Reviews

Bookshots: "The Fireman" by Joe Hill

May 16th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Fireman Who Wrote It? Joe Hill, author of Heart Shaped Box, Horns, N0S4A2, the short story collection 20th Century Ghosts, and the comic book Locke & Key.

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Bookshots: "The Loney" by Andrew Michael Hurley

May 12th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Loney

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Bookshots: 'Man & Wife' by Katie Chase

May 11th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Man & Wife Who wrote it? Katie Chase’s lyrical prose is a sweet contrast to the darkness of each story. Katie Chase, a writer whose stories have appeared in Missouri Review, Narrative, ZYZZYVA, Prairie Schooner, Mississippi Review, and the Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize anthologies.

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Bookshots: 'The Mirror Thief' by Martin Seay

May 9th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Mirror Thief Who wrote it? This is Martin Seay’s first book and he describes himself as "a writer of literary fiction and cultural criticism."

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Bookshots: 'Quiet Creature on the Corner' by Joao Gilberto Noll

May 9th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Quiet Creature on the Corner I found no empathy or understanding, and I can't say that I was any closer by the end of the book. Who Wrote It: Brazilian author of nearly twenty works and Guggenheim Fellow, João Gilberto Noll.

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Bookshots: 'Central Station' by Lavie Tidhar

May 6th, 2016

Title Central Station Who wrote it? Lavie Tidhar, winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Plot in a Box: The title refers to the world’s biggest spaceport, located in Tel Aviv. The book follows the daily life of several of its inhabitants. Invent a new title for this book: Lonely Planet: Central Station Tel Aviv

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Bookshots: "Zero K" By Don Delillo

May 4th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Zero K Who wrote it? National Book Award winner, Don DeLillo Plot in a box: A dutiful but emotionally distant son of a multi-billionaire ex-financier travels to some Godforsaken desert to witness his dying stepmother be turned into a human popsicle while she waits for science to come up with a cure for MS. Soul searching and hilarity ensue!

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Bookshots: 'Movie Stars' by Jack Pendarvis

April 13th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Movie Stars Who wrote it? Writers and other creatives will find ['Movie Stars'] especially amusing and uncomfortably accurate in some places. Jack Pendarvis, a writer and story editor for the TV show Adventure Time.

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Bookshots: 'Violation: Collected Essays' By Sallie Tisdale

April 13th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Violation: Collected Essays Who wrote it? The essays in 'Violation' are all lushly written and teeming with memory and insight. Award winning mega-essayist, Sallie Tisdale. Plot in a Box: It’s an essay collection, so no plot. Invent a new title for this book: Memory Box

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Bookshots: 'The Inventors' by Peter Selgin

April 12th, 2016

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Inventors Who wrote it? With wit, remorse, ferocious intelligence, and a little well-deserved self-pity, Selgin recounts his odd life. Peter Selgin, "a born writer, capable of taking any subject and exploring it from a new angle, with wit, grace, and erudition” (according to Oliver Sacks).

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