I received this book via NetGalley to give an honest review. I actually thought I downloaded this book via NetGalley but it must not have went through so I bought the book instead as it was archived before I got to it. This is a book that I think the teenagers and YA will enjoy. They are random sh...
I really liked this tale. A lot. At least, when I could follow what was going on. Note to self: just because it's a short story doesn't mean it's ideal when you're super sleepy. There were some really cool ideas that came through in this short. Psychic vampirism is a nice change from the abundanc...
There’s a loose “neighborhood” of writers that seem to come together, rather organically, to work on shared projects over and over again. First, there was The Velvet, an online forum that brought together many burgeoning writers with tastes for the noir, lushly descriptive, crime story. Relationship...
What's so remarkable about the stories contained within Staring Into the Abyss is not that they're often so short, but that they often work so well. Word count and issues of quantity aside, the shorter a piece is, the harder it often is to imbue it with any sort of quality. Fortunately, Richard Thom...
For me, a novel and a short story collection aren’t that different. Sure, the characters change every few pages but, in a good collection, the tone and mood draw a thread that ties everything together. The reference in the title to the famous Nietzsche quote sets the proper stage for the thread th...
An absolutely amazing collection from The Velvet. Long live Velvet Noir!!!
Part mystery, part thriller, part apocalyptic exploration, Transubstantiate offers questions at every page. It’s been a while since I’ve read the book (I read an early, pre-publication draft), but the fact that it stays with me is quite telling.
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