The Between Years: A Novel Derek Clendening Naked Snake Press Trade Paper, 268 pages, $7.99 Review by Sheila M. Merritt The tragedy of losing a child is devastating. The depth of feeling should hit on many levels. Yet, in The Between Years, the emotion is muted. The...
Hyenas Joe R. Lansdale Subterranean Press, 2011, 100 pages Signed, numbered, limited edition, -$45.00 Trade hardcover, 25.00 Review by Wayne C. Rogers Okay, allow me to get this off my shoulder, and then we’ll move on to the novella. The cover of Hyenas is...
WILLY Robert Dunbar Uninvited Books, Paperback, 2011 Review by Shannon Riley A teenage boy, depressed and suicidal, barely functioning, arrives at a run down school for troubled boys. His previous therapist suggested he keep a journal, and it is through his entries,...
The Nameless One Kathryn Meyer Griffith Damnation Books $2.99 (Kindle Edition), 30 Pages, February 1, 2011 Review by Darkeva This is a short story about an Egyptologist couple who are looking for a mummy, “the nameless one,” who was a queen married to...
Devil Red Joe R. Lansdale Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, $24.00, 205 pages ISBN: 978-0-307-27098-6 Review by Wayne C. Rogers If you’re waiting for the paperback edition of Devil Red to come out, then forget it and buy the hardcover. If you’ve never read a...
The Vegan Revolution…with Zombies David Agranoff Deadite Press Trade Paper, 160 pages, $10.95 Review by Sheila M. Merritt “She hated zombies. She had enough of zombies. The word itself drove her crazy, each time she read it, she felt like it was taking a...