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Review: Death Fortune by Sean Thomas Fisher
Buy it Here: Amazon Synopsis: It begins with your fortune.And ends with your freak death. After inheriting an animated fortune teller machine, Jimmy’s luck is finally about to change. But for better or worse? He hauls the old cabinet home … Continue reading
Review: African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou
Buy here: bookshop Synopsis: Its title recalls Bret Easton Ellis’s infamous book, but while Ellis’s narrator was a blank slate, African Psycho’s protagonist is a quivering mass of lies, neuroses, and relentless internal chatter. Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to … Continue reading
Review: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Buy it here Synopsis: People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn’t there. Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father’s head, from Harlem to … Continue reading
Review: Detroit 2020 by Jeffrey Conolly and B.L. Daniels
Buy it here Synopsis: “Sharknado” meets “Sin City” in this high-octane adventure that explodes off the page in an alternate future where Motor City has become a mutant-filled urban nightmare. Prepare for a book with a body count! Praise for … Continue reading
Review: Hybrid Moments A Literary Tribute to the Misfits Edited by Sam Richard and MP Johnson
Buy it at the publisher here Synopsis You know the songs. They’re etched into every punk’s brain. Not just because they’re catchy, but because there’s something else there. Glenn Danzig’s lyrics evoke intense imagery. Beautiful, dark, monstery imagery. There’s poetry … Continue reading
Review: Elephant Vice by Chris Meekings
Buy it Here Synopsis: He’s the master of post impressionism. He’s the Hindu Remover of Obstacles. They’re cops. Vincent Van Gogh is a cop with a dark past. He painted some of the greatest artistic masterpieces of our time. He … Continue reading
Q&A with Lee Widener, Author of “Rock ‘N’ Roll Head Case
Earlier this week I reviewed Lee Widener’s fantastically bizarre novella, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Head Case.” I reached out to him, and he was gracious enough to do a little question and answer session with me. Buy his book here and … Continue reading
Review: Rock ‘N’ Roll Headcase by Lee Widener
Buy it at Amazon or support independent bookstores by ordering the paperback here Synopsis When Alice Cooper’s head starts telling you what to do, you probably shouldn’t listen. Chaino Durante did. And this is his story. Chaino Durante works at … Continue reading
Review: The Blade Between by Sam J Miller
ISBN: 9780062969828 ISBN 10: 006296982X Imprint: Ecco On Sale: 12/01/2020 Trimsize: 6.00 in x 9.00 in (h) x 1.21 in (d) Pages: 384 Preorder here: Amazon or Bookshop Synopsis: From Nebula Award winner Sam J. Miller comes a frightening and uncanny ghost story about a rapidly … Continue reading
Review: Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Buy it now: Kindle Preorder the paperback here Synopsis: When an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans … Continue reading
