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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For the better part of a decade, I didn't finish anything. I spent so much time reading books and writing copy for my job that I never finished any substantial writing of my own. This was after averaging a full-length play or one-person show a year for 20 years. That ended early this morning.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sorry, most of these elected socialists ain't socialists. They're New Dealers, Laguardia Republicans, or Free Soil folks. And I am more than okay with that. It's just that too many Democrats are actually bond market Eisenhower Republicans.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Apocalypse Now, Terminator 2, The General, The Wizard of Oz, and Jaws are all examples of studios and producers determined to "die with their boots on."

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There is nothing false about this statement.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“In the dark shadow of the grove, on the margin of the brook, he beheld something huge, misshapen, black, and towering. It stirred not, but seemed gathered up in the gloom, like some gigantic monster ready to spring upon the traveller.” "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Michael Myers stands in silhouette in the distance in the original Halloween.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trade Secrets... I have a feeling that everyone who secretly (or openly) loves this film has different reasons for their affections. Figuring out Halloween III's mysteries will tell you a lot about your love for horror.

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Trade Secrets

Halloween III’s Puzzle Box

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We've changed the format a bit. Leaner, meaner, and just a lil' bit obscener! Premarital sex? If you do, you deserve to die!

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Ep6: Skinned Tom: The Ghost of Lovers’ Lane

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was 217 pounds on January 1st. Yesterday, I weighed in at 192. I should be proud of the consistent, methodical work I have done. Although, I suspect, this moment might have had something to do with it as well.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I will keep this simple. Live Long and Prosper!

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

And I couldn't let my interview with @jeremydauber.bsky.social go by without discussing the paperback release of his terrific "Press 1 For Invasion." Since I've been talking about Donald J. Sobol so much, think of the book as "Encyclopedia Brown Meets The Invaders."

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The Phone That Opens a Larger World

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sometimes The Killer on the Road triumphs, and there isn't any moral to be taken from it. Sometimes there are just awful things out there. @jeremydauber.bsky.social and I ponder a roadside of evil nihilism where everybody's got it coming and deserves got nuthin' to do with it.

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Sometimes the Victim Did Nothing Wrong

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

All things horror expert, @jeremydauber.bsky.social reveals a movie very much on our mind during his interview on Gauge Illuminations. Check out the full episode about Killers on the Highway: youtu.be/B7sBHSlEYGU?...

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The Sadist and American Road Horror

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gauging An Invitation: If you haven't started following us on YouTube, Spotify, or Substack, I want to extend that invitation again. We're building something that requires "audience participation," and we'd love to have you along for the ride.

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Gauging An Invitation

At some point, you just gotta go.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Very excited about @juliansimpson.bsky.social and his gang's Call of Cthulhu. That is all I will say.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Two days. And two of the great champions of Letting People Be are gone.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Just because you know a day will come doesn't mean you are ever ready for it.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have lost 15 pounds in three months. I feel very good about this. Carry on.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ultimately, we had to add chairs. The theatre hit its fire code limit. Audience was turned away. Started exactly at 4. Ended at 4:52. Good to know I can still run a theatrical event.

The performers in the final moment before the applause for Cargo Out of Space at NecronomiCon 2026 in Providence, Rhode Island.

AS220's Black Box Theatre fills up for a performance of specially curated performance of Cargo Out of Space.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"Gauge Illuminations" has started, "Last Empty Places" is back up and running, and "Cargo Out of Space" is coming to NecronomiCon! Subscribe at gaugeilluminations.substack.com

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Progress Report #3: Gauge Illuminations

Launch, Necronomicon, and a harrowing tale from Last Empty Places

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Listen to Tak! I spent the better part of a decade interviewing folks who make their living on the road and outside. Many of them right around my 56 years. To a person, they are either grateful they layered it on. Or full of regret they didn't. None of them ever said, "Sunscreen?! RIDICULOUS!"

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The first of two episodes with author, carpenter, and adventurer Malcolm Brooks. The one next week focuses on a harrowing encounter his nephews had with a mountain lion. And you have Peter breaking down in the middle of nowhere Iceland to look forward to in the coming weeks.

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Losing the Empty

Last Empty Places · Episode

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Looking forward to your thoughts on my White Album/Necronomicon mashup later today.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's official. We have a time, date, and space for the theatrical preview of "Cargo Out of Space." On August 15th at 4 PM at #necronomiconpvd2026, my friends Justin and Adriana join me on the stage at AS220's black box theatre for my first live show performance in almost a decade. NecronomiCon!

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Have you ever thought about how much of 70s cinema was directors trying to see who could film in the worst possible jungle conditions? #filmsky

The white-knuckle, suspension-bridge crossing in the pouring raining from William Friedkin's 1977 "Sorcerer."

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's an update on the incremental progress the project is making. Won't lie: I'm most excited about NecronomiCon. After a over steady two decades on a stage, it is the first time in almost a decade that I will be performing my work before a live audience.

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Progress Report: Gauge Illuminations

Playing A Little Catch Up

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One thing I didn't have time for in this essay was determining what the coolest name for any vehicle in any road movie (or any other movie, for that matter) was. For me, it's gotta be "PBR Street Gang."

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The Rules of The Road Movie

An Essay Where I Don't Talk About The Odyssey

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

So, Saturday morning August 15th at #NecronomiconPVD, I've got to choose between either "The Epistolary in Weird Fiction" or "A Century of Cthulhu" at 8AM. There is no justice in this universe!

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

1. Of course, Elon Musk hates Christopher Nolan. Nolan has been happily married for 29, his children adore him, he has an increasingly expanding view of collaborative inclusion, the people who work with him speak about his incredible warmth and professionalism, and he is a genuine visionary.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Latest Gauge Illuminations! "The only factual evidence of something is either a deliberately blurred picture of a redneck in a gorilla suit or the hand-on-the-bible word of Paul, Patron Saint of Pecan Parrish? You’re going to have to preface the story with a lot of deposition-proof qualifiers."

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Telling Terrifying Tales of Terrible Things

A Stuntman's Formula for Telling an Urban Legend

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Watch the entire video. Somehow, @theartofgemmarae.bsky.social manages to get footage with an actual thunderstorm in the background, and using only a practical, they create a terrifying image of Resurrection Mary.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I need a little help here. What would term limits on celebrity look like?

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We are going to coincide the launch of Gauge Illuminations with a performance at NecronomiCon Providence!

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NecronomiCon

A Preview of Gauge Illuminations

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To quote one of the commenters: "A Nope Boat full of Nope Ropes."

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Great American State Fair is a rousing success... If by Great American State Fair, you mean The World Cup. Whatever is going on at The National Mall is so ridiculously on the nose at a grammar school level that it would get people fired from a writers' room.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Today is good day to remind people that Trump is not good at anything but acting as his own PR agent. And without The New York Post's writers, National Enquirer sensationalist, or NBC's production team, he is kinda shit at that as well.

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I am going to be posting only things that fill me with joy for the next week or so. Someone dear to us passed away suddenly. Looking for all the joy I can get.

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Scalawag Jack @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

ANTIFA AGENTS ALLY WITH SEA MONKEY EMPIRE!!!

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Snake Pontchartrain @snakerattleroll.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Have now cataloged 71 fictional horror podcasts. Making my personal summaries as ridiculous as possible. For instance: "Welsh kid and dad investigate stone cold conspiracy. Happy day!" "How the hell did we go from a person disappearing in a psych ward to getting sucked into The Dreamlands?"

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