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Howling About Murder At Full Moon

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Gene Stewart

In the archives at Texas University, a piss-poor place to keep the premier California writer’s papers, is a werewolf novel written by a young John Steinbeck. His executors refuse to let it be seen. Early genre fiction affronts them, apparently, … Continue reading →

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Review: Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay Wm. Morrow, ©2016 hc, 1st edition, 327pp A Review by Gene Stewart Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay is a delineation of the details of a missing child from the mother’s and … Continue reading →

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A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, A Review

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Gene Stewart

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 Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books/Penguin, 2015 323pp, hardcover A Review by Gene Stewart A lonely woman on her daily train commute notices a pile of clothing beside the track. She is Rachel, doing her best … Continue reading →

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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King Scribner hc, 1st edition, 531pp ISBN: 978-1-4767-2765-3

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King Scribner hc, 1st edition, 531pp ISBN: 978-1-4767-2765-3 The sequel to The Shining, in which Danny is all grown up, succeeds in remaining consonant to the original novel enough to justify considering them a duad, a … Continue reading →

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Out by Natsuro Kirino First Vintage International Edition, Jan. 2005 Translated by Stephen Snyder for Kodansha, Ltd. pb, 400pp, $13.95, ISBN: 1-4000-7837-7

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Out by Natsuro Kirino First Vintage International Edition, Jan. 2005 Translated by Stephen Snyder for Kodansha, Ltd. pb, 400pp, $13.95, ISBN: 1-4000-7837-7 Perhaps the title confused browsers into thinking this is a book about someone coming out of the closet … Continue reading →

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Review of The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Thief By Fuminori Nakamura Soho Crime, 2012 Translated from the Japanese novel Suri, published in 2009 Winner of the Oe Prize Winner of the 2014 David L. Goodis Prize for Noir Fiction 211pp, trade paperback Finished The Thief by … Continue reading →

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The Erotic Novels of Everett Bedford

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Gene Stewart

A guest blog from Everett Bedford in which he discusses genuine, unrestrained alternatives to various shades of pale vanilla imitation that have currently cluttered the  erotica market.  Want the good stuff?  Here is some of the best there is, just … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from a novel in progress

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Gene Stewart

They sat outside on a terrace at a café table covered by white linen drinking Valpolicella as a sunny day waned. A light breeze meandered southwest along the river valley, giving their shade, provided by a trio of linden trees, … Continue reading →

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