In a spirited match on a muggy Saturday afternoon at Skateland of Richmond, 13 July 2013, the ladies from Mother State Roller Derby (out of Richmond, Virginia) hosted the Little City Rollergirls (out of Johnson City, Tennessee).

This was my first roller derby experience, and I have to say I was …

I had the pleasure of attending a reading by novelist Tom de Haven of new material from the just-released Dark Horse Comics graphic novel edition of Freaks’ Amour, based on his acclaimed cult novel.

Tom’s novel, Freaks’ Amour, tells of a horrific New Jersey after a nuclear blast, where …

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Part of my childhood burned to the ground today, so I thought I should at least acknowledge it with a post.

The Continental Hobby Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, was a regular haunt …