Aug 5, 20233 min read
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...
Apr 22, 20231 min read
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...
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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...
Oct 16, 20223 min read
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...
Oct 9, 20182 min read
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...
Jun 18, 20172 min read
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...
Apr 12, 20172 min read
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...
Oct 24, 20162 min read
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...
Oct 4, 20153 min read
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...
Aug 24, 20153 min read
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...
