All Hail the House Gods by Andrew J. Stone drops the reader into a dystopian future where even the illusion of autonomy and choice has been eradicated. Kurt, our protagonist, and his wife, Katie live in a city run by the Coupling Caucus, whose mission is to organize society in such a way that willContinue reading “Review: Andrew J. Stone | All Hail the House Gods”
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Review: Jo Quenell | The Mud Ballad
The sky opened up and rained for me during two of my sessions with The Mud Ballad by Jo Quenell. We begin in a small, rundown town called Spudsville with Jonathan and Daniel, a set of twins conjoined at the head. We meet them in their tent at the circus they travel with discussing theContinue reading “Review: Jo Quenell | The Mud Ballad”
Review: Joanna Koch | The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Shock and awe. Beautiful and grotesque. These are just a few of the words I could use to describe Joanna Koch’s The Wingspan of Severed Hands. The story takes the insidious concept of the yellow sign from Robert W. Chamber’s mythos he created for his short story collection The King in Yellow. The author usesContinue reading “Review: Joanna Koch | The Wingspan of Severed Hands”
Review: Gerald Dean Rice | The Devil’s Gunt
The Devil’s Gunt by Gerald Dean Rice The Devil’s Gunt is a bizarro horror-action(?) story about a second-rate porn actor impregnated by the devil. I can’t recall another book that ever made me laugh as hard as I did while reading this one; I couldn’t get two pages in before coming across another side-splitting line,Continue reading “Review: Gerald Dean Rice | The Devil’s Gunt”
Review: Amy M. Vaughn | Skull Nuggets
Skull Nuggets by Amy M. Vaughn I’ve struggled my entire adult life with depression, anxiety, and panic disorders. There have been spans of time where I would have done anything to help cope with the pain accompanying mental illness, but I can say I never considered drilling a hole in my head. Maybe I wouldContinue reading “Review: Amy M. Vaughn | Skull Nuggets”
Review: Madeleine Swann | The Vine That Ate The Starlet
Swann’s writing oozes atmospheric vibrations brought forward in time straight from 1920s New York. The Vine That Ate The Starlet is full of mystery, intrigue, and vines that feed on humans.
Review: Sarah Karasek | The Little Punk Princess: a Fairy Tale
The Little Punk Princess by Sarah Karasek Princess Walton-Clinton-Trump loves punk music. She loves heavy metal, ska, and industrial, too. The only problem is that these genres are seen as anti-patriotic propaganda and have been made illegal in the country of The America. Her parents are the People in Charge, and Princess will one dayContinue reading “Review: Sarah Karasek | The Little Punk Princess: a Fairy Tale”
Review: Andrew J. Stone | The Ultimate Dinosaur Dance-off
The Ultimate Dinosaur Dance-off by Andrew J. Stone An explosion of dance, color, psychedelia, dinosaurs, and inter-dimensional / inter-species romance. I found myself literally dancing in my chair as I read, sights and sounds evoked by the story. When brothers Colin and Joe, along with Joe’s girlfriend Emma, see a light emanating from a caveContinue reading “Review: Andrew J. Stone | The Ultimate Dinosaur Dance-off”
What am I doing?
I started this blog to share written and visual works that are still mostly all in my head. I haven’t written creative fiction I wanted to share with anyone in at least ten years, and I’ve recently found myself compelled to write. More than that, I want to write and then show it to people.Continue reading “What am I doing?”
