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Frank Errington's review of Esoterrorism, "Some good old fashioned monster...

Frank Errington is the first one to give a review of Esoterrorism. It's not a completely positive review but, overall, he seems to have liked it and gave it four out of five stars. I'll take that where...

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Esoterrorism has been released!

There are no good guys in the world of shadows...but maybe some bad men are better than others.Derek Hawthorne was born to be an agent of the Red Room. Literally. Raised in a conspiracy which has...

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Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition

    I decided to do a review of the original Borderlands game because, why the hell not? While presently restricted to last generation hardware, hopefully we'll see it adapted to present-day consoles....

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Beauty in Ruins reviews Esoterrorism - 4 out of 5 stars

I was very pleased by this review of my book by the website Beauty in Ruins by Bob R. Milne. The reviewer managed to pick up on quite a few things and made a favorable comparison to a number of...

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Exclusive Interview with Tim Marquitz!

    Tim Marquitz is one of my favorite authors for writing such works as Demon Squad (reviewed here, here, here, and here), Dirge (reviewed here), and The Blood War Trilogy (reviewed here here). He's...

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The Annihilation Score review

    I'm a huge fan of Charles Stross'Laundry Files series.    I'm also a critic of it.    When it's good, like The Apocalypse Codex, it's very-very good.    When it's bad, The Jennifer Morgue, it's...

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The Lineage review

    I was a big fan of the action horror novels Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter and Heart of Scars. The adventures of Sylvester Logan James are some of the most unforgiving, relentless, and dark...

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"The Appeal of Grimdark" by C.T. Phipps on SF Signal

    I was recently honored by SF Signal, today, one of the oldest and most successful fanzines on the internet, by having them post one of my articles. "The Appeal of Grimdark" is an article by me...

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Enduring Armageddon review

    Back to something I've fallen out of the habit of for a time and that's reviewing independent horror novels and, in particular, post-apocalypse as well as zombie fiction. One of the books I've been...

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Red Death: A Post-Apocalypse Thriller review

    Another independent horror novel of a decidedly post-apocalypse bent, Red Death by D.L. Robinson is an ebola-themed epidemic story. It is a short but bittersweet novel, averaging about 167 pages...

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Follow the Ashes: Book 1# of the Executioner Trilogy

    As part of indie month, I've decided to continue looking into some overlooked gems from the self-published and small press pile. In this case, Follow the Ashes is the first book of the Executioner...

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Star Wars: Tarkin review

    I've mostly been avoiding the new Star Wars canon due to the fact nothing has really grabbed me the same way the Legends universe did. At the end of the day, Star Wars Legends had Luke Skywalker's...

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Reviva Las Vegas: Dead Man's Hand review

    Next on our review of independent zombie fiction is Sean Hoade's Reviva Las Vegas, which is an awesome book with a cover I hate.    Sorry Sean.    I'm officially over "normal" zombie fiction which...

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The Bookie Monster Spotlights Esoterrorism!

I'm very pleased to say The Bookie Monster, a website I've long loved, has taken the time to spotlight my latest book. It provides an excerpt of the work, information about the book, and a lovely...

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Home Ground review

      Home Ground by Rakie Keig is another variant on the standard zombie outbreak story: there's a sick guy, he bites someone, people wonder what the big deal is, then all hell breaks loose when it...

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Residue review

    Residue is a Young Adult novel which I was initially rather leery of. I, you see, am unnaturally prejudiced against the YA label despite the fact a lot of my favorite books being inside it. Some of...

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Grimdark Magazine issue 1# review

    Grimdark is a genre which has been developing for quite some time. The inheritor of the mantle of Dark Fantasy and Low Fantasy, it just sounds better frankly. Likewise, it has the benefit of being...

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Justice League: Gods and Monsters review

    Grimdark superheroes.    Interesting.    Of course, grimdark and superheroes is nothing new. Indeed, it has been one of the staples of the genre since Miracleman and the much-much more popular...

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Grimdark Magazine issue 2# review

    I was a big fan of Grimdark Magazine 1# and thought the ezine had a lot of potential. Any magazine which contained an interview with Abercombie and fiction by Mark Lawrence deserved to be able to...

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Grimdark Magazine issue 3# review

    Grimdark Magazine is an ezine I very much enjoy. I'm a big fan of grimdark storytelling and I think this magazine is contributing a lot to getting the term to become more accepted as a code for...

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