Charles Spencer, author of HELL KNIGHT's Interests
General
Music
I enjoy all kinds of music...but in the end, in answer to Mrs. Mia Wallace (from the deleted scene in PULP FICTION): "I'm an Elvis man, sweetie." Other favorite artists include AC/DC, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Evanescence, America, Metallica, Anita Baker, Johnny Cash, Sade, Diana Krall, Gravity Kills, Keiko Matsui, Quiet Riot, The Bee Gees, Disturbed, Roy Orbison, ABBA, and Chuck Berry, among quite a few others.
Movies
You honestly haven't seen a movie until you've seen GRINDHOUSE, specifically PLANET TERROR and DEATH PROOF! The only grindhouse movies I've seen before that, though, are FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH, Rob Zombie's HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES and THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, the STREET FIGHTER and SISTER STREET FIGHTER films,and THE SEVENTH CURSE, an '86 film from Hong Kong starring Chow Yun-Fat. Among my favorite films: SIN CITY, HARD BOILED, SERENITY, FIST OF LEGEND, the EVIL DEAD films, HELLBOY,TRANSFORMERS, JAWS, ENTER THE DRAGON, 300, AIRPLANE I and II, NINJA SCROLL, THE WARRIORS, the ORIGINAL STAR WARS trilogy, FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN, OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE, SILENT HILL, APPLESEED, SCARFACE, KUNG-FU HUSTLE, HERO, Robert Rodriguez' trilogy of EL MARIACHI, DESPERADO and ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, DISTRICT B13, HARD CANDY, THE CROW (only the Brandon Lee original!), RESIDENT EVIL and RE: APOCALYPSE, SUKEBAN DEKA I and II,PROJECT A, ULTRAVIOLET (the unrated version!), DRAGONS FOREVER, LADY SNOWBLOOD, THE LONGEST DAY, SE7EN, SNAKES ON A PLANE, PREDATOR, FIGHT CLUB,PULP FICTION, BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE, THE HEROIC TRIO and THE EXECUTIONERS, SHANGHAI EXPRESS, THE PRODIGAL SON, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE MATRIX (and I'm not including its sequels), RETURNER, KILL BILL I and II, BACK TO SCHOOL, D.E.B.S., CATS & DOGS, AKIRA, GHOST IN THE SHELL, PERFECT BLUE, THE GODFATHER (the second was good, the third barely okay), LA FEMME NIKITA, CLERKS I and II, SHOGUN ASSASSIN, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF!, PATRIOT GAMES, DARK COMMAND, EQUILIBRIUM,FULL CONTACT, DONNIE DARKO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, 28 DAYS LATER, any film starring Yukari Oshima and/or Moon Lee, CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, THE RING I and II and RINGU, STAGECOACH,DIRTY HARRY, MY LIFE AS A DOG, MAGNIFICENT WARRIORS, VAMPIRE EFFECT, ENEMY OF THE STATE, THE KILLER, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS and FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE, OPERATION CONDOR, THE RUNDOWN, and CHICKEN LITTLE, to name a few. Yes, I said CHICKEN LITTLE! You got a problem with that? And of course, I've seen The Lord of the Rings and its sequels...like I told a friend, though, saying that trilogy is great is like saying the sky is blue! ;)And no, I CANNOT take credit for that! But my current favorite that rises above (nearly) all the films listed just now is AZUMI, probably the best swordplay film I've ever seen and one of the best action movies of all time. My merely hearing about this film years before inspired me in the creation of HELL KNIGHT, and to watch this film will change your mind forever about whether teenaged girls can carry samurai swords or not!
Television
Not much...the main reason I turn on the TV these days is to watch a DVD or play video games. (FIREFLY, HAPPY DAYS, MORK AND MINDY, CSI:NY, LAW & ORDER, and PROFIT are among my few favorite shows.) I've seen a fair share of anime, too...my favorites there include BURST ANGEL, ERGO PROXY, GHOST IN THE SHELL: SAC, SAMURAI GIRL: REALBOUT HIGH SCHOOL, STEEL ANGEL KURUMI, and TRIGUN.
I'm a PlayStation geek, and entire game series are among my favorite games. My favorite series include (but as you'll see not limited to Sony's consoles): DEVIL MAY CRY,
RESIDENT EVIL, DOOM, FINAL FANTASY, HALO, HALF LIFE, SILENT HILL, ONIMUSHA, GRAND THEFT AUTO, ACE COMBAT, GOD OF WAR, BALDUR'S GATE: DARK ALLIANCE, SSX, TWISTED METAL, PARASITE EVE,DINO CRISIS, DYNASTY WARRIORS, SAMURAI WARRIORS, NEED FOR SPEED, ZONE OF THE ENDERS, KESSEN, RAINBOW SIX, TOMB RAIDER, TEKKEN, FEAR EFFECT, MAX PAYNE, PRINCE OF PERSIA, RATCHET AND CLANK, JAK AND DAXTER (later just plain JAK), TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER...damn, I'd go on, but I'd need another page! My favorites among those series: DEVIL MAY CRY 3, RESIDENT EVIL 2 AND 4, DOOM and DOOM 3 (including RESURRECTION OF EVIL), FINAL FANTASY VI, VII, VIII, X, and X-2, HALO 2, HALF LIFE 2, SILENT HILL 3,
ONIMUSHA: WARLORDS and DAWN OF DREAMS, GTA: SAN ANDREAS, ACE COMBAT 5, SSX TRICKY and 3, TWISTED METAL 2 and TM: BLACK,
NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2 and MOST WANTED, the original PC RAINBOW SIX, TOMB RAIDER 2 and LEGEND, TEKKEN 3 and 5, and...jeez, I'd better stop now! (And I haven't even included the games that aren't part of a series!)
And this may come as a shock to some of you, but I also read manga!
Calm down! I haven't been able to get into it a great deal, like anime (For one thing, I don't have the budget to get every Dragon Ball book!), but I've got a few favorites in manga, too!
Charles Spencer, author of HELL KNIGHT's Details
Status:
Single
Orientation:
Straight
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / No
Children:
Someday
Education:
College graduate
Charles Spencer, author of HELL KNIGHT's Schools
Webster University
St Louis, MO
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Video Production
1997 to 1999
Charles Spencer, author of HELL KNIGHT Thanksgiving's coming? Already? And the Annual Christmas Advertising Blitz has to happen BEFORE that? Sigh! Posted at 3:26 AM Nov 15 view more
My name is Charles, and this will soon become the place where you can find out everything you need to know about my independent novel, HELL KNIGHT!
HELL KNIGHT is a fantasy-horror novel for mature readers only.
See the first three chapters for HELL KNIGHT here: http://www.geocities.com/hellknightnovel/index.html
The setting of HELL KNIGHT is in the heart of a nation known by its citizens as God's Country.
The United States of America.
It is in the heart of this nation a secret war
is about to explode between the mortal
and the immortal...
At the core of the conflict is a warrior who will
come from the shadows...from a realm of
indescribable, unspeakable nightmares.
A realm where only evil reigns.
And she can make many things possible.
Her mission will be unknowable to the mortal world, but she will
have mortals serve her. They will be her army...
they will kill and die for her.
Her enemies are equally mysterious in their purpose,
but they are monstrous. Vile beyond belief.
And they are legion.
This much the world will know...
By the sharp blades of her swords,
she will make blood flow like a river.
But a detective in the heart of God's Country,
haunted by her past, will become obsessed to
understand the truth. Understand why the bloody
chaos is happening.
The truth will be beyond anything she can imagine.
It is a truth that threatens to change everything.
The truth will force a mortal detective to follow
a relentless, ruthless warrior from another
realm into the darkest of shadows.
Both will find an unexpected, shared destiny.
But in the end, only this warrior from another realm
can do everything in her unworldly power to deny
the change her enemies threaten to bring.
She will become the only hope for the mortal world...
in spite of one extraordinary fact.
She came from Hell.
She is the Hell Knight.
Hell Knight is now available at www.lulu.com in paperback and as an eBook. The following are the URLs where you can order the novel at Lulu!
Already watched A New Hope. Empire's a little later after Love Hina Again. Burger and fries for dinner tonight. I soooooooooooooooo don't want to work tomorrow!!!!
Here's some pics to be thankful for on Turkey Day!
Hey Charles, long time no speak...well...that is my fault, with school and family. Everything is going alright6 with me and the kids. Just got report cards today and all four of them did great. Thanks for your comments you send I really appreciate them. I hope you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving. I will try and keep in touch a bit more.
Thanksgiving is gonna be pizza and dvds(most likely lots of Star Wars) for me. Most likely when I get in from work tonight I won't leave my place again 'til Friday morning when I go to work.
I'd love to munch on some of those delicious looking "melons" you sent in all those pics!
Here's my personal pic for the Most Delicious Buffet award.
Yeah, I can wait with no problem and pay full price or close to it for a dvd if it means I won't get trampled on at Wal Mart by some impatient morons. ^_^ Seeing Hama completely made up for the crappy con overall.
You bet, if a woman is drop dead beautiful, the word discriminate is never in my vocabulary. I love m some Shu Qi cleavage.
Happy Monday.....yeah right, it doesn't exist. ^_^
Yeah, I was thinking the excat same thing about the dvds before I read your comment. Maybe Angels and Demons and Star Trek will be pennies on Black Friday, but 1.) I have to work the whole day Friday, and 2.) I refuse to put up with the mobs and crowds of f--king idiots who are bloodthirsty and cutthroat on wanting to save a mere few bucks on something that they can certainly live without.
Well, the comicccon blew yesterday but I got my autographs and a pic of Hama holding up my issues he signed.
I sooo appreciate the fabulous pics of Ami and the other lovely gals. Japanese women know how to be gorgeous for sure!
She may be Chinese but Shu Qi certainly falls into that category as well.
Well, I like Sam but yeah, he's not the acting god everyone thinks he is. In fact, my fav. film with him is Jurassic Park and it wasn't 'cause if his part. I like Manami much much more!
That is one SPECTACULAR looking woman!!!!
Yeah, definitely don't expect Resolute with the live action movie. At least it gave us this incredible sight.
And I'll be picking up the extended cut of this fantastic movie on Tuesday.
Yeah, sure hope all's well with her and her family. Did you ever see her Playboy? Ohhhh mannnnnn!!!!
Love that Aeris/Tifa pic! Talk about lovely, see below.
Onecahnbara was an excellent film. Only thing better was those pics you sent. I knew Aya and Saki were awesomely hot but I didn't realize how fricking incredible Manami looked out of her Reiko fatigues! How I long to be the Dorito she's eating in that pic!
I mean come on, how could any straight guy not fall for this woman!
Yeah, I have NEVER been a fan of Edge. And like you said, the whole public saturation of the incident was un called for and made me hate him and Lita even more. I heard that Ashley asked to be let out of her contract 'cause her daughter was sick. I sure hope she's well with whatever she's doing these days.
Lord knows I'd be well no matter what with either Anna or Erika!
Nah, don't feel dumb. I didn't know ot was Hamill for the longest time. I found out through a forum I was on for Star Wars not long ago.
Well, the very nice pics of both Mickie and Trish showed but not the one of Lita. It's no skin off my back though 'cause I'm not a big fan of hers. She has a great body but I never liked her face and what she did to Matt was too terrible to forget.
I sure miss Ashley. She was WWE Diva to the max! And Matt was with her for a short while after the whole Lita thing. Talk about a great trade off!
I've so fallen for Anna Tsuchiya after seeing Kamikaze Girls it's not funny!
That narrator in the ESB trailer was none other than Mark Hamill. I suppose he was fooling around on the set and asked to do the voice over for the trailer. Funny dude. No worroies on not knowing her real and full name. Tomoko Kawase is my girl, so I don't expect you to know as much as me. ^_^ OMG! That Ami pic was divine! Then again, she could NEVER look bad. I loveeee that woman!!! What I would do to her........better stop while I'm ahead or I'll get kicked off MySpace.
I can imagine what you'd do to your fave WWE diva.
Oh man,the narrator was so bad!!!!!! Speaking of which, ever seen the launch trailer for The Empire Strikes Back? The narrator is beyond terrible but I think it's meant to be that way. Try and guess who it is and if you don't figure it out I'll let you know next comment. You may be surprised!
You can't go wrong with Kamikaze Girls!
And if Tomoko were my girl my social life would indeed be in jeopardy 'cause I'd never want to leave my place!
Hope your Sunday will be good. I'm just staying in and watching dvds all day. Aside from getting Chinese take out later I'm not leaving my place. If I had these two in my house I'd never leave. ^_^
Yeah, boredom can be enough to kill you. Good thing there's dvds. ^_^ I just watched the movie Kamikaze Girls. It was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time and the two main characters were HOT beyond words.
The last movie I remember seeing Shinobu in was called Tannka. It was about some woman who was torn between two dudes. It wasn't too great. She only had a small part in it. Vegas would b the best! I'd hit up the Star Trek Experience for sure. Have any plnas for the weekend?
Yeah buddy!
Happy Veteran's Day. But Halloween's still my favorite!
Oh man, Yumiko! I may have to sit down and watch that one just for her gorgeous presence. I watched a few minutes of one that had Jet Li's beautiful g/f from Fist of Legend. I've never been a Gojira fan. My mom and one of my best friends are all about it though. I read that a 21 year old, the youngest champion ever, won that tournament. Something like close to 9 million he won. I'd sure love to learn poker and hit up Vegas sometime. Booooo, that Ami pic didn't show. Oh well, Hopefully these will be a bright part of your day.
Yeah, let's hope this country finally wisens up and does justice right with this guy.
Ironside is one of those great actors I feel never got his true respect in the industry. Almost always playing a bad guy he is infinitely better than so many other lame actors out ther like Keanu Reeves or Jack Black, yet they get all the attention. Scanners and Highalnder 2 are two of my favs. from him.
I like your idea of "fruit for thought". ^_^
How was your Monday this time 'round? Mine was horrible, terrible, the usual. :)
Man, that's horrible what happened in Fort Hood today. I'm so glad they killed that sicko and hope the reasoning behind it is uncovered.
Yeah, I do agree with you on your assertion of the new V. I do indeed miss Mike Donavan and Ham Tyler and the whole red uniform, Nazi thing being absent is sad. Like you said, hopefully it will indeed pick up. It's cool that they already have the "5th Column" resistance within the Visitors already though.
Are you talking about the girl with the luggage? I can't see if she has red eyes or not. I don't think she's cosplaying as anyone, just a Goth Lolita. She looks GREAT nonetheless. I'll have lots of pics for you when I get back from Nekocon on Sunday. Have a good weekend since I won't be online for a few days.
Yeah, the 5 part, two miniseries was great and all but the tv series that followed blew big time. I watched the new one last night and it was pretty good. Morena did well in following in Badler's footsteps. It also had a few things I wasn't expecting with some of the characters. The only thing I didn't like was that they didn't have their original red uniforms and the voices were human unlike in the original where they reverberated. Did you get the chance to see it?
I love my Inara/Anna.
And as long as they are of age, we're not warped, just horny. ^_^
I love the Charmed girls, especially Rose. I've never been a fan of Shannon, though I'd jump off the Empire State Building before I kicked her out of bed. ^_^
