Una verruga en el cu… ©by mabm

He estado pensando —sí, bromas aparte, también pienso— en lo curioso y extraño que es el ser humano: somos conscientes de que hemos perdido algo que no era bueno para nosotros y, aún así, nos duele y lo pasamos mal. Por ejemplo, cuando una relación se acaba. Y una cosa me ha llevado a la […]

FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER: MARVEL STYLE

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post here at Balladeer’s Blog looks at the way Marvel incorporated the Frankenstein Monster into their 1970s horror comics. MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN Vol 1 #1 (Jan 1973) Title: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Villains: Mutineers Synopsis: This loose adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic starts out in January of 1898. Readers meet […]

THE WORST MICHAEL MYERS STYLE SLASHERS FROM BAD MOVIES

Can you believe it’s just one week until Halloween! In a nod to So Bad They’re Good slasher films Balladeer’s Blog has examined some of the worst Michael Myers imitators as well as a few forerunners. BARTHOLOMEW Movie: Horror House on Highway Five (1985) Lore: Bartholomew wore a Richard Nixon mask while slicing and dicing […]

allegro is the tempo of time | Lê Vĩnh Tài [472]

A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh TàiTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm allegro is the tempo of time dying petalsflutters of butterfly wings .for now I will note for youthe source of my longing the mixed up letters reminding me that I’m still aliveI don’t want to be forgotten letters free flowing in a riverlike […]

Mi cosecha 😍

¿Cómo me explican este amor tan grande que yo le tengo a las plantas? Es que parezco loca cuidándolas, pero es que llenan un espacio en mí que nada más es capaz de hacerlo. Quizás será por eso que mi sueño siempre ha sido tener un vivero, aunque con el tiempo se ha ido transformando […]

pointless | Bùi Chát

poem by Bùi Cháttranslation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm the end is inevitable don’t you want to go out with a bang?try not to bored people to death the same drama over and over againa bunch of amateurs inept actors always in the wrong rolesaying the wrong lines why the same sad tragedy?do you think […]