Cirsova – The Idol In The Sewers
A thief, strong-armed into stealing an idol from a subterranean inhuman stronghold, is the story of story cliché that has been done to death. Kenneth Gower breathes new life into this staple of sword and sorcery by not only moving the action underground but by putting the protagonist in the center...
Cirsova 2.1.2 – Atop the Cliffs of Ral-Gri
The second story in the first issue of the second volume of the first rate magazine Cirsova once more takes us to a remote corner of the earth where lurk things best left to slumber. Though I’m looking forward to reading Xavier Lastra’s The Elephant Idol, we’re going to power through this...
Not so Good Omens
Not impressed. Terry Pratchett has an impressive gift for stringing words together. The man could make the back of a cereal box interesting to read. His brain works in strange ways that follow clever paths, a trait that helps him paper over the thinness of his works’ overall plots and characters...
New Review: Five Million Watts
Fenton Woods produced a sequel one of my favorite reads of last year, Pirates of the Electromagnetic Airwaves. I have an in-depth review of the sequel, Five Million Watts up today over at the Castalia House blog. Give her a read – you won’t regret it....
Needs More Templars
What sort of conspiracy theory digs into the Catholic Church and doesn’t find Templars at the bottom of everything? This kind. The past decade has seen considerable upheaval in the Catholic Church, an upheaval driven in part by the decreased cost of gathering information. No longer reliant on pliable...
Get In, Loser
A big fat No Prize to anyone that can successfully identify all five authors in this photo, and you get no credit for the unmistakable HP Lovecraft....
Detective Pikachu Post-Mortem
First, the disclaimers: Came into some gift cards and when going to the movies, it’s better to go see children’s movies. People talk in every screening these days. Might as well go to a movie where half the talkers have the excuse of being four year olds. The lead...
Let Go Your Feelings
No one is coming to save your precious Star Wars. I get it. It was fun while it lasted. You had some good times, and would really like just one last visit to the old haunts for old times’ sake. But this… This ain’t it, chief. The original trilogy...
Flying Sparks – All the Cool Kids are Doing It
It’s this new comic on the streets where you read it and feel adventurous but wake up the next morning and find out you’ve been romance comicked and you don’t even mind. I speak in memes now. Only in memes. My comic to-be-read pile is looking a little thin...
A Sniper’s War
Up for some pro-Russian propaganda? I got a flick for you. Be warned, though. It’s half cool, half head-slapper. A Sniper’s War presents the story of Deki, a Serbian who enlists in the Russian backed “Ukrainian Separatist” movement that sprung up in the district between Ukraine proper and Russia...