I suppose that one of the more refreshing social attributes and cultural dividends that I have garnered over the almost 24 years that I was once employed as a Technical Editor with The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (The IEEE Inc.) is something I like to call The IEEE Beacon. And what, pray tell,…
I find myself looking back across the past twenty-four years. For nearly 288 months I was an employee of the prestigious entity, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (more popularly known as The IEEE Inc.). I spent that nearly a quarter of a century as a Proofreader and Editor, under the ever-evolving work titles…
Just sharing Racket River Press and MoonDream Press Poet Michael H. Hanson’s 2019 Rhysling Nominated Short Poem, “The Sea Horse Isles.” It first appeared in “UNTIMELY FROST: Poetry Unthawed,” May 31, 2018 (Lycan Valley Press). THE SEA HORSE ISLES His father was a fishermanknown for trawling the Sea Horse isles,a stretch of brine only his…
Think About It! The truly horrific part of the famous AFib Paddles bursting through Vance’s Chest Sequence in John Carpenter’s THE THING, is NOT Vance Norris’s chest turning into a giant mouth full of jagged fangs and biting Dr. Copper’s hands off! The truly horrific part, that lingers in your mind long after seeing the…
by Michael H. Hanson Over half way into John Carpenter’s 1982 horror/sci-fi motion-picture masterpiece, THE THING, near the end of the Second Act, comes a now legendary scene that film critics and fans alike have declared ‘supremely suspenseful,’ one that arguably ranks right up there with Private Pyle’s murder-suicide in Stanley Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET,…
by Michael H. Hanson Two men sit on the freezing ground of Antarctica at night, exhausted, facing each other, wary of each other, the last two survivors of a great massacre, the attack of an unrelenting, savage, merciless, shape-shifting alien life form. Welcome to the wrenching finale of director John Carpenter’s seminal sci-fi/horror motion picture…
by Michael H. Hanson To quote Claus Appel: “If you read Lovecraft, you will notice that he carefully stacks the deck against the occasional unlucky soon-to-be-psychologically-challenged protagonist. Said characters tend to be ‘educated,’ ‘isolated,’ and end up in ‘mortal danger.’ These characters experience a long string of escalating disquieting discoveries which, coupled with isolation, leaves…
A favorite poem of Michael H. Hanson that was published in 2018 and is eligible in the Short Poem category of the Rhysling Awards. ——– THE SEA HORSE ISLES His father was a fishermanknown for trawling the Sea Horse isles,a stretch of brine only his clanhad dared to challenge with their wiles. They say it…
Just CLICK for a FREE read of Michael H. Hanson’s short story, “The Trial of Nommo“at Nth Degree Magazine. This galactic tale is actually a Prequel to the entire SHA’DAA shared-world dark-fantasy series. Enjoy!