Giants of West Tennessee: Miles (and miles) O’Keeffe

NOTE: This is the latest in an ongoing occasional series about notable figures from my home region. These are personal reminiscences and opinions; where available, I’ll include links so interested readers can find out more. “My name is spelled with two e’s, two f’s and another e, and nobody ever spells it right.” If you’re of my generation, you remember … Read More

Interview: Mary Jo Pehl of MST3K and Cinematic Titanic

When The Sword-Edged Blonde was released in hardcover in 2007 (it’ll be out later this month in paperback; see sidebar for more info), its high-concept idea–sword-and-sorcery fantasy written as hard-boiled detective fiction–led a lot of people to think it was a parody of its two genres, using one (detective) to mock the other (fantasy). This was never my intent. Although … Read More