The Big Reap

Still reeling from the effects of The Wrong Goodbye, Sam Thornton is tasked by his handler Lilith to take out the mysterious Brethren, a group made up of former Collectors who have severed their ties with Hell. I received an ARC of The Big Reap from Angry Robot in exchange for a fair review. Thanks…

Horns

Ig awakens following a night of drunken debauchery with a throbbing headache. A trip to the bathroom and a glance in the mirror reveals that he has amazingly sprouted a pair of horns. This is coming off a tragic turn of events the previous year in which his girlfriend was found raped and murdered. Unfortunately,…

Maus

Maus tells the story of Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living in New York. His son Art (also the author), interviews his father about his time spent dodging capture as well as his imprisonment at Auschwitz. Vladek recounts those who helped him, who betrayed him and the Nazis who murdered his friends and family. When not…

Joyland

“When it comes to the past everyone writes fiction.” In Joyland, King takes us all the way back to the early 1970s by way of a theme park located in a North Carolina small town. Seeking summer employment, college student Devin Jones joins the cast of carneys as a part-time worker. While it was meant…

Interview – Duane Swierczynski

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Duane Swierczynski, author of the recently released Point & Shoot.  Point & Shoot is the finale to the Charlie Hardie trilogy which exceeded my already very high expectations. If someone had to put together a criminal profile on Duane Swierczynski, what would it say? I wouldn’t be…

Locke & Key Omega: Issue #5

OK, so bear with me here as this is my first attempt at reviewing a single issue. I guess if you’re one of the many people who wait for the series to end before picking up a collected graphic novel, I suppose I should let you know that spoilers may be ahead. If not, make…

Storm Front

Lance Storm returns with a second collection of commentaries taken from his long running website, StormWrestling.com.  This time around, we’re picking up just as Lance has arrived in WWE and continue straight through to his retirement as a full-time performer in 2004. As a lot of these commentaries were written shortly after or in the…