Review: The Caretaker of Lorne Field by Dave Zeltserman

The Caretaker of Lorne Field Dave Zeltserman Overlook, 2010 Jack Durkin has inherited the job of clearing Lorne Field from his father, who in turn inherited it from his father, who in turn inherited it from his father, and so on and son going back 300 years.  You see the weeds of Lorne Field aren’t [...]

Review: The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton

The Lucid Dreaming Lisa Morton Bad Moon Books, 2009 Lisa Morton’s The Lucid Dreaming won the 2009 Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction and is still available from Horror Mall in a signed/numbered limited edition trade for around 16.00.  In addition to a great story you also get some wonderful art from artist Zach McCain.  [...]

Review: Solomon’s Grave by Daniel G. Keohane

Solomon’s Grave Daniel G. Keohane Dragon Moon Press   Nathan Dinneck has returned home as the pastor of the Baptist church he grew up in. Unfortunately he has brought with him recurring nightmares of a long march to a sacrificial altar; nightmares that have begun to bleed into his waking life. He has also returned [...]

A(nother) Whiny Rant Wondering Where All the New Horror Books Are

Ok, there will be a review up later, in the meantime “enjoy” this whiny semi-coherent rant. Last year, when doing my October month of horror fiction (and likely at least once before that) I’ve mentioned the difficulty I’ve had in finding and locating new and interesting horror fiction. While my reading has been slow this [...]

Comic Thoughts: Scheduling Fail

There is a lengthy rant about the Batman titles below this so before I subject you all to that here is my pick from last week (I’ll get this thing out more timely soon, I swear!). This title is very very unabashed a riff of the classic film Big.  Ollie Jansen is wheel chair bound [...]

Review: Handling the Undead by John Adjvide Lindqvist

Handling the Undead John Adjvide Lindqvist St. Martins, 2010ho So my Halloween horror reading is going slowly.  The Great Email Hacking of 2010 has caused my interactions with internet over the last few weeks to be a bit tentative at best not to mention that The Terror by Dan Simmons isn’t the most fast paced [...]

Comic Thoughts (10/6/10)

I buy a lot of comics.  More than I should.  I rarely talk about them.  I’m going to due my best to change that right here.  I won’t go into detail with every comic I’ve bought in a given week rather I’ll try to highlight the standouts from the previous week.  Last Thursday’s email debacle [...]

Review: Chasing the Dragon by Nicholas Kaufmann

    Chasing the Dragon Nicholas Kaufmann Chizine Publications, 2010 Chasing the Dragon is yet another fine bit of fiction released by the folks at Chizine Publications. This short novella features a modern twist on the heroic legend of St. George and the Dragon. The title character of Chasing the Dragon is Georgia Quincy, the [...]

I’ve been hacked. (Updated) (Updated again) (another update)

UPDATE 3: OK I am once again back in my gmail account now for just under 24 hours. I’m still leary of logging in from anywhere BUT my phone (and my parent’s office PC that is brand new and rarely used) and am going to do a clean install of Windows on my computer just [...]

Review: Out of the Dark by David Weber

Out of the Dark David Wber Tor, 2010 Out of the Dark is a novel that is far too straightforward to be entirely successful.  For those that don’t know Out of the Dark is an intelligently written alien invasion penned by military-sf master David Weber. The Hegemony, a council of alien races capable of interstellar [...]