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Bookshots: 'Shadowbahn' by Steve Erickson
February 15th, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Shadowbahn
Read Review →Bookshots: "The Dark and Other Love Stories" by Deborah Willis
February 14th, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Dark and Other Love Stories Who wrote it? [Willis's writing] is doubly impressive because she’s working within the confines of the short story medium, and can break a reader’s heart within minutes compared to a novel’s hours. Deborah Willis
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Powers of Darkness: The lost Version of Dracula' by Bram Stoker and Valdimar Asmundsson
February 8th, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula Who wrote it? Powers of darkness are here figured as the very ordinary powers of money and sex, whereas in Dracula, power is figured as complex, contestable, contaminating... and much more frightening. Bram Stoker and Valdimar Asmundsson (translated from the Icelandic Makt Mykranna by Hans Corneel de Roos)
Read Review →Bookshots: "The Evening Road" by Laird Hunt
February 7th, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Evening Road Who wrote it? Writer and translator, Laird Hunt, author of several novels including the award-winning Kind One and Never Home.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Twenty Days of Turin' by Giorgio De Maria
February 7th, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Twenty Days of Turin Who wrote it? For anyone with a computer living in the 21st Century, [Turin] is rife with eerily accurate commentary on our current situation. Giorgio De Maria (1924-2009), an Italian musician, critic, and writer who is experiencing a well-deserved rediscovery. The English translation is by Ramon Glazov.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Speckled God' by Marc Joan
February 2nd, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Speckled God Who wrote it? 'The Speckled God' will leave you thinking and then reaching for the next title in Marc Joan's catalog. Marc Joan, a cosmopolitan writer who grew up in India and now lives in the UK. He specializes in short stories.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Coin Heist' by Elisa Ludwig
February 1st, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Coin Heist
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Metronome' by Oliver Langmead
January 18th, 2017
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Metronome Who wrote it? I enjoyed my time with Metronome, but like even the best dreams, it rapidly fades from waking memory. Oliver Langmead, author of Dark Star, "a sci-fi noir detective story told in verse."
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