Monthly Archives: May 2014

Bookshelf: The Billy Saga

Michaelbrent Collings is a writer probably best known for his horror novels, but he’s always written outside that genre, from science fiction thrillers to young adult vampire romance to karate instruction manual. With the Billy Saga, Michaelbrent gets into Middle … Continue reading

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Resolutions

The last year+ has been tumultuous.  We moved twice, I changed career and ramped in a new job, and Emily and I each got a book deal.  I’m not saying a bad year, but it’s been challenging, with lots of … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: Small Town Monsters

Craig Nybo is the Norman Rockwell of gory monster adventure fiction. I’ve read two of Craig’s novels (his earlier foray into similar space — “just your average zombies versus the KKK story,” as he likes to say — was Allied … Continue reading

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[words]

I stopped in recently at [words], a terrific independent bookstore in Maplewood, New Jersey (in the Newark area).  Maplewood is lovely, in that narrow streets and lots of trees village way that old towns in the northeastern US can have. [words] … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: Captain Nemo

I’m reading Jules Verne these days, to try to learn to read a little French, if not speak it.  So when I sat on a panel on Steampunk at FanX with Kevin J. Anderson, and we talked about Jules Verne … Continue reading

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