A woman is taken captive at the age of 19 and held against her will in a small 11 by 11 garden shed. Her captor, Old Nick, has basically fortified the shed into a type of prison, keeping the woman as a sex slave. During her imprisonment, she gives birth to a boy, Jack. We’re…
I’ve always been interested in Deadpool but as with most comic book characters I’ve not read, I didn’t know where to start. I first encountered the character a few years ago when Marvel attempted to bring Deadpool to the silver screen casting Ryan Reynolds in Wolverine: Origins. Most people felt that this was a perfect choice as Reynolds is…
Have you ever walked into a party and seen someone just command everyone’s attention? Maybe they’re telling a joke, a captivating story or performing some ridiculous feat, you’re not sure. You lean over and ask someone what’s going on. They either shush you or they calmly say, “Oh, that’s just <insert name here>, he’s/she’s awesome.”…
I think I’m finally starting to come around on short story collections. While I’ve read a few that I couldn’t quite get behind, the ones that I’m enjoying are seemingly outnumbering the ones I don’t. I was a big fan of John Connolly’s Nocturnes as well as Stephen King’s Full Dark, No Stars and now you can add Chris…
Maintaining a secret identity is difficult when everyone knows who you truly are. Despite insisting that he isn’t Daredevil, Matt Murdock is proving to be unsuccessful in changing the public’s belief that he is indeed The Man Without Fear. Letting the criticism and frustration roll off his back, Murdock continues to adopt this more positive…
“The trick to becoming someone else isn’t selling it to others. Most people don’t look too closely. The trick is selling it to yourself.” Those are words spoken by Charlie Hardie. Well, the other Charlie Hardie. Over the past 8 years, Hardie has been through a lot. After giving up the cop-life and becoming a…
And The Soft Wind Blows follows the life of Tim, a small town pharmacist who delivers newspapers on the side. When not working, he’s either being verbally abused by his wife or is fantasizing about Roxie, a waitress at a local diner he frequents. His life, while not perfect, is seemingly comfortable for a man…
I doubt that Connolly ever had the idea that he would do an entire book dedicated to Louis and Angel. That being said, I had hoped early on that this book would eventually exist. In The Reapers, long time associates of Charlie Parker, Louis and Angel, get their own novel. Louis and Angel have recently…
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