So I Married An Axe Murderer: Weirdly Beloved, Reviewed
Cynthia Ceilán gives Cupid the shaft, and goes in search of unconventional love in Weirdly Beloved: Tales of Strange Bedfellows, Odd Couplings, and Love Gone Bad.
My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
Jess Winfield can boast of having written top-quality material that is teeming with bad behavior and totally inappropriate for children. But what has he been up to since his days…
Ode To A Cup Holder
Ode To A Cup Holder Trickster! You sir: You seemed to secure My cup of refreshment, Of that I was sure. I went for a drive, I stopped for a…
A Young Lion in Our Midst: Ron Currie, Jr. Talks to the Owl
Listen: When Ron Currie, Jr. awoke from troubled dreams one morning, he found that he had been transformed in his bed into an award-winning author. Sort of. Ron’s transformation actually…
Apocalypse Then: Armageddon In Retrospect, Reviewed
The main feature of Armageddon in Retrospect is a series of twelve previously unpublished pieces on the subjects of war and peace. In A Man Without a Country, Vonnegut talked…
Truly Mortifying: A Book Review Double Feature
Weird out your coffee table (and possibly your guests) with this collection of strange, sad, funny, or just plain messed-up deaths. Chapters include “Oops”, “It Seemed Like a Good Idea…
Vatican Puts New Spin on New Testament
A stunning new document has been released from Vatican archives just in time for the Easter holiday. It is supposedly a transcript of the first conversation between Jesus Christ and…
Terribly Good (and Terrible): The Somnambulist, Reviewed
"Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. It is a lurid piece of nonsense... I doubt you'll believe a word of it." With an intro like that, how…
City Strife: Review of Bright Lights, Big Ass
Bright Lights, Big Ass is a memoir of Jen Lancaster’s experiences as a writer in the city; or more precisely, a former VP who turns to temping while pursuing a…
Missing Someone?
Have you lost touch with someone you once held dear? Have you been wanting to reconnect with that special person, but are put off by the invasive record searches offered…