Cynthia Tottleben’s The Eye Unseen, published by JournalStone, is a page-turning look at a family gone terribly wrong. Teenager Lucy Tew has not had an easy life. Her mother seemingly hates her, never showing her the kind of love that she does to her older sister, Brandy. Sometimes Joan lashes out at her daughter in […]
The Women of Hammer Horror
Being a fan of Christopher Lee, and having seen a smidgeon of his Hammer Dracula movies, I figured I would enjoy The Women of Hammer Horror by Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter (McFarland Publishing), but what I didn’t realize was just how many Hammer films I haven’t seen. The book is arranged as biographical entries in […]
Mister October, Volume II
The second part of the anthology being used to assist the Hautala family, Mister October, Volume II – An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala, has an impressive lineup of writers, including Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Keene, Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden (who also happens to be the editor of the anthology), and James A. […]
Mister October – Volume I
Mister October, Volume I – An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala, edited by Christopher Golden and published by JournalStone, is packed so full of stories that they had to split this into two volumes. And that’s not a bad thing, because as entertaining as the stories are in Volume I, that means more people […]
Review of Willie Stargell: A Life in Baseball
Wille Stargell: A Life in Baseball, by Frank Garland, (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013) is a walk down memory lane for anyone who grew up in the greater Pittsburgh area in the sixties and seventies, but also transcends the Steel City for so many people who were caught up in the “We Are Family” craze […]
Hunger Games vs. Divergent…just my opinion
OK, so I succumbed to the pressure and read the Hunger Games trilogy on my Kindle Paperwhite (I need to post about my experience with it in the future – love it!). I’ve always enjoyed young adult literature, and I’m a sucker for dystopian and apocalyptic stories, so those were positive marks to start with. […]