Shameless self-promotion time! I wrote a (very)short story entitled “Shadow of the Barkeep”, which is available for public consumption over on ShotgunHoney.net. If you’re not already a regular reader of this crime fiction outlet, you’re missing out. They have some incredibly talented writers (and me) submitting some excellent work – check it out! http://shotgunhoney.net/fiction/shadow-of-the-barkeep-by-brandon-sears.html
John Hughes movies are all the rage. Kids everywhere are firing up Atari games. Billy Idol and Cyndi Lauper songs are blasting in dance clubs. To the average person in the 1980s, this may appear par for the course but in Ernest Cline’s sci-fi novel Ready Player One, we’re no longer in the 1980s, we’re…
After the hellish events of World War Terminus, humanity decided to jump ship and establish colonies on Mars using the assistance of organic based android slaves. Not everyone booked a one way ticket though, several have stayed behind; forced to live among radioactive dust and the ruins of a once prosperous planet. Despite the bleakness…
When Mob enforcer Bobby Silver killed masked hero Doctor Daylight in cold blood, it sent shock waves through the Masked community. Now, in the eyes of the heroes, the mob is their #1 enemy – and it’s war! I wanted to write my own intro but I had a hard time coming up with a…
As World War Two is beginning to take shape, a Jewish family ushers their oldest son Josef out of Europe to live with his cousin Sammy in New York. While Sammy works for an ad agency, his real passion is in storytelling, more specifically, the booming medium of comic books. When he realizes Josef’s artistic…
A Norwegian national is killed while working in Australia and Detective Harry Hole is sent to assist in the investigation. It’s not long before her death is linked to a string of murders and it’s believed a serial killer is on the loose. Can Harry and company track down and stop the murderer before he…
Remember that year end 2013 list I did a few weeks ago? Turns out that created the most amount of traffic that Every Read Thing has ever recorded in one day. I figured I could use the hits again, so I’m throwing out there a few books that I’m absolutely salivating over. Bring on the…
He leans over toward her. She smells his breath. It smells of roadkill ripening in a wet ditch. He taps the end of the feather on the dashboard, click, click, click. “I’m just warning you Miriam Black. Forces have been aligning against you for a while. You’ve been fucking with this Jenga tower for too…
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