Introduction by Mike Watt (bassist extraordinaire) Filmmaker. Journalist. Screnwriter. Film geek. Irrepressible curmudgeon. He's been called "insightful," "enlightening" and "highly entertaining." Academy Award Winner(tm) Jon Voight called him "a very dangerous man." He's also been called "judgmental," and an "egomaniacal monster"-and at least one internet-user accused him of being a criminal. Now, for your reading delight and amusement, five years worth of Watt's articles, essays and random thoughts, ripped from his online and print columns "Random Acts of Mike Watt" and "The Geeks Shall...

The only thing we have to fear, we're told, is fear itself. In Phobophobia, the first fiction collection from award-winning screenwriter and journalist Mike Watt, ordinary people going through everyday events are subjected to nightmares beyond their imagining. In Phobophobia, nothing is what it seems ... -- Not a classic cherry red Mustang... -- Not a run-of-the-mill art exhibit... -- Not a Valentine's Day gift... -- Not even Christmas Morning... "There is a twisted skein of darkness running through all of Mike's work..." -- Amber Benson (author of Death's Daughter) from her introduction.

They were the big screen royalty that left us too soon - the brilliantly talented icons whose premature deaths continue to fill the hearts of movie lovers with rue and pain. From Robert Harron and Rudolph Valentino of the silent era to Heath Ledger and Natasha Richardson of today's cinema, the history of movies is filled with too many legends and rising stars who died before fulfilling their career destinies. But what would have happened if fate had been kinder? What could have been the careers of Jean Harlow, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Dandridge, Bruce Lee, John Belushi, River...

Two nerdy college coeds get the best of a popular sorority when they are granted a wish by the seductive demons that run a local bowling alley. Then the wish goes horribly, horribly wrong... The companion screenplay to the gory, sexy movie from Happy Cloud Pictures, illustrated with over a hundred exclusive stills and behind-the-scenes photos from the production.

Europa... her name means "Heaven's Smile and Earth's Cry." She was one of His favorite angels, and she's been sent to us. Her mission is to "minister to the sick," to help those of us who truly need it. Those of us who are beyond human help. But her mission will not be easy. The First of the Fallen is at her side, has taken the form of a woman and the taunting name of "Patience." And she wants Europa to see us as she does: a mistake. From award-winning artist Michael Apice and writer Mike Watt comes the first in a series of tales dealing with redemption, damnation and eternal salvation. What...

"Tell me that I can sponge away the writing on that stone, Spirit. I beg you, Spirit I beg you " And with these words, as told to Charles Dickens, Ebeneezer Scrooge did not die that Christmas, alone and unmourned. Christmas Yet-to-Come made sure of that. Unfortunately, the unintended side-effect was that Scrooge was rendered immortal. More than 150-years later, having seen more than his share of Christmases, Scrooge was ready to move on. But he would need the help of one of the more talented detectives of magic and sorcery to help him find that Spirit. A skewed sequel to the beloved Dickens...

From filmmaker and journalist Mike Watt comes a the long-awaited SEQUEL to the beloved Movie Outlaw collection. Brand new collection of essays focusing on another 70 "undeservedly underseen" films, such as, "Crazy Moon" starring a pre-star Keifer Sutherland; Frank Henenlotter's hilarous "Frankenhooker"; the all-star "Jane White is Sick and Twisted"; Terry Southern's "The Magic Christian," starring Peter Sellars and Ringo Starr; Peter Jackon's non-Hobbit forming "Meet the Feebles"; Michael A. Simpson's purgatory classic "Impure Thoughts"; Paul Morressey's "Spike of Bensonhurst," Richard Rush's...