Reviews

Bookshots: 'After the Saucers Landed' by Douglas Lain

August 6th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: After the Saucers Landed Who wrote it? I can say without exaggeration that After the Saucers Landed is the most tediously dull novel I have read all year. Douglas Lain Plot in a Box: When the saucers landed and the aliens turned out to not only be friendly, but downright banal, a bunch of ufologists suddenly find their life’s work meaningless.

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Bookshots: ‘Three Moments of an Explosion’ By China Mieville

August 5th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Three Moments of an Explosion Who wrote it? What’s most striking about the collection is the sheer range of Mieville’s storytelling skill. Best-selling, award-winning weird fiction pioneer, China Mieville Plot in a Box: It’s a HUGE short story collection, so the plots are varied and many.

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Bookshots: 'Coming of Age at the End of Days' by Alice LaPlante

August 4th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Coming of Age at the End of Days Who wrote it: LaPlante structures the motivations of her characters carefully, providing literary answers that are both thoughtful and challenging. Alice LaPlante, author of five other novels, including the award-winning Turn of Mind. 

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Bookshots: ‘The Fury of Blacky Jaguar’ by Angel Luis Colon

August 4th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Fury of Blacky Jaguar Who wrote it? Angel Luis Colon is an editor at Shotgun Honey, winner of the inaugural AJ Hayes Writing Contest for ‘Shotgun Wedding’ and Derringer Award nominee for his short story ‘Separation Anxiety’, and is currently working on his novel ‘Hell Chose Me’. His writing has appeared in numerous print and online sites.

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Bookshots: 'Rubbernecker' by Belinda Bauer

August 4th, 2015

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

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Bookshots: 'Dark Screams: Volume 4' edited by Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman

August 3rd, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dark Screams: Volume Four Who Wrote It? Fans of horror of every variety will find something to love in these pages. Clive Barker, Lisa Morton, Ray Garton, Ed Gorman, and Heather Graham. This is the fourth installment of an anthology series edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance fame.

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Bookshots: 'Crooked' by Austin Grossman

July 29th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Crooked Who wrote it? Nixon might seem like an unconventional choice for a main character, but it allows Grossman to delve into some of the natural-seeming paradoxes of Nixon’s presidency and offer alternative explanations. Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible and You: A novel.

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Bookshots: "The Disassembled Man" by Jon Bassoff

July 20th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Disassembled Man Who wrote it?: The story became something deeper, more than a shocking and twisted sketch of violence in the desert. Jon Bassoff, author of Corrosion and Factory Town.

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Bookshots: "Finders Keepers" by Stephen King

July 14th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Finders Keepers Who Wrote It?: There is a little seed that King kept dropping throughout this second book, and it involves the killer from the first book, Brady Hartsfield. King hints that this man, who is now in a sort of vegetative, fugue state, may be more than he seems. Stephen King

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Bookshots: "Love And Other Wounds" By Jordan Harper

July 13th, 2015

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Love And Other Wounds Who wrote it? To be blunt, there really isn’t a misstep in the entire bunch, and you will be captivated by this collection. Television writer and producer Jordan Harper Plot in a Box: It’s a short story collection, so it’s a bunch of dark, bloody plots in a box.

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