Stephen Zimmer’s Hellscapes: Fantasies of Damnation
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For background on Hellscapes and an interview with Stephen Zimmer, see my guests’ page. To launch the collection of Stygian narratives in Hellscapes, Volume 1, Stephen Zimmer cites three primary…
Michael West’s The Wide Game: Memorable Horrors
For background on The Wide Game and an interview with Michael West, see my guests’ page. The Wide Game is a tense, well-structured page-turner that draws on regional flavor–the fictional…
G.L. Giles, WATER VAMPS, and the Elements of Vampire Style
I picked up Water Vamps by G.L Giles on a recommendation. The line under the title, “a young adult adventure story,” would generally be enough to turn me the other…
FandomFest 2013: On Celebrities’ Secret Service
At FandomFest, farstucker strategic positioning mediated my male gaze at the beautiful Gillian Anderson as well as the OMFG-he’s-better-looking-in-person John Barrowman. Farstuckerily, I mention that he and I exchanged words.…
Descending Lines: The Cover Is Only a Hint
Hopefully in time for Halloween, my novel Descending Lines is coming soon from Blackwyrm Publishing. Megan and Carter Anderson’s 6-year-old daughter Caitlin is dying a slow, horrible death from bone…