Category Archives: horror

Book Review: CRIMSON DEATH by Laurell K. Hamilton

Posted on November 7, 2016 by

Well, Laurell K. Hamilton has done it again. She’s written a pretty decent police procedural and then tacked on about 300 pages of relationship angst. Yes, that’s right, it’s time for me to review Crimson Death, the latest Anita Blake … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Snapshot” by Beau Hall

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

Fifty years ago, Marietta really was a small town, and the thing about small towns is that you can hide a lot of big secrets there. Marvin Hill has been hiding a huge one: for more than fifty years, Marvin’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Affliction” by Laurell K. Hamilton

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

I just recently finished Affliction, the latest Anita Blake novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, and while it had a lot of really good action sequences, some of the problems that plague the other tales are just as evident in this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It” by David Wong

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It is a fun, fast, grotesque read that fans of horror, action, and humor will enjoy, especially if — like me — they have the sense of humor of a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

It’s been a while since I’ve read any Neil Gaiman, and that’s a shame — he is one of the greatest working writers of our time, either in spec-fic or out of it. Whenever I read one of his books, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “John Dies at the End” by David Wong

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

If you’ve seen the trailer for the film, you may already know that John Dies at the End is ostensibly about a drug called soy sauce that immensely sharpens a person’s perception of reality. But the book is about so … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fade to Black by Josh Pryor

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

I imagine that it can be difficult to sell big-idea hard-science-fiction books. How do you elevator-pitch a story about the virus that may have been the catalyst to turn humanity from people living in caves to the society we know … Continue reading →

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