Bookshots: 'Sirens' by Joshua Mohr
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
The struggle never ends in this melancholy memoir.
Bookshots: 'Little Heaven' by Nick Cutter
Review by Max Booth III January 11, 2017
A mashup of Stephen King's greatest hits.
Bookshots: 'Nicotine' by Gregor Hens
Review by Gabino Iglesias January 10, 2017
A German translator revisits his entire life through the filter of his very powerful addiction to nicotine.
Bookshots: 'Fear is The Rider' By Kenneth Cook
Review by Keith Rawson January 10, 2017
A brief review of Kenneth Cook's "unearthed" novel, 'Fear is The Rider.'
Bookshots: 'The Coyote’s Bicycle: The Untold Story of Seven Thousand Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire' by Kimball Taylor
Review by Bart Bishop
A brief review of Kimball Taylor's book on the bikes that were used to smuggle 7,000 people from Mexico into the United States.
Bookshots: 'Everything You Want Me to Be' by Mindy Mejia
Review by Cath Murphy
Macbeth, Missouri, murder.
Bookshots: 'Kill the Next One' by Federico Axat
Review by Gabino Iglesias
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review
Bookshots: 'Last Year' by Robert Charles Wilson
Review by BH Shepherd December 13, 2016
A concise review of "Last Year" by Robert Charles Wilson.
Bookshots: ‘The Show House’ by Dan Lopez
Review by Dean Fetzer
A family weekend goes wrong, while a serial killer is targeting young, gay men in Orlando night clubs.
Bookshots: 'Fungoid' by William Meikle
Review by Leah Rhyne December 5, 2016
What happens when genetically engineered fungi (or maybe aliens taking the shape of genetically engineered fungi) take over the world?
Seriously, y'all. There's a fungus among us.
Bookshots: ‘Bones Are Made To Be Broken’ by Paul Michael Anderson
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of Paul Michael Anderson's debut short story collection, ‘Bones Are Made To Be Broken’.
Bookshots: 'Slipping' by Lauren Beukes
Review by Gabino Iglesias
Beukes offers a wonderful mix of science fiction, horror, and smart writing in her latest collection.
Bookshots: 'They Don't Come Home Anymore' by T.E. Grau
Review by Joshua Chaplinsky
This is not another teen vampire story.
Bookshots: ‘Moonglow’ by Michael Chabon
Review by Dean Fetzer
Our narrator is spending the last ten days of his grandfather’s life with him in his mother’s house, learning a great deal about his grandfather’s, his grandmother’s and his mother’s lives.
Bookshots: 'Burn My Shadow' by Tyler Knight
Review by Brandon Tietz November 21, 2016
"Burn My Shadow" follows the porn career of Tyler Knight, a black porn star who has been featured in over three hundred movies.
Bookshots: 'I Miss the World' by Violet LeVoit
Review by Max Booth III
From the author of "I'll Fuck Anything that Moves and Stephen Hawking."
Bookshots: 'Swing Time' by Zadie Smith
Review by BH Shepherd
A brief review of "Swing Time" by Zadie Smith.
Bookshots: 'Pirate Utopia' by Bruce Sterling
Review by Max Booth III
A look at Bruce Sterling's anticipated new novella.
Bookshots: 'The Sick Bag Song' by Nick Cave
Review by Leah Dearborn November 7, 2016
Would I want to live in Nick Cave's mind? Probably not, but I don't really think he does either.
Bookshots: 'Pull Me Under' by Kelly Luce
Review by Freddie Moore November 3, 2016
A look inside Kelly Luce's debut novel.
Bookshots: 'Reel' by Tobias Carroll
Review by Gabino Iglesias November 3, 2016
Two people crash against each other briefly, but their encounter leaves lasting consequences.
Bookshots: 'Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror' Edited By Ellen Datlow
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of the new anthology, 'Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror'.
Bookshots: 'A Bloom of Bones' by Allen Morris Jones
Review by Stephanie Bonjack
A dead body discovered in small-town big sky country directs all eyes to a lone cowboy with a complicated past.
Bookshots: 'Certain Dark Things' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Review by Max Booth III October 25, 2016
A review of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's new narco vampire novel.
Bookshots: 'Land of Love and Ruins' by Oddny Eir
Review by Leah Dearborn October 25, 2016
"Land of Love and Ruins" is a quiet and intriguing book that contemplates the connections between people and their environments.