"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Stephen King, Joe Hill A father, his headstrong son, his old war buddy from Vietnam and seven other road brothers of The Tribe (Live on the Road, Die on the Road) get mixed up in a deal that goes bad. Very bad. While discussing the matter in a restaurant parking lot they become aware... Continue Reading →
by Harlan Ellison “All hope is gone. There is no return save by miracles, and there are no more miracles for the common among common men.” This book occupies a special place, being the only of its kind, in that it sits nearly unbeaten at the top of the ‘Rated Collections’ pile without a single... Continue Reading →
by Lisa Morton “He’s let us down big, and I’ve got a word or two for Him when we finally meet. These guys think I’ve got a problem with foul language now? Wait until they hear what I’d unleash on the Big Daddy upstairs.” Ashley, a paranoid schizophrenic, is confined to a psychiatric institution in... Continue Reading →
Odd Adventures with your Other Father – Norman Prentiss “He’d been a stone judge, keeping his emotions in check. Now, something broke through.” This novel has an interesting framework where one part is a series of stories Celia’s father Shawn told her about her other father, Jack, who died when Celia was four. These stories... Continue Reading →
by Weston Ochse “Screams are just pain leaving the body.” Jack Walker, SEAL in training, is pulled weeks before graduation and given assignment to a small, unknown group. Initially resenting the move and lamenting his chance to lead a ‘normal’ SEAL life, he soon realizes that not only are these soldiers the finest in the... Continue Reading →
by Andy Weir “I am smiling a great smile. The smile of a man who fucked with his car and didn’t break it.” The six person landing team on Mars encounters an unexpected sandstorm and witnesses one of the their crew impaled on a radio antennae go spinning out of sight as the other 5... Continue Reading →
by Mark Allan Gunnells “There was always the Bible in the nightstand drawer, but whoever had dubbed that the Greatest Story Ever Told had apparently never read The Stand.” The collection starts very strong with “God Doesn’t Follow You into the Bathroom,” about a young girl confiding in her reverend the relationship with her boyfriend... Continue Reading →
by Thomas F. Monteleone “If this is the Second Coming, then somebody was lying about something.” Another fantastic read, this sequel doesn’t reach the levels of destruction you'll be expecting after the end of The Blood of the Lamb. Armageddon up to the eyeballs, you'd probably guess, but instead we get a fast-paced, fairly complex... Continue Reading →
by Thomas F. Monteleone We’ve got a treasure chest of words we use when exploring things monumental. We use simpler words like excellent, amazing, gripping and powerful. We use terms like ‘show-stopping’ and ‘a masterpiece.’ Popular culture, however, has brought us to a point where words such as these have become so recognizable that they’ve... Continue Reading →
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