Tuesday, December 30, 2014

A New Short Story Is Up At Literary Hatchet


The good people at Literary Hatchet have published a short story of mine in issue #10. The story is a reprint but it is edited a bit, so if you read it before it is slightly different (a little better I think). There is a free .pdf version in the link below (you have to add your name and email address to get it, but you can easily unsubscribe if you don't want any more). You can also buy a print copy starting tomorrow, I believe. My story is on page 54. Check it out and feel free to share it with everyone.


1.4.15 Edit:  The print version is now available if you prefer your stories as such. It is $12 and can be purchased here: https://www.createspace.com/5208952

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Bathing The Lion Review up at Buzzy Mag

The good people at Buzzy Mag have published another review I wrote for them. The review is for Jonathan Carroll's (one of my favorite authors) new novel, Bathing The Lion. The first two paragraphs are below followed by a link to the review. Check it out and feel free to share:


Good and evil, light and dark, protagonist and antagonist, this is a well worn and often used concept in writing. This concept is so often used we come to expect them in certain genres, the entire speculative genre falls under this umbrella along with westerns, mystery, and romance.  Often a brilliant, so they and some critics think, writer comes along to show us that the bad guy isn’t really bad and the good guy isn’t really good. That’s all fine. But what if we are given two opposing concepts and we can’t even fathom one of them?

We traipse through the lives of five very believable, but quite normal people in a quiet New England town in winter. Though they don’t know it, the five people all once shared a job more important than anything they do with their new lives. Time slips at some point some find that they are reliving previous moments while others stumble into a time long before they were born. Impossible things pop up but they slipped in the novel so subtly the reader doesn’t really notice. All five characters are pulled out onto a road in the middle of summer confronted by a talking chair and a giant red, watch-wearing elephant named Muba. (More...)



Path Of Needles Review up at New Myths


The good people at New Myths have published another review I wrote for them. The review is for Alison Littlewood's new novel, Path Of Needles. Check it out and feel free to share:




Sunday, December 14, 2014

Alien: Isolation video game review up at PerihelionSF


The good people at Perihelion Science Fiction have published another review I wrote for them. The review is for the video game, Alien: Isolation. The review is the last one titled, "Ode To The Original." Check it out and feel free to share:




Thursday, December 4, 2014

Sleeping Late On Judgement Day review up at Buzzy Mag

The good people at Buzzy Mag have published another review I wrote for them. The review is for Tad Williams' new book, Sleeping Late On Judgement day. The book follows the continuing adventures of Bobby Dollar, an angel that raises hell. Check it out and feel free to share:



Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The Sword Of Michael Review at New Myths


The good people at New Myths have published another review I wrote for them. The review is for Marcus Wynne's new novel, The Sword Of Michael. Wynne is a practicing depossessionist, that's something different. Check it out and feel free to share: