BEFORE ADRIAN GRENIER GOT FAMOUS
BY SARAH SWEENEY
Adrian Grenier was walking towards us. He was not yet famous. He’d been featured in Seventeen Magazine’s hottest actors to watch list, which was where we’d first seen him months before.
WEIRD LOVE: PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR EYES
BY COLLEEN ABEL
Believe me, I know from hands. I think I could recognize us just that way: ArtiezToyz has clean, broad fingernails and almost hairless knuckles. MPHotWheels wears a gold watch on his left hand. CarsFan1212—she of the annoying Wisconsin accent—always has little hangnails.