Book Review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
If I’d read Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Road earlier in life, I’m sure the experience would have been affecting. But the...
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New Release: Bone Rush, Chapter 1
After the Storm just posted the first chapter of my novella Bone Rush. (The rest will follow on a monthly basis.) The genre is...
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Book Reviews: Some of My Favorite Random Reads
This is my fourth and final review roundup for the time being, and you probably know the drill by now. First, I pick a genre (like...
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Book Review: Dawn, by Octavia Butler
Enthralling, dawning horror. That’s probably the best way to describe my evolving response while reading Octavia Butler’s Dawn—an...
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Book Review: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
“Because survival is insufficient.” This is the worthy theme that runs through Emily St. John Mandel’s eclectic Station Eleven, a...
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Book Review: Wool - Omnibus Edition, by Hugh Howey
Self-publishing still gets a bad rap. Sometimes it’s justified: with a lower barrier to entry, platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing...
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Book Review: The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, is a masterclass in worldbuilding. Most authors would have detailed the story’s premise—or at...
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TV: Why I'm Done with The Walking Dead
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan (Credit: Gene Page/AMC) The Walking Dead used to be thrilling. It wasn’t “good” TV, but the show generated a...
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Book Review: Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas is insane. Insanely well-written, insanely intricate, and yes, just plain insane. Much of this craziness...
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Book Review: The Stand, by Stephen King
In Stephen King’s foreword to the revised version of The Stand, his 1,200-page apocalyptic tale about the impact of an accidentally...
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