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…
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…
When you anticipate pain, you can prepare for it. You can see it coming, and you do what you can to pad yourself against the blow. But when you don’t see it coming, it’s like getting hit by a strong wave that has you tumbling underneath the surface. Red City by Marie Lu is one…
Bill Willingham, best known as the creator of Fables, collects odds and ends from his career as a comic book writer and artist in Bad Doings & Big Ideas. The beefy tome curates non-Fables tales, including some that never garnered much readership in their initial runs. The result should have been a delightful collection of…
Continue reading ➞ Bad Doings And Big Ideas – Mostly The Former
Don’t let the descriptions of The Second Death of Locke being a romance scare you away because I promise you it’s more “lady knight ruthlessly survives horrible circumstances” than “Omg. There’s only one bed.” Lay those fears to rest, and instead, read about a not-so-healthy codependent friendship trying to survive a never-ending war that threatens…
Continue reading ➞ The Second Death Of Locke – Hopelessly Devoted
Every year, the members of this site hold an internal book club where we each get to force the other to read a book to the top of their to-read list. It's a fun time, but I always take my choice very seriously and really ponder what book I think the other people need to…
My quest to read through the Stephen King catalogue continues! My most recent trip to the King well took me to the murky waters of Skeleton Crew, a short story collection full of various horrors, creepy locales, and people who turn out to be more monstrous than actual monsters. The collection includes a novella, tons…
