"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
by Mervyn Wall “You understand,” concluded Cuthbert, “that no other course was open to me. I had no idea that Satan held you in such esteem that he was prepared to conduct your defence in person.” Fursey is a devout monk when the monastery is overrun by demons. Since his speech impediment hinders him reciting... 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 Richard Adams Though I cannot tell why, I know without doubt that I shall never again undergo any supernatural experience. That music has ended, and now there will be silence. Alan Desland, a porcelain and fine china dealer approaching middle age, has accepted his lot and found satisfaction being alone and working towards bettering... 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 Fritz Leiber The first book in the revered series is, like the rest of the books, actually a collection of shorter works. This one consists of one short story, “Induction,” two novellas, The Snow Women and Ill Met in Lankmar, and the novelette The Unholy Grail. "Induction" serves as the briefest of overviews, introducing... Continue Reading →
by Charles G. Finney "The world is my idea," he said. "The world is my idea; as such I present it to you." In a bizarre tale, a circus arrives in the small Arizona town of Abalone. Over the course of a single afternoon the townsfolk witness the arrival of the three wagon circus, the contents... Continue Reading →
In the age of science there lived a small boy, trapped in the body of an oafish man. The boy read like a wolf howls, like a moon beams, but one day his attention was caught by another interest, as so often happens with small boys. The boy went on an epic quest through film noir,... 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 Terry Pratchett “Just because you can explain it doesn’t mean it’s not still a miracle.” Douglas Adams gave us the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. It is, and always will be, 42. For those of us not capable of grasping this simple, awe-inspiring wisdom, we’re left manufacture other... Continue Reading →
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