A fall as devastating as the cinematic end of Maximus Decimus Meridius, but a legacy that should endure for generations to come, John Cena’s farewell tour ended as though it was written by Shakespeare himself, but can we see past the tragedy of the loss of an icon and see what it all means in the end? * With even WrestleMania 42 in our collective rearview mirrors, John Cena’s pro wrestling career is indeed a thing of the past, and seeing him get a tad choked up like that duri

Putting anything “out there” in times such as these, isn’t exactly scary but seemingly futile. I used to have anywhere from 8 to 32 professional articles published a week. I like to tell people that the industry slowed down, but really it was my passion for instantaneous gratification in that department that wound down. I used to feel really good about putting my opinion forth in an editorial of sorts, or an article, stating the facts and nothing but. But it got to a point wh

A Look Back at 13 Years Of Lamentation by Domenic Marinelli Released at the end of August 2017, this book had been with me for quite some time. Interestingly enough, I had written the first draft on my old typewriter and had been planning on sending it out to a short story magazine, and for the longest time I wasn’t sure which one. I didn’t know where Regina Fowler and her oh-so-terrible tale would fit and fit nicely. Yeah…the story was first a short story in my mind, and I

Art imitating life…or perhaps it’s more like life imitating art? The old question often posed; so much so that perhaps it’s been rendered cliché by now in 2024. For me, the question came to me—and not for the first time—when suddenly I looked out my window to see not a society of people, but rather a society of the mass possessed, zombies or demons enacting the desires of a force, a force much too strong for them to fend off, and for me that was much too familiar, for I had v

How can the color white be dark? That’s the question I often got when I released this book back in 2017. I would often answer quite...

The thing about the miles and miles you travel in the dark on a long drive on your way to that far off destination, you never know who’s...

Published in 2016, this was my second book and with it I wanted to collect a lot of the stories I’d been writing since my youth. Some of...

First published in 2016, Weathered Tracks was my first novel to be released. This one’s special for that reason, and because I had a...

“1994 came and went, It was the year I got stuck in a vent. It was during Lent, I had an event. Enough to bring forth, Quite the lament.”...

I guess a review for the past year is definitely in order, especially for a writer who’s spent a great deal writing about a myriad of...

In a needless statement made last week, Francois Legault hints at a possibility of communication with Quebec citizens only being in...

Freedom of speech … artists fought for this freedom; perhaps it can even be said that artists even died for this freedom. And if these...

People still come up to me and ask me what Transgressive Fiction is. I am paraphrasing here, but according to a definition found at...

Take a frightening glimpse into the life of John Santiago, an adult film star trying to make it big in one of the world's shadiest...

Sometimes our biggest fears can be waiting for us up that lonesome highway, and if we’ve got to get where we’re going, there’s nothing...

It was at the turn of the century that Metallica front man James Hetfield entered rehab and defeated the demons that had plagued his life...

It was early last week when the two worlds of professional wrestling collided head on, and the result wasn’t exactly what the world of...

Federal Government Case File # 44231 Generic V: Narcotic, recreational Description: Multi-colored, induces various results Additional...

* Previously published on Resonant Words, the Domenic Marinelli Blog and online zine, as well as Resonant Words (articles), the book,...

He walks the same streets he grew up on. He walks them every day. You wouldn’t think they would hold the interest they do in him, but yet...