Tag Archives: Hillbilly Highways

SF: Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman

Posted on May 29, 2019 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
I went to a panel at the WorldCon in San Antonio a few years back on Texas Pulp SF.  Apart from the 800-lb. gorilla in the room, Texans were grossly underrepresented in the pulps.  The…

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SF: Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom

Posted on November 28, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
Richard Kadrey meets Daniel Woodrell. For 1,000 years Santa has kept his dark counterpoint Krampus magically imprisoned, and for 1,000 years Krampus has plotted his revenge.  This Christmas Yule he will get it. Krampus is…

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Movies: Braveheart and Outlaw King

Posted on November 15, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
I should really cover more history here.  The history of the Scots-English border region is the history of hillbillies. Netflix’s recently released Outlaw/King starring Chris Pine spurred me to finally pick up my old review…

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SF: Some Dark Holler by Luke Bauserman

Posted on October 31, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
For Halloween I’m returning to the motif of selling your soul. Bauserman pitched an advanced copy of Some Dark Holler to me because I reviewed a collection of Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John stories.  I…

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SF: We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

Posted on September 18, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
Originally I was just going to run my review of Grady Hendrix’s We Sold Our Souls over at my SF blog.  But selling your soul to the Devil has a rich history in hillbilly storytelling,…

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9/11 and the Problem with “Millennials”

Posted on September 11, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
Some demographers—who are wrong—erroneously label me a Millennial.  I prefer Generation X.  Or at least the Oregon Trail Generation.  I would demand satisfaction, but some from my cohort would acquiesce.  And demographers are like cockroaches. …

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Music Monday: The Last of My Kind by Jason Isbell

Posted on July 16, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
I know I could have gone with the better known song, Elephant.  Believe me, I’ll get to it.  But this is the one that gives me a pain down deep in my gut (like Tim…

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Country Noir: The Girl From Blind River by Gale Massey

Posted on July 11, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
Finally, a book that weren’t published years ago!  The Girl From Blind River just came out yesterday, but I got my grimy hands on a review copy. Jamie has got problems.  She is stuck in…

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Music Monday: Shreveport by Turnpike Troubadours

Posted on July 9, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
I’m going to avoid going heavy again this week.  It occurs to me, given I use “Texas country” right in the blog name, that I have been neglected actual Texas country.  What could be more…

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Television: Ozark season 1

Posted on July 4, 2018 by H.P.

Originally posted on Hillbilly Highways:
There isn’t a lot of country noir on TV.  Justified may not quite be country noir, but it is more than close enough for a show that good.  I haven’t seen it, but Hap &…

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