Author Archives

• “Love is Hell’s Breath” The Curious Humanity in Ballingrud’s Wounds

  By ericmbosarge on May 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  If you were underground, you’d look up. That’s what monsters do. They want to come up and see daylight and perch themselves on the air like birds. Ballingrud knows this. But unlike so many writers who dance with the devil… Read More ›

• Books Received 5/12/19

  By ericmbosarge on May 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Looking forward to reading these beauties from Word Horde!

• When Someone Shares Their Experience, Believe Them: Bonnie Chau’s “All Roads Lead to Blood”

  By ericmbosarge on May 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  At one point while reading Bonnie Chau’s All Roads Lead to Blood I literally asked myself, am I the right person to review this book? And then I thought, I can focus on it solely as an example of amazing… Read More ›

• An Interview with Jennifer Marie Brissett

  By ericmbosarge on May 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Jennifer Marie Brissett’s short stories can be found in The Future Fire, Lightspeed Magazine, Motherboard VICE, Uncanny Magazine, Morpheus Tales, APB: Artists against Police Brutality and other publications. Her debut novel, Elysium, received the Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation and has been a finalist for the Locus… Read More ›

• Stories are Delicious: “The Pulse of Memory” by Beth Dawkins

  By ericmbosarge on May 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Short stories about a singularity where we upload our consciousness into a computer are not in short supply. Will Ludwigsen wrote a good, humorous one not too long ago and even popular television shows like The 100 have played with… Read More ›

• Ben Kane’s Military Love Song: Clash of Empires

  By ericmbosarge on May 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Clash of Empires by Ben Kane has many of the attributes I look for in a novel: lots of disparate characters whose paths collide, historical accuracy, great dialogue, etc., but it conspicuously didn’t have one thing that is always high… Read More ›

• More than fun: Nicholas Eames’ Bloody Rose

  By ericmbosarge on May 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A while ago I was talking to another teacher about short fiction. The story I had just taught to my class was “Carnal Knowledge” by TC Boyle, an old favourite of mine, and it turned out he just had another… Read More ›

• The Walking Dead’s Trail Goes Cold in Season 9

  By ericmbosarge on April 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  (Contains Spoilers) Most people stopped watching The Walking Dead after Glenn got all Hank Aaroned-on by Negan. It was a simple fact that the show went too far and that they were making way for the worst villain yet after… Read More ›

• An Interview with Jamie Mason

  By ericmbosarge on April 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Jamie Mason is the author of several books, including KEZZIE OF BABYLON, THE BOOK OF ASHES and GAVIN’S WAR. He has worked variously as a think-tank analyst, a business manager, a professional musician and a private investigator. Now semi-retired and… Read More ›

• Brit Marling goes meta in Season 2 of The O.A.

  By ericmbosarge on April 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  (contains spoilers) No one is supposed to be this good. Brit Marling and her co-writer Zal Batmanglij are simply writing at a higher level than everyone else. If you haven’t seen any of their work, run to your couch and… Read More ›