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WTF Am I Reading?: Sawney’s Twisted Short Stories

EVERYONE IS A MOON is my definitive collection of short stories (at least, until I write a bunch more). While I’ve categorized the book as Dark Fiction as a whole, I don’t think that label…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on June 22, 2018July 20, 2022
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10 Favorite Books That Burrowed Into My Brain

I read a lot of books, but frankly I forget about most not long after I’ve finished them. While I may well have enjoyed the reads, only a select few titles have managed to stick…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on April 29, 2017July 20, 2022
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Revisiting “VENT!”: Famous Filmmakers Origin Stories

A significant element of VENT!’s raison d’être (see previous post) was demonstrating that even the most lauded and famous filmmakers had difficult, even doubtful beginnings. Below are a few true origin stories I had shared on…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on July 3, 2016July 20, 2022
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Revisiting “VENT!: The Online Magazine for Disgruntled Filmmakers”

Way back in 1997, after I had completed producing my one and so far only feature film on a $60,000 budget, I launched a semi-popular website called VENT! It focused on the flourishing world of…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on May 1, 2016July 20, 2022
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Interview with James Burns, author of LET’S GO TO HELL: SCATTERED MEMORIES OF THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS

The Butthole Surfers were the most important band I listened to during my formative teen years. They were my Beatles, my Grateful Dead, my One Direction(?). From the first time I heard frontman Gibby Haynes…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on August 29, 2015July 20, 2022
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ADULT VIDEO: A Small Town Story

Ah, memories! Here’s a personal anecdote about some small town sordidness: I remember when I first saw it. I was coming home on the Long Island Railroad after visiting a friend at the School of…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on July 8, 2015July 20, 2022
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Centralia: The Black Diamond of Columbia County!

The Hottest Tourist Spot in Central Pennsylvania There are no welcome signs (excepting the town line markers) greeting visitors today to Centralia, PA, but there needn’t be any. Upon entering the historic coal mining borough,…

  • by Sawney Hatton
  • Posted on June 8, 2015July 20, 2022
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Recent Posts

  • From the VENT! Vault: Interview with Filmmaker Larry Fessenden
  • Sawney Hatton’s Recommended Books to Read by Contemporary Authors
  • DEAD SIZE: The Lost Ending
  • Shaved Gerbil Blues: A Short Script by Sawney Hatton
  • The Details in THE DEVIL’S DELINQUENTS, a Satanic Panic Story
  • Lest We Forget: A Grimly Amusing Anecdote
  • Recycled Writing: From Script to Book
  • WTF Am I Reading?: Sawney’s Twisted Short Stories
  • 10 Favorite Books That Burrowed Into My Brain
  • Revisiting “VENT!”: Famous Filmmakers Origin Stories
  • Revisiting “VENT!: The Online Magazine for Disgruntled Filmmakers”
  • Interview with James Burns, author of LET’S GO TO HELL: SCATTERED MEMORIES OF THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS
  • ADULT VIDEO: A Small Town Story
  • Centralia: The Black Diamond of Columbia County!
  • UGLYVILLE: Writing an Untypical Young Adult Book

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