Author name: Chris

Do you sometimes wonder what to do at 9 pm on Saturdays? Have you ever wondered idly what Grendel really […]

It was about a week ago that I looked up from my (on-line) reading of the New York Times to

Beowulf was in the monster-slaying business so a comment or two about the execution of Saddam Hussein is appropriate here.

The advantage of a large enough family is that a mis-directed Christmas gift can still find an appropriate recipient. Case

Most bloggers, I suspect, harbor secret doubts that anyone ever reads their blogs except family and close, very close (or

Grendel at Christmas? But isn’t Christmas itself a monster? Grendel consumed Hrothgar’s warriors but Christmas consumes us. It doesn’t need

Selling Beowulf When I decided to “self-publish” Beyond Beowulf, I had a notion that it would be listed on Amazon.com

Here’s a weird phenomenon: the cover picture of Beyond Beowulf has been disfugured somehow not only here in my blog

I learned something from last Sunday’s New York Times. It made me wonder how often that happens. At roughly $5

Beowulf and Beyond Beowulf have their share of monsters but there are others. I wrote not long ago about the