In a series of strange incidents, a man with a goatee finds himself in hellish heat, surrounded by snakes, and holding sharply pronged lawn equipment. If that is too subtle for you, there’s the fact that he’s also sprouted horns overnight. Horns is a slowly unfolding story told from different perspectives. I haven’t quite figured out if I love or hate the literal horns part of the story, but if I press the “belief suspended” button, I can get around that dichotomy. And really, I […]
Death Chicken Died On The Way Back to His Home Planet
In the further adventures of Prisco vs. Shitty Fantasy, we encounter death chicken and an entirely pointless diversion where we meet a whole fiefdom of new characters who all fucking die by the end of the story anyway and the stupidest story removal since Poochie’s animation cel got lifted by Roger Meyers. This was the book that caused a bunch of folks to quit the series, and now I can see why. CBR #22 – Death Chicken Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet
Following the Space-Time Continuum Always Ends With Your Head Up Your Ass
Fucking time travel. There’s never a good upshot. With all the preventative rules for going back in time, it’s like baking a souffle during an earthquake or trying to play hopscotch on a stained-glass window. This Nightside tale really got no benefit from tripping back in time. CBR #21 – Following the Space-Time Continuum Always Ends With Your Head Up Your Ass
Just so you know, Cross: I still haven’t forgiven you for Justin Ripley
[Mild spoilers for Luther seasons 1, 2 and 3] Here’s a question for all you Cannonballers: which is easier to write, a good review or a bad review? I tend not to mind either way. Scathing, bitchy reviews are fun, but so is expressing your profound love and enjoyment of a book you have just read. The hardest reviews, I think, are about the books I am unsure about. Unfortunately for me, The Calling falls into this category. The Calling is a prequel to the […]