"Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." -John Barth
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 Robert McCammon “The years of a boy’s life pass so fast, Cory.” She smiled faintly. “Boys want to hurry up and be men, and then comes a day they wish they could be boys again. But I’ll tell you secret, Cory. Want to hear it?” I nodded. “No one,” Mrs. Neville whispered, “ever grows... 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 Dan Simmons “Nothing was as simple as stupid people assumed it to be.” When it’s all stripped away, are there stories more instantly likeable than coming-of-age? Some of the great books of all time use the structure, and it works perfectly because the required growth of the character is built in. Additionally these stories,... Continue Reading →
by Rick Hautala “What?” Billy was flabbergasted and started thinking maybe he couldn’t handle all of this “adult world” stuff. Maybe he should go find his friends and just be a kid. It wouldn’t be surprising to find that Mr. Hautala had never had a pretentious thought in his life. He didn’t seem to be... 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 Shirley Jackson Our main character Eleanor steals the car she bought with her sister in order to answer a summons for an educational visit to a ‘haunted house,’ where she is to meet the doctor conducting an experiment, another woman similarly summoned, and the heir to the house. The house’s reputation precedes it, and... 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 →
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