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Ferrets, Farewell!
Arthur B - Wednesday, 31 October 2018

(Reading Canary, Ferret Food, J.K. Rowling, The Random Review, Damage Report, Fantasy Rape Watch, Books, Warhammer, Computer Games, Theatre, TV & Movies, Topical, 300, Joe Abercrombie, Trudi Canavan, Music and Gigs, Batteries Not Required, The Clairevoyant Review, Ferretcast Show Notes, Sarah Monette, Historical, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Young Adult / Children, Horror, Non-Fiction, Judging Books By Their Covers, Comics, CRPGs, Zrrrmbrrrz, Whedonverse, Ramsey Campbell, Watchmen, Minority Warrior, Self-Published, Cassandra Clare, Gamebooks, Ray Feist, The TeXt Factor 1, Peacast Shownotes, Podcasts, Text Factor Halloween Special, Ferrebrain Goes to Edinburgh, Romance, Michael Moorcock, The TeXt Factor 2, Emocakes, Bard-a-thon, Gogathon, Kickstopper, Dick, Thomas Ligotti, Crime Fiction, Dragon Quest, That Mass Effect 3 Ending, Fallout, Two-Gun Bob, Creepy Howie and Friends, Ferretnibbles, Visual Novels and Adventure Games ) A statement on the future of Ferretbrain - or rather, the lack thereof.

Ferret Blogroll
Arthur B - Wednesday, 31 October 2018

(Reading Canary, Ferret Food, J.K. Rowling, The Random Review, Damage Report, Fantasy Rape Watch, Books, Warhammer, Computer Games, Theatre, TV & Movies, Topical, 300, Joe Abercrombie, Trudi Canavan, Music and Gigs, Batteries Not Required, The Clairevoyant Review, Ferretcast Show Notes, Sarah Monette, Historical, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Young Adult / Children, Horror, Non-Fiction, Judging Books By Their Covers, Comics, CRPGs, Zrrrmbrrrz, Whedonverse, Ramsey Campbell, Watchmen, Minority Warrior, Self-Published, Cassandra Clare, Gamebooks, Ray Feist, The TeXt Factor 1, Peacast Shownotes, Podcasts, Text Factor Halloween Special, Ferrebrain Goes to Edinburgh, Romance, Michael Moorcock, The TeXt Factor 2, Emocakes, Bard-a-thon, Gogathon, Kickstopper, Dick, Thomas Ligotti, Crime Fiction, Dragon Quest, That Mass Effect 3 Ending, Fallout, Two-Gun Bob, Creepy Howie and Friends, Ferretnibbles, Visual Novels and Adventure Games ) As the ferrets scatter to the four winds, here's where you can find the work of contributors and commenters.

Ferretnibbles 6 - Blood and Black Death
Arthur B - Tuesday, 30 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Historical, Horror, Ferretnibbles) Short and sweet looks at two very different horror movies.

The Strange Movie of Mr Martino
Arthur B - Monday, 29 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) Sergio Martino gets into a real weird area when he introduces us to Mrs Wardh's "strange vice".

A Gulf of Gore
Arthur B - Sunday, 28 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood finds him in a giallo arms race with Dario Argento.

Black Wings: the Third Flap
Arthur B - Saturday, 27 October 2018

(Books, Horror, Creepy Howie and Friends) S.T. Joshi's anthology series settles into a comfortable formula.

Black Wings: the Second Slap
Arthur B - Friday, 26 October 2018

(Books, Horror, Creepy Howie and Friends) S.T. Joshi's second Black Wings anthology is notably better than the first.

A New Strategy For Battlefield: Earth
Arthur B - Thursday, 25 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Sci-fi / Fantasy, That Mass Effect 3 Ending) Thinking about Troll 2 made Arthur think about the other worst movie ever - and what might have been done to salvage it.

"They’re Rereleasing It… and Then They’re Going To Rerelease Me… OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD!"
Arthur B - Wednesday, 24 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror, Non-Fiction, Emocakes) Yes, we’re covering Troll 2 now.

I Swear I'm Not Trolling, This Movie's Actually Good
Arthur B - Tuesday, 23 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Horror) The first Troll movie didn't deserve the sequel it got.

Plundering the Lovecraft Estate
Arthur B - Monday, 22 October 2018

(Books, Horror, Creepy Howie and Friends) 1994's other major avant-garde Cthulhu Mythos anthology.

Blessed With a Plot Twist, Cursed With the Main Plot
Arthur B - Sunday, 21 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) Deadly Blessing is kind of a weird transphobic mess.

Jonestown, White Night, and What Scientology Could Have Taught the People's Temple
Arthur B - Saturday, 20 October 2018

(Books, Horror, Non-Fiction) Jim Jones might have looked up to L. Ron Hubbard, but as Tim Reiterman's definitive account of the People's Temple illustrates, he didn't learn the right lessons from the Scientology leader.

Hex Education, Shaw Brothers Style
Arthur B - Friday, 19 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) Hex starts off strong but fails to stick the landing.

The Family That Slays Together Stays Together
Arthur B - Thursday, 18 October 2018

(Books, Horror, Non-Fiction) Vincent Bugliosi's account of the Manson murders remains one of the best sources on the subject.

Out On a Limb
Arthur B - Wednesday, 17 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) The Wicker Tree in no respect meets the standard set by its illustrious predecessor.

Gull's From Hell and John's From Glasgow
Arthur B - Tuesday, 16 October 2018

(Books, Historical, Horror, Non-Fiction, Comics, Crime Fiction) An extended meditation on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell, with a bizarre coda about Grant Morrison's brief sojourn into similar turf.

Satan's Infectious Taint
Arthur B - Monday, 15 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) Blood On Satan's Claw is - unfairly - the most overlooked of the three major "folk horror" movies of the late 1960s/early 1970s.

(Mythos) Monster In My Pocket!
Arthur B - Sunday, 14 October 2018

(Computer Games, Horror, CRPGs, Creepy Howie and Friends) Cthulhu Chronicles is a flawed mobile game with potential.

When Tourists Visit Goatswood...
Arthur B - Saturday, 13 October 2018

(Damage Report, Books, Horror, Ramsey Campbell, Creepy Howie and Friends) Enjoying a particularly good Ramsey Campbell tribute anthology.

Bernard the Storyteller
Arthur B - Friday, 12 October 2018

(Books, Horror, Non-Fiction) Andy Collins might be the author of The Black Alchemist, but someone entirely different devised the story...

Detention
Ronan Wills - Thursday, 11 October 2018

(Computer Games, Horror) Taiwan's history of martial law makes for an excellent portable horror game

Phillips & Keatman, Questers Extraordinaire
Arthur B - Wednesday, 10 October 2018

(Books, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Horror, Non-Fiction) Being a review of two seminal texts in the curious microgenre of "psychic questing".

Ænigmatic and Œverlooked
Arthur B - Tuesday, 09 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) A look at a downright bizarre late-career Lucio Fulci movie.

Military Monsters In Alien Costumes
Arthur B - Monday, 08 October 2018

(Sci-fi / Fantasy, Horror, Non-Fiction) When it comes to early Internet text files on paranormal subjects, Martin Cannon's The Controllers is a remarkably influential work.

GOGathon: What a Lovely Thing I've Seen In the Black Mirror!
Arthur B - Sunday, 07 October 2018

(Computer Games, Horror, Gogathon, Visual Novels and Adventure Games ) On my strange enjoyment of an eerie point-and-click adventure.

Save vs. Libel, Pt. 2: The Rumour Dies, the Scars Remain
Arthur B - Saturday, 06 October 2018

(Books, Batteries Not Required, Horror, Non-Fiction) After the Satanic Panic collapsed, gamers carried grudges from it into the future.

Save vs. Libel, Pt. 1: The Rise of a Popular Error
Arthur B - Friday, 05 October 2018

(Books, Batteries Not Required, Horror, Non-Fiction, Comics) For a while, many people genuinely believed Dungeons & Dragons drove you insane and ripped out your soul for Satan. How did that start?

George Eastman: Absurd Anthropophage
Arthur B - Thursday, 04 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) George Eastman's performance is a highlight of not one but two early 1980s video nasties.

All My Friends Know the Pale Rider...
Arthur B - Wednesday, 03 October 2018

(Books, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Horror, Non-Fiction) The life and ideas of Milton William Cooper seems strangely relevant to our current Trump-inflicted world of fake news and paranoia.

Always Be Purging
Ronan Wills - Tuesday, 02 October 2018

(TV & Movies, Horror) The Purge series course-corrected after an underwhelming first installment. How successful was it?

A Very Specific Level of Scepticism
Arthur B - Monday, 01 October 2018

(Books, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Horror, Non-Fiction) Greg Bishop's Project Beta is sceptical enough to disbelieve some fringe theories but credulous enough to embrace others.