Reviews

Bookshots: 'The Very Best Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2' Edited by Gordon Van Gelder

Review by Chris Rosales

'The Very Best Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2' selects the best from over 65 years of stories published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Bookshots: 'Season To Taste or How To Eat Your Husband' by Natalie Young

Review by Karina Wilson

August 1, 2014 (2) comments

Natalie Young's wry and disturbing examination of what it takes to eat a loved one. TIP: You'll need rosemary and garlic. LOTS of garlic.

Bookshots: 'Invisible Beasts' by Sharona Muir

Review by Leah Dearborn

Surprisingly existential, 'Invisible Beasts' is filled with explorations on what separates human and animal, as well as some of the things we may have in common.

Bookshots: 'The Mad and the Bad' by Jean-Patrick Manchette

Review by Christopher Shultz

This crazy-ass French noir novel is available, for the first time, in English. Did I mention it was crazy-ass?

Bookshots: 'The Other Side: A Memoir' by Lacy M. Johnson

Review by Naturi Thomas-Millard

After she escapes kidnapping and rape by an ex-boyfriend, an aspiring writer fights to reclaim her sanity...and her story.

Bookshots: 'Last Stories and Other Stories' by William T. Vollmann

Review by Keith Rawson

Love, Loss, War, Ghosts and memories haunting the living all stir the pot of William T. Vollmann's exceptional new collection.

Bookshots: 'The Queen of the Tearling' by Erika Johansen

Review by Leah Dearborn

Regardless of whether it lives up to the hype, 'The Queen of the Tearling' deserves better than to be lauded only as a Frankenstein product of popular literature.