Tag Archives: Eric Robert Nolan

Kurse you, Kroger!

This is the face I make when the supermarket is out of liverwurst.  Oh, the humanity.

(Alas, I am Eric. And my brilliance is strictly pun-based.)

If my name was Brad, I would totally learn to make cakes and things.

Because then I could open a bakery and call it “Baking Brad.”



This post has mad “Pontypool” energy and I’m totally here for it.

IYKYK.

Throwback Thursday: the sentry guns scene in “Aliens” (1986)!

No, you are not suffering from the Mandela effect if you saw “Aliens” in the theater in 1986 and remember a really cool scene with some automatic remote sentry guns placed in a corridor — against which waves and waves of monsters launched an attack.  And you aren’t insane either.

The scene was in the movie when it originally played in theaters, according to my sources on Reddit and Youtube.  But it was not included on the VHS version (whether it’s referred to the “theatrical cut” or not). 

Variations of the scene can be found in different subsequent cuts of the film, according to fans online — like the director’s cut or the special edition, or versions appearing on television. 

Some include dialogue we remember from 1986.  (“Next time they just walk right in,” or something like that.)  And at least one includes the shots of the aliens being cut to pieces in the corridor.  (Notably, the scene below does not.)

Anyway, I am linking to the totally awesome Alien Fire Team Elite on Youtube for the video.  Semper fi, gentlemen.



“Autumn Girl” appears in The Alien Buddha Loves You Too anthology.

I’m thrilled to share here that my poem “Autumn Girl” was published today in Alien Buddha Press’ new love-themed anthology, The Alien Buddha Loves You Too.  The 281-page volume takes a truly irreverent look at romance: “love hurts. It stinks. It’s a river. It’s a battlefield. It’s often kind of gross, and it makes people do some truly diabolical things. Inside: graphic depictions of sex, murder, assault, revenge, yearning, and bodily fluids.”

Well … my piece isn’t quite as unconventional as all those things, but I am still really happy to be a part of this book.  Alien Buddha Press is a publisher I’ve been meaning to approach for a long time — they are a first rate indie lit press and the venue for some incredibly talented voices.  I’m grateful to Founding Editor Nicholas “Red” Redf for allowing me to join the community this way.

You can find the anthology on Amazon right here.  If you’d care to peruse part of the book first, you can find a preview right here at the Alien Buddha Press website.




cc&d magazine publishes “The Beach House, Early Spring”

I’m honored today to see cc&d magazine publish my poem “The Beach House, Early Spring” in its latest anthology, The Storm Inside.  The best way to read my poem (should you wish to) is to scroll down at the link below and click my name in the table of contents.  🙂

The Storm Inside

Or, if you would like to purchase a copy of the book, you can find it right here at Amazon.

Thanks once again to Editor in Chief Janet Kuypers for allowing me to see my work showcased in cc&d!



Throwback Thursday: the trailer for “Aliens” (1986)!

I was one of the lucky (and old, I suppose) people who saw “Aliens” (1986) in the theater.  (I am linking here, by the way, to Grindhouse Movie Trailers.)

This trailer had one of the greatest taglines in history too — “Aliens: This Time, It’s War.”



Emerald City Ghosts publishes “This Windy Morning”

My ghost poem has found a new home!  The really cool people at Emerald City Ghosts published “This Windy Morning” today in their inaugural issue.  You can find it right here: 

Emerald City Ghosts – Issue 1

Emerald City Ghosts is a new publisher of spectral things that are reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest (which, incidentally, is a place I have always wanted to visit).  The Substack-based magazine’s aim is “to provide the internet with spooky, rain-drenched stories, poems, and reviews.”  I am grateful to the editors for allowing me to be a part of the launch of such a unique and engaging publication.



“I met a kitten with whom I was smitten.”

I met a kitten
with whom I was smitten.
I laid frosted wheat
in front of her feet.
It was all that I had!
(My diet is sad.)
But she ran away
this sorrowful day.



Alright, look — I know that dry cereal is an idiotic treat with which to befriend a cat.  But off-brand Frosted Shredded Mini-Wheat really was all I was carrying, besides a couple of Kit-Kat bars.  (I am a poet, not a nutritionist, and I’d only needed those two things when I was out.)

I’ve never been 100 percent clear about whether it was a myth or not that chocolate was dangerous to animals (brand name notwithstanding).  So of course I kept the candy in the bag.



Throwback Thursday: “Atlantis: the Lost Continent” (1961)!

Hot damn, this movie blew my mind when I was a kid.  It was made in 1961, but it was on television in the early 1980’s.

By the way, I am linking here to the Youtube channel for the really cool people at Unseen Trailers.