Items tagged with 'Review'

Bookshots: 'Made to Kill' by Adam Christopher

Review by BH Shepherd

A brief review of 'Made to Kill' by Adam Christopher.

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: 'Food Whore' by Jessica Tom

Review by Cath Murphy

Food, glorious food.

Bookshots: 'Welcome to Night Vale' by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

Review by Max Booth III

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Bookshots: 'Lolito' by Ben Brooks

Review by BH Shepherd

A concise review of 'Lolito' by Ben Brooks.

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.