Paul Matthew Carr, Author at DaddyElk Productions

About Paul Matthew Carr

Paul is a writer, artist and designer. He spends an inordinate amount of time on the Internet blogging about silly things and even more time making things up and then attempting to convince people they are proper stories. He also talks into microphones from time to time.

In a Forest Dark and Gloomy

I sit and look out my back window into the yard behind my house. It

By Paul Matthew Carr|2022-01-01T15:43:21-07:00January 12th, 2022|Adrift, Creativity, Dreams, Features, Freedom, Stories & Sketches, Temptations & Trespasses|0 Comments

I Remember Magic

I am driving home from work in the rain. The traffic is heavy and I

By Paul Matthew Carr|2022-01-01T15:40:24-07:00January 5th, 2022|Adrift, Creativity, Features, Freedom, Halloween, Lost & Found, Temptations & Trespasses, Uncanny / Unreal|0 Comments

All That Road Going: Kerouac & A Driving Beat

On my 16th birthday my brother gave me a copy of Jack Kerouac’s On the

By Paul Matthew Carr|2022-01-01T15:23:34-07:00January 1st, 2022|Adrift, Creativity, Freedom, Lost & Found, Summertime, Temptations & Trespasses|0 Comments

An Immaculate Fix: A Junky’s Christmas

It was Christmas Day and Danny the Car Wiper hit the street junksick and

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-11-29T10:56:06-07:00December 15th, 2021|Thoughts & Notions, What You Reading, Xmas|0 Comments

Fun Facts About Reindeer (with Pictures)

Reindeer are commonly associated with Christmas because of a certain individual that shows up

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-12-14T10:43:48-07:00December 14th, 2021|Ideas & Opinions, Xmas|0 Comments

Happy Life Day: The Star Wars Holiday Special

Author's note: This was written nearly seven years ago and I must admit my

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-11-29T10:50:14-07:00December 8th, 2021|Features, Ideas & Excuses, Thoughts & Notions, Xmas|Comments Off

Thou Doth Protest Too Much: The Silent Night, Deadly Night Controversy

Picture this: the year is 1984 and you are an impressionable youth watching an

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-11-29T11:19:52-07:00December 2nd, 2021|Monster Memories, Thoughts & Notions, Xmas|0 Comments

A Merry Little Alternative Xmas

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Sure, that’s a given. People seem

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-11-29T09:46:29-07:00December 1st, 2021|Announcements, Ideas & Opinions, Xmas|0 Comments

In the Swirling Sands I Jump

I stand atop the Sand Dunes at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo, the

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-11-01T10:03:35-06:00November 3rd, 2021|Temptations & Trespasses|0 Comments

A 1999 Interview with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Way back before the turn of the century (which is an extremely fun phrase to

By Paul Matthew Carr|2021-10-26T13:09:57-06:00October 27th, 2021|Ideas & Opinions|0 Comments

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