Genre: Military Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Man and Machine, edited by Mike McPhail, is an anthology of 14 military short stories around the theme of replacing men in combat with artificial intelligence and machines. Table of Contents …
Genre: Fantasy Anthology Publisher: Dark Quest Published: 2014 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Consigned to the Sea, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, is a short fantasy anthology containing four short stories and a poem, all involving some aspect related to the sea, be that pirates, mermaids, selkies, …
Genre: Horror Anthology Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Shadows and Teeth was edited by R. Perez De Pereda or at least I think it was. It actually isn’t clear. But I won’t this against Darkwater Syndicate because this is an …
Logan (2017), Rated R Directed By: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant Rating: Reviewed by David L. Felts Have you seen this movie? Yikes. This is not your kid’s superhero movie, so forget taking your 12 year-old Wolverine fan to this one. The R rating is …
Genre: Fantasy Anthology Publisher: Freedom Fox Press Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Hero Lost, is a Fantasy Anthology edited by Alex J. Cavanaugh. This anthology has 12 short stories which all revolve around mostly traditional fantasy themes. This book comes out of …
Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: CreateSpace Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Himself had picked up this one up as a Recommended Read and loaded it up on our Kindles–and after reading it, enthusiastically suggested I also read it. And I generally listen to Himself …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Imperiad Entertainment Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? {ratings] Just as the title says, there are two books here, The Thousand-Eyed Fear, by Derrick Ferguson and David W. Edwards and Q For Damnation, by Arlen M. Todd. The Thousand-Eyed Fear …
The deadline to apply for the summer workshop is only a month away, April 7, 2017. ODYSSEY RESIDENTIAL SIX-WEEK WORKSHOP FOR FANTASY, SCIENCE FITCTION, AND HORROR WRITERS NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS Just the facts summary: Who: Writers of Fantasy, SciFi, and Horror who want to improve their skills through in-depth instruction …
When did you start writing? Around age seven or eight, I had a teacher who asked me to write a one-page story. I thought this was impossible, so she dialed it back to half a page. I wrote with really big cursive, so my story was probably three sentences long–but …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Chronicle Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I encountered the first book, The Falconer, at the beginning of the year and loved the intense, brutal writing style of this YA genre mash-up, so was delighted when this offering became …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I had previously read and reviewed the prequel to this series, Brink’s Unfortunate Escape from Hell, so when I was approached by the publishers and asked if I would like …
Passengers (2016), Rated PG-13 Directed By: Morten Tyldum Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne Rating: Reviewed by David L. Felts Have you seen this movie? I didn’t have high expectations going into Passengers, mainly because my wife told me that she’d heard it wasn’t all that great. I’m pleased to …
How old were you when you started writing? The first thing I remember writing was a story back in the third grade. It was around Halloween and we were all supposed to draw a monster for class. I drew mine, but more or less on my own, I wrote up …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Quick Books Published: 2007 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? How to Survive a Horror Movie, by Seth Grahame Smith, is a comic, but practical, overview of how a person could survive if they found themselves trapped within the various sub-genres …
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Rated R Directed By: George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton Rating Reviewed by Xavier Emaka Have you seen this move? This movie must have some sort of record for longest …
Philip Pullman announces Fall 2017 publication of first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST, long-awaited “equel” to His Dark Materials “What can I tell you about it? The first thing to say is that Lyra is at the center of the story.” —Philip Pullman New York, NY, February 14, 2017—Philip …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Scribner Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? I was wandering through the aisles of my local grocery store when I passed by their minuscule magazine/paperback book rack. Tucked in there was Stephen King’s Bazaar of Bad Dreams. …
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), PG-13 Directed by David Yates Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Ron Perlman, Colin Farrell. Rating: Reviewed By Xavier Emaka J. K. Rowling has finally joined the movie industry. She actually …
Westworld, HBO, Premiered 2016 Created by: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jimmi Simpson Tessa Thompson Angela Sarafyan Rodrigo Santoro, Simon Quarterman, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Luke Hemsworth, Clifton Collins Jr, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ben Barnes, Jeffrey, Wright, James Marsden, Shannon Woodward, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins Rating: …
Max Steel (2016), Rated PG-13 Directed by: Stewart Hendler Starring: Ben Winchell, Maria Bello, Ana Villafañe, Josh Brener, Andy García Rating Reviewed by Xavier Emaka This one barely made a blip on the radar, but that was mostly marketing’s fault. Max Steel was released with barely a whisper, as if …
