January 2022
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DOWN COMES THE NIGHT – Allison Saft

Wren Southerland is probably the best healer in the Queen’s Guard but she’s been a bit reckless with her magic so she’s constantly in trouble with her superiors. When she receives a letter from a lord asking for her help to cure a servant, she only sees the opportunity to redeem herself and improve her Continue reading
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NOCTERRA, VOL. 1 – graphic novel

This is a post-apocalyptic story. Darkness is everywhere and has been that way for ten years. In that ten years, Val Riggs has seen nearly everyone she knows become ‘infected’ and changed shapes into hideous, grotesque creatures. Val now works as a ‘ferryman’ – driving an eighteen-wheeler big rig, transporting people and goods through the Continue reading
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THE CHUCKLING FINGERS – Mabel Seeley

Mabel Seeley was a mystery writer who published a few novels beginning in the late 1930’s through the early 1950’s. The Chuckling Fingers was first published in 1941. In it, the Heaton family (Minnesota lumber tycoons) experience some strange goings-on at their remote estate (called “Fiddler’s Fingers”) along the shore of Lake Superior. Ann Gay has received Continue reading
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MODEM TIMES 2.0 – Michael Moorcock

In the 1970’s I was a huge fan of Michael Moorcock, specifically his Elric series, but anything he wrote was gold in my hands. I have been reading a little Moorcock lately and was very happy to get a look at this. This book is part of the PM Outspoken Authors series. I’ve read and Continue reading
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PATRICIA WANTS TO CUDDLE – Samantha Allen

Four women have made it to the final of a reality television dating show (ala The Bachelor). Their prize? A sleazy bachelor who doesn’t seem to want to choose any of the women before him. Their destination for their final? A mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest. Each contestant represents a classic stereotype and each has Continue reading
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SHADECRAFT, VOLUME 1 – graphic novel

We all have something we’re afraid of. Spider, snakes, even public speaking are common phobias, but for high school student Zadie Lu … she’s afraid of her own shadow. Zadie sees shadows in a very different way than most people. She sees shadows around her small town that move in ways shadows should not move, Continue reading
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DUST & GRIM – Chuck Wendig

Thirteen year old Molly’s father has just died, which is a lot for a young girl to take in, but her uncle arrives with some surprising information – Molly has a brother. Molly’s parents split up just after she was born and her mother (who has also passed away) took the older child and left Continue reading
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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO COMIC BOOK LETTERING – Nate Piekos

I have no desire to become a comic book letterer but I’ve been reading comic books (and graphic novels) for a long time and lettering was one of the few art forms in the comic book business that I didn’t know much about. Until now. As professed by the title, this is indeed The Essential Guide Continue reading
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HOLDOUT – Jeffrey Kluger

An accident aboard the International Space Station has the ground crew ordering the evacuation of the station’s three astronauts. As a last minute decision, American astronaut Walli Beckwith decides to stay aboard. To repeated orders to return to earth she only replies with a Bartleby-like, “I prefer not to.” Walli has been an outstanding astronaut Continue reading
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STAR TREK: NEW VISIONS, VOL. 4 – graphic novel

STAR TREK WEEK Author/artist John Byrne just keeps getting better and better with these Star Trek photomontage graphic novels! For those who haven’t seen any of my other reviews of the Star Trek: New Visions series, the idea is that the author writes new stories featuring Kirk, Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise, and uses stills Continue reading
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THE ENTERPRISE NCC 1701 AND THE MODEL MAKER – N. Datin McDonald and Richard C. Datin Jr.

STAR TREK WEEK There are many aspects of the television show Star Trek that have become iconic but is there anything more identifiable than the starship Enterprise? This self-published book by N. Datin McDonald gives some background and historical reference to the building of the original Enterprise model(s) used for the filming of the Star Trek television series. N. Datin Continue reading
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STAR TREK: NEW VISIONS VOL. 3 – graphic novel

STAR TREK WEEK It is the third volume in the Star Trek: New Visions graphic novel series, this one featuring comic book issues #’s 6, 7, and 8. Author and photoplay artist/manipulator John Byrne has begun to refine the process and found ways to add new characters to the stories, broadening the scope of the stories. The Continue reading

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