Book Review: The Secret History of Wonder Woman Jill Lapore, 527 pages I stumbled on Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, directed by Angela Robinson. while searching for a movie to watch with my wife on Valentine’s Day. I am… Read More ›
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Brain-damaged hockey star resists The People’s justice
Book Review: Outrage Level 10, Lucy Leitner Necro Publications, 328 pages Horror, in my opinion, takes itself too seriously. In the non-stop, adrenaline-pounding quest to put readers on edge, the genre often fails to move beyond its time-honored tropes around… Read More ›
Shirking duty leads deputy to rosy hell of disappointment
Book Review: Captain Clive’s Dreamworld Jon Bassoff, Eraserhead Press, 234 pages Early in Deputy Sam Hardy’s adulthood, he marries a woman he loves, they have a daughter they are too poor to support, so they give her up for adoption…. Read More ›
Name your favorite bands!
Book review: Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil, Grove Press, 448 pages It’s time for a music test. Name your top-five rock bands. Here are mine: The Rolling Stones The Velvet Underground… Read More ›
Thread of optimism weaves tales of climate heroes
Book Review: Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet Rod Taylor, Odyssey Books, 284 pages The assault to the environment currently underway by global warming continues to have noticeable impact on Los Angeles, where I live, in which blazes surrounding the… Read More ›
There’s no business like show business
Book Review: Out of Frame Anthologies Jack Lothian, S.J. Sims, Rhiannon Robertson, Sarah Witt Oneiric Roper, John Morgan Risner, 179 pages Living in Los Angeles, I witness no shortage of artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers, and other creatives whose eccentric tendencies and… Read More ›
Prophetic rumors promise hope for a dying world
Book Review: The Psychic’s Memoirs Ryan Hyatt, 271 pages I had the pleasure of reading a draft of Ryan Hyatt’s The Psychic’s Memoirs in early 2019. Remember 2019? That feeling of disconnect with the world, but a hint of familiarity is… Read More ›
To move forward, try looking back: Book review, lessons on Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
Ambrose Bierce, Forgotten Books (2012), 300 pages My stepfather gave me Tales of Soldiers and Civilians as a Christmas gift. Dan read my sci-fi novel, Rise of the Liberators, and I suspect he wanted to encourage me to write more… Read More ›
Justice in the mouths of lizards
Book Review: Co-Evolution, Food Chain Wars Vol. 1 Arthur Weissmann There is a primal rage that exists within many of us that desires a special kind of hell for those hard-core criminals who commit rape, molestation, and murder, and while… Read More ›
Alien abduction might be the least of our woes
Review: Filter Trap A.L. Lorentz, 457 pages All of us have been abducted by aliens. I know that might sound scary, or weird, or both, but that’s just the beginning of the story I’m about to share with you. A.L…. Read More ›
The La-La Lander 