Where all light is left to die by Robert S. Wilson Some short fiction writers have told me they are not fond of single author collections even if it is their own. They claim that the short story collection corrals the works into a hodgepodge that doesn’t respect the...
Wakening the Crow By Stephen Gregory Publisher: Solaris (November 11th, 2014) Reviewed by: Marvin P. Vernon Stephen Gregory’s Wakening the Crow invokes not only the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe but also some of the psychological and supernatural aspects of the master’s...
Concrete Park, Volume 1: You Send Me Tony Puryear, Erika Alexander, Writers Tony Puryear, Artwork Dark Horse Books ISBN: 978-1616555306 October 14, 2014; $9.74 HC Reviewed by Elaine Pascale To paraphrase Pat Benatar, (in Concrete Park), Hell is for sexy...
The Medusa’s Gaze and Vampire’s Bite: The Science of Monsters Matt Kaplan Scribner ISBN 978-1451667981 October 2012; $26.00 HC, $16.00 PB Reviewed by David Goudsward Matt Kaplan is a science journalist who basically believes all monsters exist because mankind made...
Pete Rawlik Night Shade Books ISBN 978-1597805452 October 7, 2014 ; $11.99 PB Reviewed by David Goudsward The Weird Company begins in 1937. Dr. Wingate Peaslee is a dissenting voice about a secret military operation. He files a report as the minority opinion. The...
Shock Totem #8 Edited by K. Allen Wood Shock Totem Publications ISBN: 978- 0988272378 2014; $7.99 trade paperback; $2.99 ebook Reviewed by Sandra Scholes There are plenty of writers over at Shock Totem. So many in fact it’s a good thing to show examples; John Shipp,...
