Synopsis: Sticks and stones may break their bones, but he’ll just resurrect them. Four years ago, Sikras ‘Catseye’ Nikabod had it all: a beautiful wife, friends and family, and the endless luxuries that came with being the all-powerful necromancer to the queen. Now, his brother-in-law is a walking corpse, he’s wanted for tax evasion, his […]
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Review: The Incubations by Ramsey Campbell
Synopsis: When a weight landed on his legs he raised his head from the violently crumpled pillow. The bed already had another occupant, and as Leo flung the quilt back so that it wouldn’t hinder his escape the creature scurried up his body to squat on his chest, clutching him with all its limbs like […]
Review: The Umbrella Academy Vol 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart
Synopsis The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix! In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who’d previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, “To save the world.” These seven […]
Review: Absolute Superman #1
Synopsis Without the fortress…without the family…without a home…what’s left is the Absolute Man of Steel! Review Absolute Superman #1 completes the trinity of DC’s bold new initiative this fall, presenting their classic characters like Batman and Wonder Woman without the burden of continuity. This is the book I’ve been most uncertain about. Whereas Batman is […]
Review: Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
Synopsis: Big-band frontman Johnny Favorite was singing for the troops when a Luftwaffe fighter squadron strafed the bandstand, killing the crowd and leaving the singer near death. The army returned him to a private hospital in upstate New York, leaving him to live out his days as a vegetable while the world forgot him. But […]
Review: Summer of the Monsters by David Sodergren
Synopsis: “Monsters aren’t real.” That’s what sixteen-year-old Lucy Brannigan has always believed, until, broke and desperate, she and her father move to an isolated farmhouse in the small Scottish town of Helsbridge. It’s their last chance, and they have to make it work. For Lucy, life appears to be over. With no friends, and surrounded […]
Review: Parthenogenesis by Stephen Graham Jones
Synopsis When their rental truck breaks down, two friends moving cross-country kill time by telling stories about the strange carving in front of the motel where they’re awaiting a mechanic . . . Review Grabbed this on kindle as soon as I saw it was being released. Two best friends have decided to move together. […]
Review: Kill Your Darling by Clay Mcleod Chapman
Synopsis: The body of Glenn Partridge’s 15-year-old son was discovered in a vacant lot nearly forty years ago. The police are still no closer to finding the murderer decades later. Glenn refuses to let the memory of his son fade—or let anyone else within this small working-class community forget. His long-suffering wife signs him up […]
Book Review: The Hunters by David Wragg
TL;DR Review: A fast-paced, humor-laced, adventure that doles out secrets like a miser to keep you absolutely dying to know what comes next. Synopsis: She’s on the run. They’re out to kill. But what happens when you catch a hunter? Ree is a woman with a violent past – a past she thought she’d left […]
Review: Beyond the Creek by Nico Bell
Synopsis When Alex Foster accepted the caregiver position with the eccentric Nox family, she was issued a single rule: don’t venture beyond the creek. Not a problem, because Alex isn’t interested in exploring the Nox’s vast rural property. She’s too busy rebuilding her life after escaping an abusive past, and she sets her sights on […]
Series Review: The Dark Elf Trilogy (The Legend of Drizzt) by R. A. Salvatore
The tales and adventures of Drizzt Do’Urden, famed and infamous Dark Elf of who this series gets its name, are a beloved classic adored by many fantasy readers since the late 80’s. And for today’s ramblings by yours truly, we go right back to the beginning…
Review: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
Synopsis: Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the “Great Reckoning” is here, he assumes it’s related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, […]