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…
I’m not sure where to start with this one. John Dies At The End was a book that I absolutely loved. The characters, the dialogue, the plot, everything felt unique. Also, I’m a sucker for puns and one-liners and this book was filled to the brim with them! When I heard it was being developed…
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…
I received an email from Lance Umenhofer requesting I take a look at his novella, And The Soft Wind Blows. Initially, I put it aside as I already had a towering stack of books to get through. However, I couldn’t shake a nagging feeling that had been telling me to read Lance’s book as soon as…
The Ones That Stuck Chris F. Holm A little while back, Brandon emailed me to ask if I’d be willing to write a guest post about short stories that’ve stuck with me over the years. This may have been a strategic error on his part. See, I’m nuts about a good short story – so…
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…
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