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sAn Excerpt from THE HERETICS OF ST. POSSENTI
Friday , 24, November 2017 Fiction, Publications 2 CommentsIn THE HERETICS OF ST. POSSENTI, Bishop Thomas Cranberry finds himself at a loss when he is confronted by a thief and realizes some disturbing truths about himself. The experience sends him in search of the men who are increasingly absent from the Church, who find themselves at a loss in a world that has […]
Short Reviews – Joe Carson’s Weapon, by James R. Adams
Friday , 24, November 2017 Uncategorized 5 CommentsJoe Carson’s Weapon appeared in the Spring 1945 issue of Planet Stories. It can be read here at Archive.org Joe Carson’s Weapon may be about the most PoMo thing I’ve read in Planet Stories. A kid writes into his favorite sci-fi pulp magazine and a pair of Martians whose orders are to take over the […]
THROWBACK SF THURSDAY: A Place Called Hope by Daniel Humphreys
Thursday , 23, November 2017 Book Review 4 CommentsHappy Thanksgiving. If you are looking for things to be thankful for, here are a couple: Good books No zombie apocalypse (yet) If you haven’t read Daniel Humphreys’ A Place Outside the Wild, go read my review of that book. I can’t really talk about its sequel, A Place Called Hope, without spoiling major surprises […]
I recently enjoyed listening to a talk by Scott Berkun, where he talked about how the use and revitalization of historically proven concepts are the building blocks of “new” ideas, and that got me thinking about Wargames and their generally poor reflection of tactics while on the tabletop. In so many historical scenes that are […]
New Release Spotlight: THE AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT FORGETTING
Tuesday , 21, November 2017 Just Released Leave a commentL. Jagi Lamplighter brings you the fourth Book of Unexpected Enlightenment, following the adventures of Rachel Griffin at the magical Roanoke Academy. Winter brings its own magic to the Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts. Petite Rachel Griffin should be having an amazing freshman year. She has the Princess of Magical Australia and crazy, orphan […]
SUPERVERSIVE: Why “The Punisher” is only ALMOST a Great Show
Tuesday , 21, November 2017 Superversive 8 CommentsThere’s a saying I’ve heard used before that I think applies here: This drink would be great if they didn’t pour sewage in the water. Unlike our friend the Warpig, I had no issues with the pacing of “The Punisher” (and incidentally I will argue until the day I die that he is wrong, wrong, […]
Here’s the good news: The Punisher Netflix series isn’t as bad as the rest of the Netflix-Marvel series have been. Here’s the bad news: that still doesn’t mean it’s very good.
Sensor Sweep: Demons, Gangsters, and Squirt Heroes
Monday , 20, November 2017 Sensor Sweep 8 CommentsFiction (Tellers of Weird Tales): “In “The City on the Edge of Forever,” a man travels through a time-portal (located in the ruins of a city on a faraway planet) and unwittingly alters the past, thus altering the future: nothing that he knew came to be and his fellow space-travelers are stranded in time and […]
As Armando Catalano, a holy relic dealer, raids the underground tombs of 18th century Rome for the bones of martyred saints, a prince of the Church plots with a Gypsy poisoner to murder him. For Armando bears the mark of the scorpion on his shoulder, a devil’s mark identifying him as the son of a […]
An Excerpt from THE LAWDOG FILES: AFRICAN ADVENTURES
Sunday , 19, November 2017 Fiction, Publications Leave a commentThe following is an excerpt from one of the many hilarious stories in LawDog’s second straight bestseller, THE LAWDOG FILES: AFRICAN ADVENTURES. * * * * * SQUEAKS, Part 1 Many, MANY moons ago—and don’t even ask, ’cause I won’t tell you—when I was still a pup, the […]
Michael Whelan (b. 1950) is probably the most successful artist I will cover in this series. If you bought science fiction or fantasy books in the 1980s or 90s, you have seen his work. His website has this say about his story: “A graduate of San Jose University with a BA in Painting and a […]