The Smol Bear Review

Fresh words from your heart.

By Alex S. Johnson

· Launched a year ago

Forged in the Long Night: The Ballad of Judas Priest at Berlinale Special Midnight 2026

The story of Judas Priest has been told in fragments for decades—through album jackets, backstage rumors, courtroom transcripts, and the roar of stadium…

Jun 23 • Alex S. Johnson

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Mootsie Tootsie

by Kari Lee Krome (originally published in The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S Burroughs, Nocturnicorn Books, 2025)

Jun 22 • Alex S. Johnson

Finding Mr. Barker

by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Jun 22 • Alex S. Johnson

RUSH: FIFTY SOMETHING — THE GREAT RETURN

South America, the UK & Europe — 2027

Jun 22 • Alex S. Johnson

Halloween Kills Again: An Interview with John Carpenter

John Carpenter is a name that reverberates through horror, science fiction, and cult cinema like a thunderclap.

Jun 2 • Alex S. Johnson

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William S Burroughs

Jun 11 • Alex S. Johnson

by Tricia Warden (originally published in Attack God Inside by 2.13.61)

Jun 5 • Alex S. Johnson

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by Cat Jones

Jun 5 • Alex S. Johnson

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full transcript by Lee Bailes

Jun 1 • Alex S. Johnson

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