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Into the Water by Paula Hawkins, A Review by Gene Stewart

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Gene Stewart

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books, 2017, 1st edition hc 388pp, ISBN 978-0-7352-1120-9 A Review  by Gene Stewart  Into the Water breaks free from all the constraints of typical thriller and commercial writing and does an amazing job … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crimes of Jack the Ripper by John Roland

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Gene Stewart

The Crimes Of Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders Re-Examined by John Roland Arcturus Publishing, Ltd. 2018 287pp, notes, index A Review by Gene Stewart A concise, clear-headed overview of the crimes and conditions surrounding 1888’s autumnal horrors in London’s … Continue reading →

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Bird Box by Josh Malerman, A Review

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Bird Box by Josh Malarian Ecco, 2014, 1st edition, hardcover Special cut-out dust jacket Special cover, 262pp A Review by Gene Stewart 
 Malorie and her two kids, a boy and a girl, are left alone by a deeply unnerving … Continue reading →

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Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon, A Review

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon Penguin, 2014, 477pp, trade paperback A Review by Gene Stewart This is the single best book about New York City and about 9/11, just as Pynchon is the best living writer. In it, NYC is … Continue reading →

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The Madness of Empty Spaces by David E. Cowen, a review

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Madness of Empty Spaces: The Dark Poetry of David E. Cowen Weasel Press, 2014, 61p Introduction by Danel Olson ISBN: 978-069-233-2962 A Review by Gene Stewart A poetry collection featuring cover art, front and back, by the poet, published … Continue reading →

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Crash At Corona by Don Berliner & Stanton T. Friedman, A Review

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Crash at Corona The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a UFO The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident by Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman Paraview Special Editions, 2004 Originally published by Marlowe & Co. in 1992, updated in … Continue reading →

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The Ocean At the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, A Review

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Gene Stewart

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman William Morrow, 2013, 178pp hc, First Edition ISBN: 973 0 06 225565 5 $25.99 (a bargain at twice the price) A Review by Gene Stewart Our narrator at the start … Continue reading →

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A Review of Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Gene Stewart

In Floating Staircase, Islands In the Stream by Hemingway, who is saluted overtly, Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, and Thomas Harris’s Silence of the Lambs, echo like footsteps in an empty house. Flannery O’Connor’s shade flits by. There is a whiff of … Continue reading →

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The Scream by Edvard Munch

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Our modern world offers no spiritual comfort. We are each utterly alone. Our pain is for naught. Our sacrifice serves no greater good. When we hear the planet cry out, there is only a cringe of realization of how isolated we are… Continue reading →

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Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today by Katherine Ramsland

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Gene Stewart

…Piercing the Darkness is the single best book to read if you’re wondering how much of the vampire myth is content to remain in its dusty coffin, and how much appeals to you as a living tradition or way of life… Continue reading →

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