Switchboard Andrew Post February 28, 2020 JournalStone Publishing Review by Bret McCormick At an unspecified time approximating the present in the Rust Belt dystopia, desomorphine, a semi-synthetic opioid first patented in 1922 in Germany, has become all the rage...
Cold Comforts Marianne Halbert Crossroad Press June 24, 2019 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale While I find nothing comforting about the cold, I do seek solace in well written horror stories, and this anthology has plenty of them. Cold Comforts is a clever, creative...
My Bloody Valentine – Blu-ray Director: George Mihalka Stars: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons 1981’s My Bloody Valentine is one of the best slashers ever made, easily beating better-known entries in some of the big franchises...
Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape Joshua Chaplinsky October 15, 2019 (CLASH Books) Reviewed by Bret McCormick Consciousness is a surging, dynamic thing, shaped by our experiences and relationships. For the majority of us, a gentle ride on the lazy wide channel of...
Pendulum Grim E. R. Bills Independently published December 2, 2019 Reviewed by Bret McCormick For the past seven years, Texas author E.R. Bills has published a steady stream of nonfiction books with titles like Texas Obscurities and The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of...
Over at Daily Dead, Sara Clements reviews Jon Avnet’s Three Christs: a star-studded flick featuring Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, and Julianne Margulies, based on the true story of unconventional psychiatrist Dr. Alan Stone (Gere) and, in this instance, his...