By Wayne C. Rogers Hard Case Crime, 2013, Trade Paperback, 288pp I purchased Joyland by Stephen King back in June of 2013, and it sat on my shelf for an entire year before I finally picked it up and read it. As you may remember, 2013 was the year of […]
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Turning Face: A Tale of Horror, Comedy and Wrestling by Terry M. West – BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Amazon’s Kindle, 99 cents, 2015, 133 pps This novella is not only good, it’s fantastic, and that’s an understatement! The story is about Tojo Smith, the Crimson Demon, who happens to be an actual demon, but is disguised as a human being. His parents are also […]
The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Wayne C. Rogers Doubleday, Trade Paperback, 2015, 304pp The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth is the author’s first novel, and it’s certainly an impressive one to say the least. In some ways the author has reinvented the “horror” genre with this whopper of a story, setting its location […]
True Stories of “Adventures from Beyond” Shares Unusual Experiences of Globe-Trotting Teacher – PARANORMAL NEWS
Spirits In The Classroom: True Stories of “Adventures from Beyond” Shares Unusual Experiences of Globe-Trotting Teacher From the spirit of a dead student returning to a dormitory to noisy entities banging in empty classrooms, Jonny Angels has experienced some strange and unexplainable things while teaching and travelling in many different countries […]
The Women of Skawa Island by Anthony Bidulka – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR Canadian author, Anthony Bidulka, strikes gold yet again in his latest book “The Women of Skawa Island”. This is the second volume in the Adam Saint series. The first book, a fast paced thriller titled “When the Saints Go Marching In”, introduced us to Adam Saint […]
Meltdown: ZOMBIE FUN, CONSPIRACY & MORE – BOOK REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Activity in the city is as normal as usual with people in their own worlds, hooked on the technology that we all have become used to depending on when a warzone erupts. MELTDOWN by C.A.S. Novel pulls no punches in this book, immediately jumping right into the […]
The Writers Advantage by Laurie Scheer – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR “The Writers Advantage: a Toolkit for Mastering Your Genre” by author Laurie Scheer is an outstanding book. It teaches storytellers how to add elements to their story and understand their genre, whatever that genre is. It’s a book that covers writing overall. Whether you write screenplays, […]
Animation Unleashed by Ellen Besen – Illustrated by Bryce Hallet – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR Animation is everywhere. It is used, of course, in funny pages (can I call them that?) in the newspaper and cartoons on TV. It is also used in hundreds of other ways that you may not think of. Video games use animation, comic books use it, […]
Living Beyond the Five Senses by Teresa L. DeCicco, PhD – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR We live in an overwhelming world full of outside stimulation such as noisy cities, televisions blasting mindless programing, to people endlessly chatting on cell phones. Everywhere we go it seems that there is something assaulting our senses. Our eyes are barraged with signage, our noses are […]
Writing the TV Drama Series 3rd edition by Pamela Douglas – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR “Writing the TV Drama Series” by Pamela Douglas is a book designed for the serious screenwriter who wants a career penning dramas for television. It is a book rich with information. It will give any serious wanna-be TV writer the tools they need and the understanding […]
Bloody, Bloody Apple by Howard Odentz – HORROR BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR A very creepy tale with even creepier characters. Set in the imaginary town of Apple, Massachusetts, “Bloody Bloody Apple” focuses on Jackson Gill and two of his friends. While walking home from school one day they discover a murder victim in the woods. It is pretty […]
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature by M. Keith Booker – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR Science fiction writing has been around since Mary Shelly wrote “Frankenstein” and perhaps even longer. Although the term “science fiction” did not exist until many years after Shelly created her horror icon monster, that is what she penned; a science fiction story. The “Historical Dictionary of […]