Favorite Articles of 2023 – Part 2
It was difficult limiting this to only ten favorite articles. Ultimately, it boiled down to a quirk of memory. Which ones, upon looking through the year, evoked the strongest memories, the most potent feelings.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 3rd, 2024
It was difficult limiting this to only ten favorite articles. Ultimately, it boiled down to a quirk of memory. Which ones, upon looking through the year, evoked the strongest memories, the most potent feelings.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 1st, 2024
Last year, I took a look at some of my favorite and least favorite pieces of media I reviewed for 2022.
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There is horrific and evocative. A well-earned compliment that applies not only to the title but to every story in this horror anthology. Though, I almost hesitate to use the word “horror” to describe this work.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 20th, 2023
The Murderbot Diaries is one of those series that is super popular and well-regarded, but it was not really on my radar until I went into this review for its first book, All Systems Red.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 15th, 2023
Tantalus Depths is the kind of book that the right audience will love. It’s a solid combination of cosmic horror, somewhat-hard science fiction, and has sprinkles of space epic. And perhaps its biggest triumph is how it balances those three things in an organic, unfolding way that never feels like a hard genre shift.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 8th, 2023
I’d not read anything by T. Kingfisher before this novel, but given the grace of the prose, The Hollow Places will not be the last. She’s shown her sureness within both this subgenre and in the art of simply telling a good story.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 6th, 2023
Starting worst and going toward best, this is a shorter but much more spoiler-heavy breakdown of these six spooky tales.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 1st, 2023
I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House is a stark contrast to the first book in the “I Found Horror” series. It’s technically the second book, but was published first. I’m unsure of why it’s set up that way, except perhaps to give a better starting impression.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 30th, 2023
“Big Bad” made for an interesting end to the Creature Feature collection. It’s the only story in it that fits within any of my preconceived expectations. It’s about a werewolf. The werewolf follows normal horror werewolf rules (as opposed to paranormal werewolf rules), and the story has a lot of gore and tense moments in it.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 25th, 2023
“Best of Luck” is pulling as my favorite story in the collection. Although “Ankle Snatcher” is the only one that scared me, this one was the most fun to read. I actively wish there were more pages, that the story didn’t have to be over so soon.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 23rd, 2023
“In Bloom” just kept missing. Each time the horror felt like it was going to build to something, each time I thought the concept was going to hit harder, it just failed to work.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 18th, 2023
If there was an award for the most middle-of-the-road story in this collection, “It Waits in the Woods” would currently win.