Trinity of Mullets, Sustenance and Kings

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

If you were expecting me to be all up into leprechauns today, you'll be disappointed. Unless they time travel. Or sneak around in silhouette like Hitchcock. Or love Fabio. Or all three.


What you will find is a trinity of awesome, Vortex-style:


Remember this January 2008 post on our mulleted-time-traveling hero? Apparently, he has inspired a film, Safety Not Guaranteed, based on this oft-circulated, perhaps sincere, request for a time traveling companion. Starring Aubrey Plaza from Funny People and NBC's Parks and Recreation, production begins next month.

A San Francisco indie filmmaker is looking for a screenwriter for his psychological thriller. Out of the many perks listed in his Craig's List ad: you will be fed. If you have your own transportation and can recognize the agregiousness in creditable, you we'll need and don't doesn't, this could be your break!

Lastly, I offer a definitive answer to the question plaguing the pop-culture book sites: Can Stephen King handle time travel?

Hell to the yes.

And at 1000 pages, hesitant old-schoolers have just enough time to save up for an e-reader.

For the Twenty-Fifth Hour of the Day

Who knew there was an X-box 360 game labeled "psychological thriller"? I'm only beginning to grasp this label as it pertains to my own writing (and if I'm not mistaken, the game should really be labeled "psychological action suspense", but maybe thriller sells to more middle-aged gamers.) That's certainly its sales demographic.

The game is Alan Wake. Released in May 2010, the storyline follows the main character, a bestselling thriller writer who has lost his muse. In an attempt to restore his mojo, he and his wife vacation in Norman-Rockwell-esque Bright Falls where the small, idyllic town slips into six ways of creepy. Characters from Alan's books haunt him and soon he can't distinguish fantasy from reality. It's television-quality, episodic, and the first of many chapters to come.

The trailer looks amazing. Too bad I have my own manuscript pages to uncover instead of the ones hiding clues in Alan's world.

Last virtual-reality game played: X-files (I know! So last decade)

What computerized games make you lose track of time?