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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
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- What’s New for the 24th of November: Norwegian winter holiday music, archival jazz, new roots music from around Europe, and more; books and what not about things fictional & medæival
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- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
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- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
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- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
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Tag Archives: horror
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Series: The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, and The Wastelands
The Gunslinger “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With those deceptively straightforward words, world-renowned horror writer Stephen King launches (and rather neatly sums up) the first volume of his sprawling epic fantasy series The … Continue reading
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Tagged horror, stephen king
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Stephen King’s Under the Dome and Blockade Billy
At first blush, it may seem odd to review these two Stephen King works together. After all, one is a weighty tome – literally, clocking in at nearly 1,100 pages – about a small Maine town trapped beneath a bizarre … Continue reading
Victor Salva’s Jeepers Creepers
“Jeepers, Creepers, where’d you get those peepers?” — Louis Armstrong Siblings Trish and Derry are heading home for Spring Break, taking the back roads so Trish can get over a broken relationship before she breaks it to her parents. In … Continue reading
Joshua Dysart, Enrique Breccia and Timothy Green II’s Swamp Thing: Love in Vain
With Love in Vain, Joshua Dysart took over the reins of Swamp Thing from the rather more erratic storytelling of Andy Diggle, and the difference is obvious. What Dysart has to work with is an extended continuity that’s mostly been … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, horror
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Robin McKinley’s Sunshine
Robin McKinley is well known for her wonderful re-tellings of fairy tales such as “Beauty and the Beast” (Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast and Rose Daughter), “Donkeyskin” (Deerskin) and “Sleeping Beauty” (Spindle’s End), as … Continue reading
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Karl Wagner’s Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane
Long, long ago, in a world far more uptight about hem lines and shirt collars than we are today, Karl Wagner’s Kane joined the ranks of timeless heroes Conan and Fafhrd on the printed page. Fans of Robert E. Howard … Continue reading
James Lee Burke’s Last Car to Elysian Fields
David Kidney, in his review of the previous novel in this series, Purple Cane Road, noted: ‘Dave Robicheaux is a middle-aged guy, trying to get along. Still haunted by his experiences in Viet Nam, troubled by his relationship with his … Continue reading
Jennifer Armintrout’s Blood Ties, Book One: The Turning
With its cumbersome title and dependence on vampire clichés, this paranormal romance offers very little in the way of original, engaging story. From a turgid and silly beginning, it improves toward the end, but once the last page is turned, … Continue reading
Bernard Rose’s Paperhouse
Craig Clarke wrote this review. This film from director Bernard Rose (who would later helm Candyman and Immortal Beloved) is a delightfully scary look at the blending of dreams and reality. Anna (Charlotte Burke) is an eleven-year-old girl who enjoys … Continue reading
Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a short horror novella dealing with the classic setup where a group of friends go to a haunted house. It is an old storytelling tool, but one that has proven effective time and … Continue reading