Alternate history stories always bug me, because I want to know everything when it comes to how different the world is. In The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, we have a world that is driven to the psychological and physical brink of extinction and then proceeds to fall right back into old habits, despite one literal earth-shattering … Continue reading Review: The Calculating Stars
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Review: Rapture of the Deep and Other Lovecraftian Tales
I wasn't prepared for this collection of Lovecraftian stories from Cody Goodfellow, but they were some of the best cosmic horror shorts I have read this year. Packed with all the dripping dread that Lovecraft was famous for, Goodfellow manages(and does quite well) to not only adapt the traditional style of cosmic horror and weird … Continue reading Review: Rapture of the Deep and Other Lovecraftian Tales
Review: Darkweird
DARKWEIRD by Matthew Davis, does everything a second book should do: heartbreak, raises the stakes to ridiculous degrees, and more inter-dimensional hi-jinks. Davis manages to do that and so much more in his second installment of the GREY DAYS series. A few months have passed since the last almost world ending event and now...it's about … Continue reading Review: Darkweird
Review: Less
This was my latest audiobook I listened to and it was such a strange little journey. Written by Andrew Sean Greer and narrated by the amazing Robert Petkoff, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer in Literature LESS, is the story of a failing writer. When Arthur Less is about to turn fifty within the next few … Continue reading Review: Less
Review: Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy
Murderbot is back! I finally got around to crush the last two novellas in this series. Too bad Network Effect, the full length novel, isn't slated to come out for another year or so, but in the meantime, Martha Wells keeps teasing us along with such a fun series of books, with of course our ever lovable, but … Continue reading Review: Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy
Review: To Another Abyss
To Another Abyss by Zach Barlett is an entertaining mix of high art culture, Lovecraftian kitsch, and humor. He sent me a copy of this book for review and I have to say, this was a truly genre subverting read. Following a somewhat stuffy, but insecure art gallery owner, Greg Withers and his punky counter part … Continue reading Review: To Another Abyss
Review: Black Helicopters
So, I read the sequel to Black Helicopters by Caitlin R. Kiernan some time ago. It is now in an expanded and definitive form from the World Fantasy award-nominated original short story. Ptolema is merely a pawn in her agency's global game of chess and is attempting to unravel what has become virtually inscrutable to just about … Continue reading Review: Black Helicopters
Review: Hinnom Magazine Issue #10
So, I supported Gehenna & Hinnom Books during their kickstarter campaign last year and I subscribed to their Hinnom magazine through that. I was terribly excited to get my first issue and boy did it not disappoint. I have only read a few stories here and there from them previously, but I wasn't totally prepared for … Continue reading Review: Hinnom Magazine Issue #10
Writing as Work
So, I thought I had done a writing update almost three months ago, but apparently, I have not! I'm not sure that any of you truly care about these posts, but these are in a sense strictly for me to take stock, re-evaluate what's working, and to also update any of you that do care about … Continue reading Writing as Work
Review: Pimp My Airship
Aside from a stellar title, where can one start with Maurice Broaddus' PIMP MY AIRSHIP? Well, let's start with a synopsis: Enter Sleepy, who wants nothing more than to remain in his (relatively) comfy apartment, keep a low profile, smoke chiba, and spit fast rhymes at the local club. Yet, when the rascal, protester Knowledge … Continue reading Review: Pimp My Airship
