DVD Review: Monk: The Complete Series (2020 Rerelease)

DVD Review: Monk: The Complete Series (2020 Rerelease)   Critics and pundits love to bandy the word “relevant” around certain creative works, arguing that because of its topic, themes, or political agenda, a certain book or movie or TV series is exceptionally “relevant” to the current era.  Often, this terminology means nothing more than “this work […]

“The Razor-Potato Man”: An Analysis of Harlan Ellison’s Short Story “He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes”

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The Top Pandemic Thrillers to Turn to Right Now

The Top Pandemic Thrillers to Turn to Right Now   To paraphrase that familiar insurance ad: I know a thing or two about pandemics, because I’ve seen a thing or two—both as an author who has written multiple thrillers involving global outbreaks, and as a frontline ER physician who has faced HIV, SARS, H1N1, and […]