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✍️ Creative tools & story-driven growth from Frizzy J — writer, dad, and builder of real-life quests.
The Garden by Frizzy J
Within my head there grows a garden I tend it when I sleep Planting seeds ‘neath the moon And breathing in my plants My garden here...
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May 15, 20231 min read
Movie Review: IT: Chapter 2
Welcome back. Today we have a review of It: Chapter 2. If you'll recall, Chapter 1 detailed the kids' story, set in 1989. I believe...
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
Shame By Frizzy J
Dreams elude me Hopes exclude me Lies become me You pollute me Love was all I had to give you And now I pray someone will shiv you I am...
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Apr 27, 20231 min read
Resting in Rage By Frizzy J
The shaking of your leg reminds me As I lay beside you, in the dark alone The world still turns and burns and runs outside me Empty void...
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Apr 25, 20231 min read
Bio: Rob E. Boley
Rob E. Boley is a horror writer and poet out of Dayton Ohio. He lives there with his daughter and wife. According to his website, he...
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Apr 24, 20231 min read
Movie Review: IT Chapter 1
The first time I saw this movie was alone at the theater. I watched it again today, and I loved it. It missed the mark on a lot of...
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Apr 21, 20232 min read
Regrets By Frizzy J
Did you see it in my eyes? When you strode past And waved A smile and gleaming eyes I broke down inside To think of all the time I wasted...
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Apr 20, 20231 min read
Pen Wrought Lacerations By Frizzy J
Will you bleed out in ink, When I begin to write? Or will you laugh like all the rest And say I’m just some drama queen? I’ve slain a...
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Apr 18, 20231 min read


Book Review: Better Alive Than Dead
From the tale-weaver that brought us Mr. Shady and The Body Will Follow comes Better Alive Than Dead, thirteen short stories where the...
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Apr 17, 20232 min read
Movie Review: Stephen King's IT! (1990)
Oh, you had to have known this was coming. This movie came out the year before I was born. I watched IT! (pardon the pun) sometime in...
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Apr 14, 20231 min read
On Metal By Frizzy J
Blast beats and shredding axes Burn through my rattled brain Flailing drumsticks thrash the heads of drums Guttural growls and falsetto...
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Apr 13, 20231 min read
Most Important Announcement Yet
It is my very great pleasure to announce the very first book by Frizzy J. This compilation of short stories is designed to be...
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Apr 12, 20231 min read
My Mother Asked me Why she Never Sees my Smile By Frizzy J
My mother asked me why she never sees my smile And all I could do is frown I could never run an uninterrupted mile And I’ll never wear a...
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Apr 11, 20231 min read


Book Review: IT
Hey, folks! Frizzy J here, moments from finishing a masterpiece of marathon length: Stephen King's IT. My copy has 1153 pages of body...
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Apr 10, 20232 min read
Movie Review: The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Hey there, horror fans. Frizzy J here with a modern throwback: The Exorcism of Emily Rose. A 2005 Horror story/ legal drama, this movie...
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Apr 7, 20232 min read
Moonless By Frizzy J
What the hell is wrong with me? Callous and cold That’s what I’ve been told I’ve loved and lied Been high and fried And every failed...
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Apr 6, 20231 min read
Food Service By Frizzy J
Ding! Ugh… This goddamn thing. Karen wants a strawberry shake. Damn. How much more can I take? Jimbob wants his trucker discount Pssh…...
FrizzyJ
Apr 4, 20231 min read


Book Review: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
Welcome! This week we have a first here on coffeewithfrizzyj.com: a nonfiction book! Grab a mug and come check it out! The Conspiracy...
FrizzyJ
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Movie Review: Cujo
The 1983 film Cujo was exactly like the book, which is marvelous. I think that the only movie adaptation I've seen that I could note for...
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Mar 31, 20232 min read
Mindwatching by Frizzy J
I’ve been trying to keep tabs on my mind To see where it comes and goes Funny thing, when it catches me watching, It stops in its tracks...
FrizzyJ
Mar 30, 20231 min read
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