The Reflex
Review A short but effective flash fiction story about a grieving man and a bizarre encounter with the supernatural. I appreciated the commentary about the grip that technology has on…
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
Review Eric LaRocca has shot to the top of my favorite author list in one year. I’ve been dazzled by the depth and breadth of his understanding of the human…
Our Numbered Days
Review If you haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing slam poetry or have never heard of Neil Hilborn before then I strongly urge you to check out some of his…
The Quintessential Quintuplets Vol. 14
Review This is a rough one to end the series, and I say this as someone who was very happy with who Futaro ends up with at the end. This…
The 5 Love Languages
Review The Five Love Languages is one of those books that is so pervasive, so simple in its practicality. It's always one of the first recommendations from therapists about relationships…
Auschwitz: True Tales From a Grotesque Land
Review Today I want to take a moment to note the significance of this month because we are coming up on the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a…
The Quintessential Quintuplets Vol. 13
Review For Miku's chapter in this volume and in the last one, it was admirable to see her understanding that her crush on Futaro may never be anything more than…
Samantha Kolesnik’s Lonesome Haunts
Review From the first page, I was instantly reminded of how incredible Kolesnik’s prose is. This collection has a good range of stories in different subgenres of horror that center…
Black Fairy Tale
Review Black Fairy Tale is a bizarre story, full stop, it is the thought that kept circling my mind as I read the novel and especially when I finished. What…
The Quintessential Quintuplets Vol. 12
Review I love that each of the quints explores their options for the future in this volume. Culinary school is absolutely adorable for Miku, given that she really takes joy…