Reviews of books.
Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror A cursory examination of horror fiction before and after one of the most significant wars in the long history of […]
The Empress of Salt and Fortune It won’t take long for you to read this very short book. The first thing you will notice, in the first sentence, is the […]
The Misadventures of Two Reluctant Zombie Hunters: Zombies at the Con, and, The Misadventures of Two Reluctant Zombie Hunters: Hospitals are Hell Zombies are my favorite monster because they’re a […]
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking [“Siege. Sorcery. Sourdough.”] Some wizards have it made. They can cast spells that change the world, or at least make people fear them. Some […]
The House of Daniel The tagline on the cover says “A Novel of Wild Magic, the Great Depression and Semipro Ball”. Turtledove used to be one of my favorite authors […]
Shell Game Sometimes you find a book that blurs the edges around several genres and the author makes it work beautifully. Benny Lawrence has done that with Shell Game, a […]
Hollow Kingdom Now was probably not a great time to read a novel about the zombie apocalypse set in Seattle, where the COVID-19 pandemic got started earlier this year. But […]
Dark Harvest One of the first things you learn as a writer is that you’re supposed to come out swinging with your manuscript, really wow the editor before he can […]
Invisible Fences Sometimes, a story will reach out from your kindle and smack you right in the face.* I recently read one just like that, taking me to a time […]
Enjoy this Monday with Mildred! Little Shoes I had to think about this book for a while before reviewing it. I’ve long been a fan of true crime, especially those […]
