"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Various Authors, Michael Bailey (Ed.) I prefer it this way, on nights such as this, when it is just the ashes, the rain, and I ... and the tales the ashes tell. -Gary A. Braunbeck Winner of the 2015 Bram Stoker award for Best Anthology, The Library of the Dead is a themed anthology... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Harlan Ellison (Ed.) Riots are the opium of the people. Some say it’s past its time, that when it was first published it may have been ‘dangerous,’ but today much of the book is downright tame with many of the ideas presented in the 1960’s blunted with time. Dangerous Visions has most... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Lawrence Block (Ed.) “He came from Albany, and people who come from there get what they deserve.” -Stephen King, “The Music Room” We’ve all seen Edward Hopper’s art, whether we’ve sought it out or not. There’s a subtly sad, understated despair in much of it. Sometimes it’s the perspective, evoking loneliness from... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, S.T. Joshi (Ed.) “This prayer must be for you—for you and all the others who must be left behind, who cannot walk with me, up that final flight of wooden stairs, to peace and escape, who must go on living in the shadow of a monstrous evil of which they are not even... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Mike Ashley (Ed.) “Insanity is not what you see, but what you admit to seeing. … Craziness is the compulsion to explain.” -Esther M. Friesner, “In the Realm of Dragons” This one’s big, as the more astute may have gleaned from the title. Clocking in at nearly 200,000 words this book had... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Ann VanderMeer (Ed.) “All the same, it may be maintained that since, at the time of Creation, the Creator was altogether lacking in prior experience in this sort of thing, all kinds of errors, actually, were made. And these went unnoticed until the work was finished, as is so often the case.... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors, Brett J. Talley (Ed.) “You can probably already tell that I am simply filled to the fucking brim with a joy for life and an overwhelming love of my fellow man, so—my whimsical wit and sparkling conversation skills aside, pay attention.” (Braunbeck) Prologue: Darknet hacker Conrad ‘Jack Rabbit’ McKay is laying low in... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors – Anne C. Petty (Ed.) “There always is a story. And there is a story here, Mr. Dixson. But you must discover it. If you are to do that, you must see what I have to show you. You must understand the world better than you know it now.” Limbus, Inc. is... Continue Reading →
by Various Authors “I chuckle to myself to keep from sobbing. It's been over a year since I've seen my children.” (from "Visitation Rights") A chapbook from Cemetery Dance containing 4 Christmas-themed short stories, Holiday Horrors is super-fast and is a great read at this time of year. In no particular order: "Stocking Stuffers" by... Continue Reading →
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