Bookshots: 'The Monstrous' edited by Ellen Datlow
Column by Richard Thomas
Electrifying tales that redefine monsters from mere things that go bump in the night to inexplicable, deadly reflections of our day-to-day lives.
Bookshots: 'Welcome to Night Vale' by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Review by Max Booth III
KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY. KING CITY.
Bookshots: ‘Savage Lane’ By Jason Starr
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of noirist Jason Starr's 16th novel, 'Savage Lane'.
Bookshots: 'Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe' by Thomas Ligotti
Review by Christopher Shultz
The first two groundbreaking collections from Thomas Ligotti get the Penguin Classics paperback treatment.
Bookshots: 'The Rim of Morning' by William Sloane
Review by Cath Murphy
Stephen King thinks these reissued horror novellas from the 1930s are remarkable. So do I.
Bookshots: 'Bats of the Republic' by Zachary Thomas Dodson
Review by Leah Dearborn
After The Collapse, society has slowly rebuilt itself into an alternate reality where blood and heredity reign.
Bookshots: 'Dark Screams: Volume Five' edited by Richard Chizmar and Brian James
Review by Christopher Shultz
The fifth installment of the Dark Screams series serves up horror tales from Mick Garris, Kealan Patrick Burke, and Bentley Little.
Bookshots: ‘The New and Improved Romie Futch’ By Julia Elliott
Review by Keith Rawson
A short review of Julia Elliot's brilliant and hilarious debut novel, ‘The New and Improved Romie Futch’.
Bookshots: 'Gold Fame Citrus' by Claire Vaye Watkins
Review by Christopher Shultz
In this quasi-magical tale, Luz, a former child state icon/model, navigates the water-depleted, post-apocalyptic California coast with her partner Ray and their "child" Ig.
Bookshots: 'Little Sister Death' By William Gay
Review by Keith Rawson
A short review of the late, great William Gay's first posthumous novel, 'Little Sister Death'.
Bookshots: 'Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence' by Greg Graffin
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
Punk rock professor Greg Graffin, lead singer of Bad Religion, challenges the modern narrative of war with SCIENCE!
Bookshots: 'Not on Fire, but Burning' by Greg Hrbek
Review by BH Shepherd
A concise review of "Not on Fire, but Burning" by Greg Hrbek.
Bookshots: 'The Heart Goes Last' by Margaret Atwood
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
Atwood repackages serial eBook series 'Positron' as a novel.
Bookshots: 'Benchere in Wonderland' by Steven Gillis
Review by Cath Murphy
Is art still art even if no one is around to see it?
Bookshots: 'The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray' by Robert Schnakenberg
Column by Brandon Tietz September 17, 2015
A huge Bill Murray fan reads a book about Bill Murray...and the results are a teeny bit sad.
Bookshots: ‘So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighborhood’ by Patrick Modiano
Review by Dean Fetzer
Jean Daragane’s solitary life in his apartment in Paris is rudely interrupted on a hot summer’s night by a phone call about a lost address book.
Bookshots: 'Undermajordomo Minor' By Patrick deWitt
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of Patrick deWitt's latest comic masterpiece, 'Undermajordomo Minor.'
Bookshots: 'The Suicide of Claire Bishop' by Carmiel Banasky
Review by Leah Dearborn
In 2004, a young man discovers a painting that appears to have been created by his ex-girlfriend. The problem is that his ex-girlfriend is in her twenties, and said painting is dated to 1959.
Bookshots: 'The Castaway Lounge' by Jon Boilard
Review by Cath Murphy
Titty bars, flying saucers and humour as deadpan flat as roadkill.
Bookshots: 'Purity' by Jonathan Franzen
Review by Freddie Moore
Franzen's latest cultural criticism comes with a twist of Dickens.
Bookshots: '$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America' by Kathryn Edin & H. Luke Schaefer
Review by Christopher Shultz
Meticulous research and personal anecdotes reveal an often overlooked extreme poverty in America.
Bookshots: 'You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine' by Alexandra Kleeman
Review by Cath Murphy August 25, 2015
Don't eat the Kandy Kakes
Bookshots: 'The Incarnations: A Novel' by Susan Barker
Review by Leah Dearborn
Written in a fervent and frightening hand, the letters come from a person who claims to be Wang’s soul mate from across lifetimes; a being who blew into the city on the winds of the Gobi Desert.
