Originally conceived as a vehicle for Jane’s Addiction’s farewell shows in 1991, Perry Ferrell’s Lollapalooza became an annual touring attraction for alternative music and art between the years 1991 and 1997. Cancelled in 1998, it has since been relaunched in 2005 as a destination weekend event in Chicago’s Hyde Park. Authors Richard Bienstock and Tom…
DREAMER: MY LIFE ON THE EDGE is the memoir of current NHL player Nazem Kadri of the Calgary Flames. I’m always a bit iffy on picking up books written by an athlete who is still actively playing their sport, however Nazem had played for my favorite team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, during a time where…
With Gotham reeling from the anarchy caused by The Joker and his subsequent death, Batman has his work cut out for him. The Last Laughs, a gang previously led by the Clown Prince of Crime are taking odd jobs acting as firebugs in dilapidated buildings. But who is bankrolling the arson? Just when Batman seems…
Following a group of friends in alternating timelines, Chuck Wendig’s THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS focuses upon, you guessed it, a staircase in the woods. When the gang were only teenagers, they happened upon the aforementioned staircase with one of them traversing to the top and promptly disappearing. Although a body was never found, public…
A diary, written by a Lutheran priest, is discovered within the walls of an old, broken down property. Contained within its pages is the story of Good Stab (great name), a Blackfeet vampire who traveled the plains of Montana at the turn of the 20th century seeking revenge against his oppressors. I feel some readers…
It’s the summer of 1970 and Fern arrives pregnant, scared, and alone at a home for Wayward Girls in St. Augustine, Florida. Under the watchful eye of Miss Wellwood, Fern and her peers are scrutinized every minute of every day as they bring their unborn children to term. The end game? Once they’ve been born,…
Two friends, Jesse and Storey, emerge from the forests of Maine after a hunting trip to discover burned out and deserted towns, a lack of cell signal, and armed adversaries hell bent on killing anything that moves. What exactly happened while they were in the woods? How can they find out and will they see…
WE COULD BE RATS follows Sigrid, a young woman penning her suicide note. Each chapter takes the form of a draft of said note before abandoning it and starting over. I mean, how do you honestly put into words why you’re choosing to end your life when it isn’t as simple as “I’m depressed”? Over…
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