Review: American Vampire Vol. 1

American Vampire Volume 1 Scott Snyder, Stephen King (writers) Rafel Albuquerque, Dave McCaig (art/color) DC/Vertigo, 2010 Scott Snyder has become something of a household name in the comics world now that he’s taken the reins of one of DC Comics’ Trinity with the New 52 reboot of Batman. Before Batman though Snyder worked on a [...]

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 [...]

The Joe Pitt Casebooks (final 3)

I’ve already spoken about Charlie Huston’s Joe Pitt Case Books but I finally got my hands on the final three audiobook editions of the series: Half the Blood of Brooklyn, Every Last Drop, and My Dead Body. Like Already Dead and No Dominion before them these volumes are narrated by Scott Brick.  As I tweeted [...]

Review: Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires

Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires Steven-Elliot Altman Hells Kitchen Press, 1997 I feel kind of bad reviewing this book since it isn’t in print anymore and doesn’t seem to available for less then $32 from used vendors; I’ll do my best to keep this short.  Its limited availability is unfortunate since it was [...]

Val looks at The Strain

Since my friend Val is a big fan of the vampire, and frequently a bit heated about the current state of vampire fiction, I asked her if she’d like to review del Toro and Hogan’s The Strain as a counter-point to my own review. She did so.  Thankfully she managed to trim her 8000+ words [...]