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My review of Short Bus by Brian Allen Carr is live at The Nervous Breakdown.
Posted on September 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
My review of the short story collection, Short Bus by Brian Allen Carr is now live at The Nervous Breakdown. This is a wild bunch of stories set along the Texas and Mexico border. Carr takes the essence of wanderlust mixes it with the desert heat and tosses in a bit of failure with just […]
Speedloader: The debut eBook from Snubnose Press (a Spinetingler imprint)
Posted on June 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
COMING SOON! Richard Thomas Nik Korpon Nigel Bird W.C. County Matthew Funk Jonathan Woods Cover Art: David Bodensteiner
Review of Volt by Alan Heathcock is now live at The Nervous Breakdown
Posted on April 27, 2011 2 Comments
Volt (Graywolf Press) by Alan Heathcock is a linked collection of short stories. It reminded me of Knockemstiff for sure, for its rural setting, and also Sarah Court for its families overlapping, fighting and loving. The testimonial of Benjamin Percy got my attention, but the emotional truths, the revelations and understandings, the prose and the […]
Slut Lullabies by Gina Frangello review is now live at The Cult
Posted on April 27, 2011 Leave a Comment
My review of Slut Lullabies by Gina Frangello is now live at The Cult. A wonderful collection of short stories, these tales are funny, sexy, and dark, pulling you in and knocking you down. Head on over for the full review. “Van tells me one of his students has written a story about a girl […]
Review of Sarah Court by Craig Davidson
Posted on March 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
Sarah Court (ChiZine Publications) by Craig Davidson was one of my favorite books of 2010. I’ve been reading Craig for years now, and am a big fan of The Fighter and Rust and Bone. Head on over to The Nervous Breakdown to read my review, but here’s a quick summary from the dust jacket. If […]
Review of The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones is live
Posted on March 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
My book review of The Ones That Got Away (Prime Books) by Stephen Graham Jones is now live up at The Nervous Breakdown. Such a great collection. Nominated for a Bram Stoker award too, for the best in horror, collections. Best of luck Stephen. This dark assortment of haunting, emotional, layered stories is one of […]
In The Mean Time by Paul Tremblay
Posted on January 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
In The Mean Time by Paul Tremblay is a powerful collection of short stories, always interesting, with the usual Tremblay Twists, unique perspectives and layers of emotions. These stories really socked me in the gut, so head over to The Nervous Breakdown to get all of that information, see what my favorites were, and be […]
Cut Through The Bone by Ethel Rohan
Posted on January 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
This slim volume of dark fiction was a real joy to read. Check out my full review over at TNB. Dark Sky is doing a lot of great things, and this was an ideal place to start.
Caleb Ross – Charactered Pieces Tour
Posted on December 22, 2009 5 Comments
What a talented guy. Caleb has been an inspiration to me, and he has opened my eyes to the world of fiction, the landscape of journals and presses. I would not have had any success without talented, giving people like Caleb in my corner. I owe him a lot. His chapbook, Charactered Pieces, is wonderful. […]
Charactered Pieces, the new chapbook from Caleb J.Ross and OWC Press
Posted on October 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
I’ve been a long time fan of Caleb Ross. I always enjoy his work. He has a wide range of styles and genres but his stories always go deep, they resonate, they move and disturb. His novels deserve to be out there, published, now. But until then, dig the new chapbook by OWC Press (Outsider […]
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