Monthly Archives: February 2016

A Review of The Scribe by Matthew Guinn

The Scribe Matthew Guinn Norton hc, 292pp $25.95 US ISBN:  978-0-393-23929-4 Set in 1881 Atlanta during the early days of the New South, The Scribe delves with depth and subtlety into the many cross-currents flowing at that time and eddying … Continue reading

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A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, A Review

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay William Morrow, 2015, 1st edition hardcover 284pp, deckled pages ISBN:  978-0-06-236323-7 A Review by Gene Stewart A layered, literary mystery/horror novel in a class by itself, likely to be an instant classic, … Continue reading

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The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker: A Review

The Scarlet Gospels Clive Barker St. Martin’s Press $29.99 USD / Hardcover Special Dust Jacket 362pp, ISBN:  978-1-250-05580-4 If you read this book you will go to Hell. You’ll like such a damnation. Clive Barker’s return to horror, as it’s … Continue reading

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Past Echoes Present In Future Dreads

We are witnessing America going fascist in appalling lurches.  Little is gradual about it although certainly the prep-work took all the decades since WW II.  Bigotry, intolerance, and militant nationalism rooted in trumped-up fear and hate usher in textbook Nazi-style … Continue reading

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History’s Now: Remarks About The Black Dahlia’s Possible Killer

Fauna Hodel is the daughter of Dr. George Hodel and his daughter, Tamar, who was 14 when he got her pregnant. John Huston is said to have hit that, too, among other celebrities and VIPs.  John Philips of The Mamas … Continue reading

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