Mercy House Adam Cesare Hydra June 9, 2015 Reviewed by Marvin P. Vernon The setting for Adam Cesare’s Mercy House may be as depressing as it gets. Harriet is reluctantly brought to the state-of-the-art retirement home called Mercy House by her son, Don, and his...
The Gods of Laki: A Thriller Chris Angus Yucca Publishing 2015 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Chris Angus’s The Gods of Laki is one of those fascinating and deeply satisfying novels that are ultimately impossible to classify. It is, as the subtitle claims, a...
The Liminal Man Todd Keisling Precipice Books 2012 Reviewed by Wayne C. Rogers The Liminal Man by Todd Keisling is the sequel to his earlier novel, A Life Transparent, featuring Donovan Candle as the lead character. In A Life Transparent, Donovan Candle finds himself...
Giallo Fantastique Edited by Ross E. Lockhart Word Horde May 15, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter Giallo Fantastique is a solid new anthology from editor Ross E. Lockhart and publisher Word Horde. The collection is both a collection of, and a tribute to, the Italian genre...
Disintegration: A Windy City Dark Mystery Richard Thomas Random House Alibi May 26, 2015 Reviewed by Tim Potter The first half of Richard Thomas’s Disintegration: A Windy City Dark Mystery lives up to its subtitle. It is an extremely atmospheric tale set in what could...
Enter at Your Own Risk: The End is the Beginning Edited by Dr. Alex Scully Firbolg Publishing April 2014 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale In the simpler time that was 2002, Stephen Patranek, editor-in-chief of Discover magazine, gave a Ted Talk on “The 10 Ways the World...
