Bookshots: 'Fungoid' by William Meikle
Review by Leah Rhyne December 5, 2016
What happens when genetically engineered fungi (or maybe aliens taking the shape of genetically engineered fungi) take over the world?
Seriously, y'all. There's a fungus among us.
Bookshots: ‘Bones Are Made To Be Broken’ by Paul Michael Anderson
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of Paul Michael Anderson's debut short story collection, ‘Bones Are Made To Be Broken’.
Bookshots: 'Slipping' by Lauren Beukes
Review by Gabino Iglesias
Beukes offers a wonderful mix of science fiction, horror, and smart writing in her latest collection.
Bookshots: 'They Don't Come Home Anymore' by T.E. Grau
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
This is not another teen vampire story.
Bookshots: ‘Moonglow’ by Michael Chabon
Review by Dean Fetzer
Our narrator is spending the last ten days of his grandfather’s life with him in his mother’s house, learning a great deal about his grandfather’s, his grandmother’s and his mother’s lives.
Bookshots: 'Burn My Shadow' by Tyler Knight
Review by Brandon Tietz November 21, 2016
"Burn My Shadow" follows the porn career of Tyler Knight, a black porn star who has been featured in over three hundred movies.
Bookshots: 'I Miss the World' by Violet LeVoit
Review by Max Booth III
From the author of "I'll Fuck Anything that Moves and Stephen Hawking."
Bookshots: 'Swing Time' by Zadie Smith
Review by BH Shepherd
A brief review of "Swing Time" by Zadie Smith.
Bookshots: 'Pirate Utopia' by Bruce Sterling
Review by Max Booth III
A look at Bruce Sterling's anticipated new novella.
Bookshots: 'The Sick Bag Song' by Nick Cave
Review by Leah Dearborn November 7, 2016
Would I want to live in Nick Cave's mind? Probably not, but I don't really think he does either.
Bookshots: 'Pull Me Under' by Kelly Luce
Review by Freddie Moore November 3, 2016
A look inside Kelly Luce's debut novel.
Bookshots: 'Reel' by Tobias Carroll
Review by Gabino Iglesias November 3, 2016
Two people crash against each other briefly, but their encounter leaves lasting consequences.
Bookshots: 'Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror' Edited By Ellen Datlow
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of the new anthology, 'Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror'.
Bookshots: 'A Bloom of Bones' by Allen Morris Jones
Review by Stephanie Bonjack
A dead body discovered in small-town big sky country directs all eyes to a lone cowboy with a complicated past.
Bookshots: 'Certain Dark Things' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Review by Max Booth III October 25, 2016
A review of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's new narco vampire novel.
Bookshots: 'Land of Love and Ruins' by Oddny Eir
Review by Leah Dearborn October 25, 2016
"Land of Love and Ruins" is a quiet and intriguing book that contemplates the connections between people and their environments.
Bookshots: 'Agnes' by Peter Stamm, translated by Michael Hofmann
Review by BH Shepherd October 24, 2016
A brief review of Michael Hofmann's translation of "Agnes" by Peter Stamm.
Bookshots: 'Flying Couch' by Amy Kurzweil
Review by Freddie Moore October 11, 2016
A look inside Amy Kurzweil’s debut graphic novel.
Bookshots: 'Swift to Chase' by Laird Barron
Review by Max Booth III October 7, 2016
A look at Laird Barron's haunting Alaskan collection.
Bookshots: 'Stranded' By Bracken MacLeod
Review by Keith Rawson October 6, 2016
A brief review of 'Stranded' By Bracken MacLeod.
Bookshots: ‘Colonel Lágrimas’ by Carlos Fonseca Suárez
Review by Dean Fetzer October 4, 2016
An aging mathematician works on his last project, a series of biographies of famous female alchemists, in his remote mountain home.
Bookshots: 'Triggerman' by Walter Hill and Matz
Review by Bart Bishop
A Review of Walter Hill's new comic book, 'Triggerman', from Titan Comics, in collaboration with crime novel publisher Hard Case Crime, with art by Matz.
BookShots: 'The Ferryman Institute' by Colin Gigl
Review by Christopher Shultz
A jaded ferryman tired of dealing with death gets a chance to figure out what he wants out of life.
Bookshots: 'Novi Sad' by Jeff Jackson
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
Jeff Jackson returns with a "sister book" to the acclaimed punk rock mind bender, 'Mira Corpora'.
Bookshots: 'The Warren' by Brian Evenson
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
Evenson's latest is a sci-fi novella that takes on nothing less than the nature of identity and what it means to be "human."