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~ post by Steve(n) When drafting a dream Saturday Night Live cast, it is important to keep in mind the three axioms of the variety show: enthusiasm, character work, and relentless ferocity. Therefore, whenever Flippo and Steve(n), the hyper-competitive hosts of the Stand Up Sit Down Book Club, square off against one another in the fantasy … Continue reading Stand Up Sit Down Book Club is LIVE FROM AUSTIN!
Good evening, everyone! Welcome to the Nightmare Factory Lecture Series! Please take a seat, as our lesson is about to begin. We were all thrilled to have Robert Bloch join us last month to discuss plagiarism in the Cthulhu mythos, and we couldn't be more excited for Norman Mailer's address on contemporary intoxication in letters … Continue reading Nightmare Factory Book Club MEETS TONIGHT
Oh no, look out, there it is, that dreaded question: What should my book club read next???? Please, come, sit down, you're safe here. Welcome to a new monthly series in which we highlight some favorite new paperback releases we believe are perfect for book club discussions. Featured Books of the Month: Benediction by Kent … Continue reading Book Club Corner: Recommendations
Despite the over saturation of dystopian fiction in the past few years, it’s impossible to overlook Margaret Atwood’s unforgettable 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s one that I’ve meant to read for so long, and was very excited that we set ourselves the task to read it for the Required Reading Revisited Book Club. My … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club Discussing THE HANDMAID’S TALE
The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club meets in our cafe Monday, November 25 at 7pm to discuss Rob Delaney by Rob Delaney. The meeting is free and open to the public. Copies of the book discussed are 10% off for all book club attendees.
~post by Steven There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as Stephen King's bibliography and as timeless as Edgar Allan Poe's scary bird thing. It is the middle ground between a noble literary endeavor and a complete waste of time – between science and … Continue reading Nightmare Factory Book Club Trips the Light Fantastic about LAST DAYS
~post by Joe T. Ahhhhh, Day 2 of our 31 Days of Halloween continues our exploration of The Nightmare Factory Bookclub. Meeting the third Tuesday of every month, we journey into the heart of terror. Yesterday we gave you the books we read from January through June and now we close out the list with … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 2 “The Nightmare Factory”
~post by Joe T. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." - H. P. Lovecraft The Nightmare Factory is a horror-centric book club I started back in 2011 with my pal Steven Warren. Named after the collection of stories by … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day One “The Nightmare Factory”
Carol Burnett once said, “Comedy is tragedy – plus time”. When asked to quantify the unqualified success of the Stand Up Sit Down book club with a similarly elegant equation, Flippo and Steven, the heroic hosts of the same, formulated the following function: “Book club meetings are equal parts calamity, regret, awkward romantic advances, punk … Continue reading Calamity, Regret & Awkward Romantic Advances. Join Us!
~post by Steven W Good evening, weary travelers. Come in from the rain and fortify yourself with a warm beverage, why don't you? Bring us news of the outside world as we rummage through this old curiosity shop that we call home. Perhaps one of our old, forgotten trinkets may be of some assistance to … Continue reading TONIGHT The Nightmare Factory Book Club feeds you to the werewolves
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