Category Archives: Sample Reviews

Some examples of Gene Stewart’s nonfiction.

Review of Psi Spies by Jim Marrs

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Psi Spies:  The True Story of America’s Psychic Warfare Program by Jim Marrs New Page Books, 2007, $15.99 318pp, Appendix, Notes, Index ISBN-13:  978-1-56414-960-2 ISBN-10:  1-56414-960-9 A Review by Gene Stewart This book was suppressed from the summer of 1995 … Continue reading →

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Review of All Those Broken Angels by Peter Adam Salomon

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Gene Stewart

All Those Broken Angels by Peter Adam Salomon Flux/Llewellyn, 2014 227pp, $9.99 US ISBN:  978-0-7387-4079-9 A Review by Gene Stewart At age six, Richard hid his eyes and counted to a hundred while his friend, Melanie, scampered off behind him … Continue reading →

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Review of A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Gene Stewart

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris Penguin, trade pb, 553pp Copiously illustrated, extensive notes, indexed $18.99, ISBN:  978-0-14-312369-9 A Review by Gene Stewart On 17 February 1970 Army Captain Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald’s wife and … Continue reading →

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Review of Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield Emily Bestler Books, Atria, Simon & Schuster HC, 328pp, $26.99, ISBN:  978-1-4767-1195-9 A Review by Gene Stewart A memento mori presented as the life of William Bellman, who makes the fatal error as a … Continue reading →

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Review of Helltown by Jeremy Bates

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Helltown / World’s Scariest Places:  Book Three by Jeremy Bates Ghillinnein Books, 2015, 1st ISBN:  978 0997 096 067 A Review by Gene Stewart A group of kids drive to an isolated town in Ohio to investigate legends of hauntings … Continue reading →

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Review of nEvermore!

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Gene Stewart

nEvermore! Neo-Gothic Fiction Inspired by the Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Murder, Mystery, & the Macabre Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles Edge, imprint of Hades Publishing $15.95, 259pp, Bio section ISBN 978-177053085-0 A Review by Gene … Continue reading →

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Review of The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Gene Stewart

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King Hard Case Crime imprint of Dorchester Books, October 2005 Mass Market Paperback, 184pp ISBN:  0-8439-5584-8 A Review by Gene Stewart Written to help inaugurate an imprint of new pulp mysteries, The Colorado Kid is … Continue reading →

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Review of BLUE VELVET

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Watched BLUE VELVET again last night and it holds up well, being itself out-of-time and timeless. The whole question I was left with is: How did David Lynch get his actors to trust him that much? They sure let go, … Continue reading →

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Review of Casebook On the Men In Black by Jim Keith

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Casebook on the Men In Black by Jim Keith Adventures Unlimited Press, 2011 edition b&w photos, illos, $14.95 ISBN:  978-1-935487-35-7 A Review by Gene Stewart Men In Black is not just a Will Smith movie franchise.  It’s not just a … Continue reading →

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A Review of The Scribe by Matthew Guinn

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Gene Stewart

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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