Anyone who knows me knows, well, that I’m weird. 🙂 I like the offbeat, oddball, way-left-of-center stuff. Always have. So it’s not surprising I look for oddball and offbeat movies to watch or books to read. We have several Roku Streaming Sticks at home, and I have added umpteen free channels in addition to the […]
Category: Reviews
Review: “Scenes From the Carnival Lounge: A Collection of Odd Tales” by Michael Picco (2018)
One of the amazing benefits of this age of publishing is the sheer number of amazing authors out there who are able to self-publish or be published by the small presses. No longer are they reliant upon the big houses for getting their books out the door. While that definitely means there are also some […]
Review: “Karate on a Cushion: A Journey into Zen” by Goran Powell (2020)
I have read several of Goran Powell’s fiction works, because I loved that, as a long-time martial artist, he brought aspects of martial arts, along with realistic combat, into his writing. It also doesn’t hurt that those books were also well-written to boot. He has also done several non-fiction books, and while I was aware […]
Review: “The Lake” by Tananarive Due (2011)
I’ve long been a fan of Due, so when I saw this short story available on Kindle, I decided to check it out. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was included in an anthology called “The Monster’s Corner,” so I now have added that to my TBR pile too. 🙂 Newly divorced […]
Review: “Specimen 313” by Jeff Strand (2011)
Although I tend to read a lot in all genres, but especially horror, somehow I had never read anything by Jeff Strand. I got looking for some stories by him and found this one for a reasonable price, so I picked it up. I wasn’t disappointed. This story is about carnivorous plants, told from the […]
Review: “Bus Driver Man” by Duncan Ralston (2014)
Since I tend to write more short fiction than any other format, it should be no surprise I read much of the same. Often those stories are in anthologies, but sometimes they are standalone works, as is the case with this one. Mr. McAllister is a bus driver, and like most in his profession, he’s […]