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• Doodle: Elmer’s Epic Job Placement Service for Non-Traditional Workers #16

  By ericmbosarge on August 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

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• M. R. James’ Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories

  By ericmbosarge on August 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By John H. Stevens I am conflicted about M. R. James’ stories. His English ghost stories are formulaic narratives, tangled with details that seem to dull the progress toward that ineffable, terrifying moment of recognition of the past’s weight and… Read More ›

• The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly

  By ericmbosarge on August 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s been said that the sense of smell has the ability to bring back memories more than any other. But what about taste?

• Doodle Review:Horror Hipster Pikachu Discusses Three-Lobed Burning Eye edited by Andrew S. Fuller

  By editorialmonster on August 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  link: www.3lobedmag.com  

• Revisited: Ancient Aliens Season 2 Episode 6

  By ericmbosarge on August 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Joe: I can say with a straight face that this was the dullest episode to date. It shouldn’t be, because we’re finally getting to first-person encounters with aliens, but I’m bored. I’m watching this episode, and these Air Force enlisted… Read More ›

• Doodle: Elmer’s Epic Job Placement Service for Non-Traditional Workers #15

  By editorialmonster on August 2, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

• Review of The Last Interview and Other Conversations and The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin

  By ericmbosarge on August 1, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  By John H. Stevens Ursula K. Le Guin was a prolific writer, penning dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories.  She also wrote frequently about the creative process and the socio-political forces that influenced it.  This topic came up… Read More ›

• Doodle Reviews: Sudowoodo briefly celebrates OVERSTORY by Richard Powers

  By editorialmonster on July 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

• The Righteousness of Truth: Brooke Bolander’s Only Harmless Great Thing

  By ericmbosarge on July 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Before Joe started doodling and I started typing up reviews, I had a dream: I was singing softly, quietly, to myself as I worked, yet my voice echoed and was amplified and the gentle tune was heard near and far… Read More ›

• New Weird is Alive and Still Crossing New Borders – Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall

  By editorialmonster on July 30, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The debut novella The Border Keeper is being compared to a lot of the great male New Weird Fiction, already, and it’s apt. But what is surprising is how the many contributions of women New Weird Authors, some of the… Read More ›

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