Many years have passed since a devastating nuclear war left much of the world in ruins. A small village in northern Labrador comprised of religious fundamentalists is on the lookout for what they call “deviations” – food, animals or even people who deviate from the socially acceptable norm. Once these deviations have been discovered, it…
I’d been having a hard time writing a review for Allie Brosh’s book, Hyperbole & A Half. There’s a lot (not alot) I wanted to say about this book but couldn’t seem to come up with a review that did it justice. However, I will say this – there’s one story approximately halfway through the…
You know that old saying, “the night is always darkest just before the dawn”? Nothing could be closer to the truth when analyzing the year that was 1995 within the World Wrestling Federation. Prior to their massive spike in popularity that would arrive in 1998, Vince McMahon’s wrestling empire was crumbling in the face of…
“Time makes everything mean and shabby and wrinkled. The tragedy of life … is not that the beautiful things die young, but that they grow old and mean.” Marlowe befriends a down-on-his-luck war hero roaming the streets of California. A few months after Marlowe cleans him up and sets him on his way, the man…
When the top agent for the spy organization ARC-7 is murdered, all evidence points to Velvet Templeton, the unassuming organization’s secretary. She’s innocent but capturing her is proving difficult and those hot on her trail are meeting the true Velvet, the retired secret agent with the skills to pay the bills. While recently on vacation…
Lynn Denton’s The Grappler: Memoirs of a Masked Madman is the Forrest Gump of wrestling books. The man may not have been known on the world stage, but he was around during one of the biggest eras in wrestling interacting with some of the biggest names in the industry. Although he worked with household names…
Hi Folks! This October, I’ll be partaking in a Halloween (or horror, if you will) themed month here on Every Read Thing. So for all thirty-one spoooooky days, I’ll be making my way through frightening fiction and creepy comics. Here’s what’s on tap so far: Carrie – Stephen King The Ruins – Scott Smith Blackout – Tim…
A mysterious disease dubbed “the ‘gets” is ravaging the human population. Starting off slowly, it hinders your ability to remember where you parked or where you left your wallet. In time, it advances to the point where you forget to breathe and your heart forgets to beat. A new substance, believed to be a miraculous…
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