This won’t be a “typical” Cole Rush book review. You won’t find a score at the end of it, and I’ll start things off not with a plot summary, but a short plea: just read the book. I’ll also advise you, as many people advised me, to read this story in the “wrong” order. If…
Let’s close the spooky season with an out-of-this-world but extremely relatable horror novella, Walking Practice, by author Dolki Min. It’s funny, it’s gory, and it’s going to stir up your emotions and encourage examination of love, identity, and how we connect as humans. After crash-landing on Earth, a solitary alien has spent years perfecting its…
Continue reading ➞ Walking Practice – Survival Of The Fittest
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Sherlock, but she's a crotchety elderly woman dragging around a himbo Watson? Sign me up. That is the premise of The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham. A debut book and the first in a trilogy, The Last Vigilant is a mystery fantasy that harkens back to the golden age of sword and sorcery. Calling…
Continue reading ➞ The Last Vigilant – Sword And Sherlockery
I always get suckered into thinking ‘killing a god’ books are going to be epic, but man, I have really had a rough go with these particular stories lately. So much so that I’m developing an aversion to them. The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely initially started off strong with its vulgar and unrefined main…
Love them or hate them, sequels are just a part of the horror genre’s blood at this point. I love watching them while at the same time questioning their purpose. So often they can just be a cash grab, and sometimes people put their whole being into it, making something that still feels fresh despite…
Continue reading ➞ Don’t Fear The Reaper – Best AND Worst Advice
Short, sweet, and to the point: this is one of my favorite books I have ever read. It feels very odd to be reviewing the ninth book in a series, but Dead Hand Rule is a strong contender for my best book of 2025, and that is saying something in a year that is so…
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Haunted Ecologies is a short story collection by Corey Farrenkopf. With the exception of two stories, each stands alone. Their only connective tissue is that they are all related to and/or take place in Cape Cod. It is a collection full of works that explores our relationship to place, the environment and our role within…
Continue reading ➞ Haunted Ecologies – Bigger Problems Than Quicksand
My local bookstore’s summer reading challenge included the prompt “a YA or middle-grade book with a robot,” and I felt utterly lost. The owner—and the person who created the SFF-themed challenge—suggested A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga. I love space exploration as much as the next basic dude, so I queued the book on Spotify…
