All posts tagged: Horror

Halloween Round Up: Phi Galore!

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Innsmouth Free Press just announced the pre-sale for Bryan Thao Worra’s new book of poetry, DEMONSTRA, which will begin shipping in December. Until November 16th, you can get it for $8.50 instead of the usual $10 and shipping. This is for the standard edition, not the deluxe edition which was only available to the kickstarter backers.  That version is also anticipated to begin shipping in December. In our first year at Little Laos on the Prairie, one of our first posts was about the phi known as Ghong-Goy. This year, Bryan’s going to share some of his notes from researching phi to give you some chills before Halloween kicks into full swing. Many of these ghastly spirits appear in his new book! Phi Dip ຜີດິບ: All month long, we’ve been treated to the Phi Dip thanks to Saymoukda Vongsay’s play, Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals. In Laos, Phi Dip is the general catch-all term for the undead who have physical bodies, such as zombies and vampires, as opposed to incorporeal entities such as banshees and poltergeists.  It …

Lao Horror Poetry at H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival

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It’s been a big month for fans of Lao American horror. Film director Mattie Do had the US premiere of her ghost story Chanthaly at Fantastic Fest in Texas to rave reviews. Playwright Saymoukda Vongsay is days away from the world premiere of her play Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals at the Southern Theater. And Little Laos on the Prairie’s Bryan Thao Worra was a featured guest at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles. At the famous Whale and Ale restaurant, he gave a stunning presentation from his new book DEMONSTRA, which is entering the final stages of editing with Innsmouth Free Press.  He gave the audience in attendance a reading of three of his poems, “To an Old Tune,” “The Deep Ones,” and “The Terror in Teak,” an experimental poem that combines the tropes of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft with Lao culture. The reading was organized by Cody Goodfellow, author of books such as All-Out Monster Action. This is the fourth year the festival has been convened in Los Angeles, but it is part of an 18-year old tradition …