Black Mountain by Laird Barron Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene Since Laird Barron published Blood Standard, the first novel in the ongoing Isaiah Coleridge saga, I’ve heard it said more than […]
Crime With a Serrated Edge
A Whisper at the Window
The Whisper Man – by Alex North Outstanding debut thriller which will chill you to the bone I read Alex North’s debut novel over three tension-filled evenings, on the final night the […]
Science, History, and Apocalypse
The Migration by Helen Marshall Book Review by Tracy Robinson “Memory is a tricky thing. It isn’t a ruler, a hard, straight line…It isn’t neat and tidy. It’s more like murmurs, voices […]
When Smoke is a Mirror
Smoke City by Keith Rosson Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene I’ll confess that going into the book I’m talking about today, I was somewhat of a skeptic, as I tend to […]
An Exercise in Isolation
Terminal by Michaelbrent Collings Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene I’m sitting in a hospital, in an over-comfortable chair designed for old people, or broken ones like me. As I wait to […]
Once Upon a Nightmare
The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene “Lucy reached up, fingered the sweaty fabric of the blindfold. “Mind if I take this off?” No […]
Punk Rock Poetry Noir
Corrosion by Jon Bassoff Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene Author John Bassoff inscribed this book, “For Shane, wear your mask well.” And, if you were like me, you’d read that and think, […]
A Dance With Deception
Inspection by Josh Malerman Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene “No boy had ever failed an inspection.” Thus begins this new Josh Malerman concoction where we meet J and the Alphabet Boys–my […]
The Subtle Art of the Mindfuck
The Homecoming by Andrew Pyper Book Review by Shane Douglas Keene “Where does the path lead after it ends?” One of the remarkable things about Andrew Pyper is that, like Josh Malerman, […]
The Dismembering Monster of Memory
Author J.S. Breukelaar is another one of those author crushes I talk to you guys about sometimes. Her novel, Aletheia was a huge eye opener for me. It was a beautiful, crushingly sad, […]
