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Edward Brock

The RAVENORE DINER Welcomes You

About Me

I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with my bewitching wife & our "4-legged" children. I enjoy Reading (mostly non-fiction), collecting Superman/DC comics & watching Monster movies.
Although I have a degree in Philosophy & Religion, I'm really more of an autodidact as I continue to learn more about the history/beliefs/practices of Mythology/Religion by studying them on my own.
I also have a healthy skepticism about many things (the government, media, science, history, the paranormal, religion, etc.) which drives me to speculate, research & seek answers on my own instead of taking things on "faith" & "opinion".
I'm a writer & you can find my work in:
Print: Antiques & Collecting Magazine, Filmfax, G-Fan, Scary Monsters, Scarlet Street, Blood Moon Rising and Tenebres.
On-line: Blood Blade & Thruster, UGO , Horror-Wood , Guideposts4Kids & Eggplant Library.
My Favorite Websites:
eBay
BoingBoing
Superman HomePage
DC Comics
Newsarama
LiveScience
ComicBloc
Daily Grail
History Channel
Barnes & Noble
Encyclopedia Mythica
Discount Comic Book Service
JoBlo

My Interests



*Studying Mythology & Religion
*Reading & Writing
*Superman/DC comics
*Monster Movies
*Fantasy Art

I'd like to meet:

Neil Gaiman, Robert M. Price, Johnny Depp & Kate Beckinsale.

Music:

Essential Artists:
Electric Light Orchestra
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Earth Wind & Fire
Lacuna Coil
Veruca Salt
Korn
The Eagles
Rush
The Cars

Movies:

Films I can watch anytime:
Lord Of The Rings
Nightmare Before Christmas
Pan's Labyrinth
Superman
(all of 'em)
Close Encounters of The Third Kind
Sleepy Hollow

Godzilla (all but 1998)
Underworld (both)
Serenity
Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Legend
The Elephant Man
Big Fish
Excalibur
The Legend of Hell House

the classic Hammer, AIP, Amicus & Universal films

Television:

Very little TV, but I do like these:
Twilight Zone
Heroes
South Park
Supernatural
Smallville
Firefly
Babylon 5
The Simpsons
M*A*S*H
Bewitched

Books:

Non-Fiction:
Joseph Campbell- The Power of Myth, Hero With A Thousand Faces, Masks of God series
Robert M. Price- The Reason Driven Life, Incredible Shrinking Son of Man
Daniel Boorstein- The Discoverers, The Creators, The Seekers
Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy- The Jesus Mysteries, Jesus & The Lost Goddess, The Laughing Jesus
Karen Armstrong- The Bible: A Biography, A History of God, The Great Transformation
Steven Pinker- The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate
Elaine Pagels- The Gnostic Gospels, Adam Eve & The Serpent, The Origin of Satan
William Irwin Thompson- Coming Into Being
Graham Hancock- Supernatural, Fingerprints of the Gods
Lawrence E. Joseph- Apocalypse 2012
John G. Neihardt- Black Elk Speaks
George Carlin- Brain Droppings, Napalm & Silly Putty, When Will Jesus Bring The Porkchops?
Kenneth C. Davis- "Don't Know Much About" series
Fiction (I Read very little fiction these days, but here are a few favorites):
Robert McCammon- Boy's Life
Neil Gaiman- American Gods, Anansi Boys, Stardust, Neverwhere, Coraline
Clive Barker- Thief of Always
Bram Stoker- Dracula
H.P Lovecraft- Complete Tales
Edgar Allan Poe- Complete Tales
Brothers Grimm- Complete Tales
Comic Books:
Superman
Justice League
Justice Society
Wonder Woman
Shazam!
Sandman
Starchild
Bone

Magazines:
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Clarkesworld Magazine
Intergalactic Medicine Show
Journal of Mythic Arts
Scary Monsters

Heroes:

Joseph Campbell

My Blog

Interview with VERA VANGUARD (BBT Magazine)

My interview with the lovely, talented & drop-dead gorgeous VERA VANGUARD is online in Blood, Blade & Thruster.Check it out at - http://www.bbtmagazine.com/bbt-3/....
Posted by Edward Brock on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:07:00 PST

Article published!!!

My article "Monster Magazines - The Creepy Collectible" in Antiques & Collecting Magazine (Oct 2006) is now in bookstores & libraries. If you get a chance, look for it (and read it)... pl...
Posted by Edward Brock on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:29:00 PST

Welcome to The Ravenore Diner

Welcome to my little place on the net. A place called The Ravenore Diner. It's a nice little sitdown where I can connect with writers, artist, publishers & friends. I love studying Mytho...
Posted by Edward Brock on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:08:00 PST