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Colin J McCracken

Colin J McCracken

B*stards, Black Magic and Bodies

News stories that sound like horror movies. Dismembered corpses and desecrated graves; missing children sold off for ritual, and the…

May 5, 2020

B*stards, Black Magic and Bodies

May 5, 2020

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The Dark Emerald: Folklore and Feminism in Irish Genre Fiction

Ireland has come a long way in the last few years with regard to both culture and society. Genre, particularly horror, has always fed off…

Mar 2, 2020

The Dark Emerald: Folklore and Feminism in Irish Genre Fiction

Mar 2, 2020

Colin J McCracken

Urban Legends — From the Campfire to the Keyboard

Fear elicits a primal emotion — a need to survive. Our earliest scares are among the strongest and most resonant memories we have, often…

Jul 30, 2019

Urban Legends — From the Campfire to the Keyboard

Jul 30, 2019

Colin J McCracken

H.H. Holmes — A Truly American Horror Story

Following the Great Fire of 1871, Chicago became a centre of industry and power, as well as a hotbed for crime, vice and debauchery…

Jun 25, 2019

H.H. Holmes — A Truly American Horror Story

Jun 25, 2019

Colin J McCracken

Murders, Mistrials and Mistakes — Life and Death in the U.S. Prison System

There are over 2 million men and women currently incarcerated in America’s state, federal and private prison systems. That’s over a…

Jun 18, 2019

Murders, Mistrials and Mistakes — Life and Death in the U.S. Prison System

Jun 18, 2019

Colin J McCracken

Learning from Failure — How our mistakes and missteps can be our most valuable asset.

Failure is a stigmatised and sullied term; one which elicits feelings of pity, shame and regret. We all experience it, but what if there…

Feb 11, 2018

Learning from Failure — How our mistakes and missteps can be our most valuable asset.

Feb 11, 2018

Colin J McCracken

Shadow’s Wing: Legacy of The Crow (Exclusive Cast and Crew Interviews)

“People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens…

Aug 24, 2017

Shadow’s Wing: Legacy of The Crow (Exclusive Cast and Crew Interviews)

Aug 24, 2017

Colin J McCracken

6 Pieces of Advice on Pitching and Dealing with Rejection as a Freelance Writer

What’s worse than being told no?

Aug 24, 2017

6 Pieces of Advice on Pitching and Dealing with Rejection as a Freelance Writer

Aug 24, 2017

Colin J McCracken

The Gentleman of the Golden Age — The Escapades of R Bolla aka Robert Kerman

Walking the dirty streets of Times Square in the mid-1970s was a world away from the glitzy Disneyland it has become today. Hookers, pimps…

Aug 24, 2017

The Gentleman of the Golden Age — The Escapades of R Bolla aka Robert Kerman

Aug 24, 2017

Colin J McCracken

Ed Wood: Passion and Prophecy in Tim Burton’s Finest Film

How two Hollywood screenwriters and a maverick director recreated the biopic.

Aug 23, 2017

Ed Wood: Passion and Prophecy in Tim Burton’s Finest Film

Aug 23, 2017

Colin J McCracken

Colin J McCracken

Writer / Editor / Content Strategist — The Dante Alighieri of Development Hell. I’ve got stories. Let’s share some. www.ColinJMcCracken.com

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