Once Were Cops: A Novel by Ken Bruen
The novel is short and slapdash. It would be even shorter if Bruen had not written it in hundreds of one-sentence paragraphs. It has the feel of having been dashed off in a few weeks, but it possesses a blood-on-the-tracks fascination. You can accuse Bruen of various sins, [...]
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Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen - Review
Ravensoul by James Barclay - Review
Ravensoul (Legends of the Raven 4) by James Barclay
‘Ravensoul’ is a more than fitting finale to a series that I’ve really enjoyed. Fans will love it; newcomers to the series could read this on its own (as there’s plenty of ‘what has gone before’ filler type stuff) but would be advised to start on ‘Dawnthief’ [...]
Travel Writing by Peter Ferry - Review
Travel Writing by Peter Ferry
Even as it makes playful puzzles out of truth and illusion, metafiction has the same goal as conventional fiction: to make the reader care. Why else would we stick around for 300 pages? What draws us into “Travel Writing” is the author’s pure love of teaching and his thirst for travel, [...]
Guillermo del Toro talks The Hobbit, Frankenstein & At The Mountains of Madness - Movie News
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
At the Mountains of Madness: The Definitive Edition by H.P. Lovecraft
Q: With regard to At the Mountains of Madness, I’d love to see you tackle H.P. Lovecraft in a way that hasn’t been done.
Del Toro: Me too. Me too. … Part of the arrangement with Universal–in being essentially [...]
Holiday with a Vampire II by Merline Lovelace & Lori Devoti - Review
Holiday With A Vampire II: A Christmas Kiss\The Vampire Who Stole Christmas by Merline Lovelace & Lori Devoti
Although vampires star in both tales, the paranormal is low keyed as each is more a typical lighthearted holiday romance except perhaps for the vamp needing to go to the dentist in Ms. Lovelace’s tale. Still fans will [...]
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi - Review
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
Zoe’s Tale wouldn’t work if it weren’t for Zoë. John Scalzi insists the character is not based on his daughter. But he has poured enough paternal love into the creation and development of his plucky teen heroine to raise global sea levels by a full meter. Result: the character breathes such [...]
Dennis Lehane Interview
Patrick Kenzie is missing and presumed dead.
No, it’s not the latest plot line for a Dennis Lehane whodunit. It’s a sad fact for the best-selling author. The character who helped him sell a million books and launch a bankable career just doesn’t speak to him anymore.
“At first, I was ready for a break and I [...]
In Silent Graves by Gary A. Braunbeck - Review
In Silent Graves by Gary A. Braunbeck
Fantastic. Spell binding. A story unlike anything I’ve ever read, brilliant. A tale of horror and love, unsettling yet deeply moving. Highly recommended.
At times I was reminded of the powers of Robert McCammon, the power he wields in the field of fiction.
This is one of those stories I just [...]
Love in the Time of Fridges by Tim Scott - Review
Love in the Time of Fridges by Tim Scott
Love in the Time of Fridges is the story of Huckleberry Lindbergh, an ex-Cop who returns to New Seattle after an 8-year self-imposed exile following the death of his wife. The world that the author has created for this story is an absurdist exaggeration of the Nanny [...]
The First Person and other stories by Ali Smith - Review
The First Person and Other Stories by Ali Smith
Ali Smith writes mainly about love - and the stories lovers tell, forget, hold on to and take over. She refers frequently to the mechanics of storytelling; never to the mechanics of sex. Names of characters are used more sparingly than the language of officialdom. A sick [...]
