Michael Van Haney
Bio
Michael Van Haney is an artist, writer, and mystic living with one wife, one Human child, and a big Husky in California's Mojave Desert surrounded by things that bite and poke and buzz and say things like "caw!" and "hoo!"
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Stories (7/0)
What We Do In The Basement
In 2019, a television show shot in mockumentary style followed the exploits of four vampires living on Staten Island. I am referring, of course, to Taika Waititi’s What We Do in the Shadows, a TV spinoff from Waititi’s 2014 film with the same title. I remember hearing about it, briefly. I thought it sounded like my kind of show, but then I forgot about it again until the middle of 2020 when I saw the show referenced in a video essay about vampires in movies and television.
By Michael Van Haney3 years ago in Horror
Marriage and Dishwashers
There is a school of thought about marriage that says arguments are a healthy and normal part of relationships. As stupid as this sounds, because it certainly sounds stupid to me, there is an underlying logic. This logic is not without merit, but it fails to account for priorities.
By Michael Van Haney3 years ago in Humans
The Ad That Changed My Life
If you're like me, at least in one respect, then you spend some time online: reading, scrolling and dreaming. Imagination goes with the territory. We read the words and the words provoke thoughts. We think about the life we have, and the life we want. Somewhere, in that gap between wanting and having, is where advertising sinks its teeth.
By Michael Van Haney3 years ago in Journal
You Bring the Wine
One thing that you will learn as you get older is that young love, and first love, while both romantic and very satisfying, are not the only kinds of love. They are not the only kinds of romance. When they happen, it is wonderful, and then life moves on. Not every love story stay happy, ever after.
By Michael Van Haney3 years ago in Humans
