Friday Fiction: The Boy Who Never Left The Carnival! (Part 2)
The carnival is so very big, and we are inside it now, well and truly.
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New STAR WARS Coming Soon + FREE Stuff!
The new game and story expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Legacy of the Sith, is right around the corner! Recently, the developers held a livestream to share story teases, game expansion details and give away some freebies and we have all the deets compiled for you right here. But first, the free stuff….
The Hollow Places: Breezy Lovecraftian Horror
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.
Friday Fiction: The Boy Who Never Left The Carnival! (Part 1)
Dear reader, have you ever been to the circus or a carnival? It seems like more people think of such places as ghostly, ghastly, or spooky instead of their original function.
Trailer Talk: Hawkeye, Moonfall, and Lightyear
The film scene—and, by extension, the trailer scene—is ramping up for the holidays and the new year. We’ve got a bunch of franchise films, standalones, and odd ducks coming soon. But, before the movies properly arrive, let’s look at the trailers for three of them.
It Came From The Archives! “Why A Unique Film Is Not Better”
The thing about reviewers and critics is that we sometimes get overwhelmed with the sameness of media—and thus crave anything unique.
Friday Fiction: A Trial Of Leaders
We promised you a future, dear reader, but we never said how far forward it was going to be.
Circle: An Unfocused Death Game Movie
To call Circle an intense film is to undersell it. Utilizing almost only a single location, this death game story touches upon politics, human nature, mercy, and bigotry. It uses a very simple premise and plays it straight and is one of the best-paced films I’ve seen in a long time.
Harrow Lake: A Metaphor That Looks Like A Horror Novel
Calling Harrow Lake a disappointment is perhaps too strong a phrase, but the book does fail to deliver in a few key aspects. There was a missing ingredient, a piece withheld, that made it appear mismanaged.
Friday Fiction: Convenient World
Let’s look to a possible future, shall we? A world where human needs are met, and technology solves most problems.
Murder Drones: Dark And Hilarious Sci-Fi
If you were tracking—as I was—the creative output of Liam Vickers on YouTube, then Murder Drones seems the obvious next step.
It Came From The Archives! “Vampires In 2021: A Defense of Recent Vampire Fiction”
In defending the modern concept of a vampire, you might assume that I’m defending the Twilight series or other trashy books in the paranormal romance genre. I am not.
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