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Feeling a bit too optimistic as of late? Thinking that nothing can get you down? Try David Oppegaard’s THE SUICIDE COLLECTORS on for size! It’ll get you back to earth like the rest of us.
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I haven't read a novel quite like ROOTS OF EVIL since, oh, 1790 or so. No, the language isn't difficult, and the sentence structure is modern, but the novel is so close to being a...
I’ve read good Douglas Clegg and bad Douglas Clegg; ISIS, however, is great. This tiny novel is a gem of supernatural horror, with the author channeling the classic style of ghost-storytellers of...
I offered sincere applause when reviewing Johan Theorin's ECHOES FROM THE DEAD not too long ago, but now that applause must turn into a standing ovation with cries of Encore!...
I’ve never been to the popular PostSecret.com site, a phenomenon Frank Warren started as a project inviting people to send confessions — secrets they’ve never told anyone — to his...
Born from a million comic books, more than 10,000 mighty marvels of merchandising call The Toy & Action Figure Museum of Pauls Valley, Okla., home. Inside a former department store on an aged downtown street in a city you otherwise might never visit,...
AMERICAN FANTASTIC TALES edited by Peter Straub — Should you have a horror hound on your holiday gift list, this is what you get them: Library of America’s two-volume set, well-edited with unconventional choices by Straub. End of story. Check. You’re...
I’m a big nature enthusiast. I would love to move into the middle of the woods so I can work on my manifesto. But since that is not happening any time soon, reading some books with nature- like titles will suffice. I almost took the super-easy route by...
It’s little women and big thrills as the all-new GRAPHIC CLASSICS: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT features an adaptation of the author’s beloved novel LITTLE WOMEN in comic-book form, and also presents lesser-known Alcott stories including the Gothic mystery “A...
Orson Scott Card fans will want to get their grubby little hands on THE AUTHORIZED ENDER COMPANION by Jake Black, author of some of the Marvel Comics ENDER issues. The book is a complete, in-depth encyclopedia of all the persons, places, things and...
I think Bookgasm is a wonderful site, where they review books not covered by others. They give honest thoughtful reviews of books, never mincing words if they like a book or not.
