Book Review: Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu Today, it might seem like the vampire genre has gone stale. Much of the genre now consists of cheap storylines that rely on overused, often misogynistic, tropes. However, this has not always been the case. When the genre was first getting started, it took quite a few writers […]

Book Review: The Made-Up Man, by Joe Scapellato It is hard to write a review about a book with as many layers as Joe Scapellato’s The Made-Up Man, Scapellato’s 2019 debut novel. Part noir, part bildungsroman, part psychological thriller, The Made-Up Man is something that is truly unique and stands on its own. The novel […]

THINGS GET UGLY The Best Crime Stories of Joe R. Lansdale A Review by A.J. Devlin Things get ugly in this review of crime stories by Joe R. Lansdale.   “You’re remembered for the rules you break.” That’s the infamous Douglas MacArthur quote used by Ben Affleck’s Nike co-founder Phil Knight in the excellent, recently […]