reviews

Poetic Irony & Hateful Characters Author: Debra Monroe I’m not quite sure how Wild, Cold State found its way into my overflowing book collection, although the battered, plastic wrapped cover makes me suspect a library sale. When the going rate is as-much-as-you-can-carry for a dollar, I tend to buy on a whim: I liked the title. I liked the gorgeous car on the cover with its yesterday-I-was-cool, today-I-am-lost vibe. What I didn’t like so much is the actual stories that are equal parts depressed irony and lyrical gravity. Wild, Cold State is a collection of eight semi-linked short stories, each [...]

Fishmageddon Author: Hunter Shea What’s better than a little deep sea carnage? Well, in the case of They Rise with its bad-effects cover and straight from the late-late show divorced couple forced into an uneasy truce thanks to the end of the world, pretty much everything. I seem, as usual, to be in the minority on this one. Usually when there is a creature-feature gorefest book, I am there with my popcorn at the ready. I am one of the few who will own up to loving the corniest horror movies and defending them relentlessly, seeing the soul beneath all the [...]