Synopsis: The Hell Wars were mankind’s last stand against the loosed forces of, well, Hell. Alas, our brave soldiers were nothing compared to Count Draculon (Adam Brooks) and his forces of evil. One soldier (Matthew Kennedy) watched his brother Sarge (Ivan Henwood) die and then fought bravely only to be killed himself. Or was he […]
Read more "“It’s not about the killing. It’s about family!”: Manborg"We conclude this phase of our Jeff Strand reading series with a little novella length confection of humor and horror. Suckers is a collaboration between Strand and author J. A. Konrath, which pairs up Strand’s dopey but loveable series character Andrew Mayhem with Konrath’s raunchy jackass Harry McGlade. Of the two characters, I have plenty […]
Read more "What a Couple of Nincompoops: Jeff Strand and J. A. Konrath’s Suckers"Good crime fiction illuminates as much as it titillates with tales of transgressive and criminal acts. This is never truer in that particular branch of crime fiction centering on the heist. Lionel White knew this, and though his books are often characterized as explorations of the clockwork planning and off-the-rails results of robbing a race […]
Read more "The Pure and Unmistakable Sound of Despair: S. A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland"My horror story “I, Urban Legend” appears in the new anthology from DBND Publishing, Hookman and Friends. Although the title might suggest a sweet reunion between long lost pals, this anthology is anything but. Just check out that cover! Hookman and Friends collects new spins on well-known and lesser known urban legends. “These stories aim […]
Read more "New Book Day: Hookman and Friends"Synopsis: Dogen (Jeffry Byron) is a Ranger, Finder Class, searching for Jared-Syn (Michael Preston), the madman who has been rousing native unrest, ordering the deaths of prospectors, and generally doing nasty things on a planet in the far future. He rides across a blasted, southwestern style landscape in his souped up future mobile, getting into […]
Read more "Crystal Magic vs Lazer Guns: Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn"It’s nice to see books that live up to their descriptive subtitles. I’ve seen plenty of “A Terrifying Novel of Goat Possession As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Prepubescent Bed Wetter” hitting Amazon.com, and while they may be technically accurate, the amount of wordage wasted in such subtitles makes me wonder about their veracity. […]
Read more "Well, THAT Escalated Quickly: Jeff Strand’s Bang Up"Joe R. Lansdale is a Texas institution, a prolific author who releases a couple of novels a year in various genres, maybe a collection. Lansdale cut his teeth on some of the more intense horror and crime fiction of the 1980s, then generally transitioned away from the fantastic into the realms of crime and suspense […]
Read more "Some People Pave A Short Path to Hell: Joe R. Lansdale’s More Better Deals"Synopsis: When a comet that hasn’t stopped by to say “Hi!” since the end of the dinosaur era returns to our solar system, most scientists believe it will shower the world with one hell of an atmospheric light show. A small band of naysayers tuck themselves away behind shielded walls for fear of Armageddon. The […]
Read more "Scary Noises: Night of the Comet"Rebecca is not the bravest woman in the world. She is happily married to Gary, but in their five years of wedded bliss, she has not had to be on her own for a full weekend before. She’s a tad jumpy at the idea of him spending the weekend camping with his pals, but she’s […]
Read more "Into the Dark, Dark Woods: Jeff Strand’s Faint of Heart"One day ten years ago, four Blackfeet men went hunting where they had no business going. Part of the reservation’s hunting grounds were reserved for elders, but the week before Thanksgiving, Ricky Boss Ribs, Lewis Clarke, Gabe Cross Guns, and Cass Thinks Twice decided to head out and see what they could find, bring home […]
Read more "You Hurt and You Hurt, and Then You Don’t: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Only Good Indians"
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