Annihilation – the first of a trilogy – is the tale of an expedition into the mysterious “Area X” . Something happened to Area X a while back – never explained, very vague. Exactly what or when and what’s wrong with “Area X” is never explained – at least not in this book. Perhaps in the other parts of the trilogy… Eleven expeditions have gone in to investigate Area X and …really no one has come back out or if they have, they […]
Category Six Adversarial Manifestation….the Weirdness
Category Six Adversarial Manifestation. That’s what it’s called when Lucifer Morningstar – also known as the Devil, the Prince of Darkness or Satan – shows up at your apartment brewing you are really nice cup of fair trade coffee. So, our hero Billy is a struggling writer, living in Queens, working in a sandwich shop, recently dumped by his girlfriend and well…he’s a bit of a loser. He wakes up one morning with the Devil in his apartment, brewing a really awesome cup of […]
An Angel walks into a Bar…and cracks wise…
So…an angel walks into a bar and cracks wise. The Angel Bayliss – who has an obsession with Raymond Chandler noir fiction – witnesses the murder of the Archangel Gabriel. Now that there is a job opening, he is given the task to find a nice docile replacement angel. Instead, he winds up with Molly – or as he likes to refer to her, “Flametop”. Molly turns out to be anything but and wastes no time getting into trouble. In addition to being newly […]
Shambling to New Orleans
“Shambling into New Orleans with Zoe Norris”. The second in a series – the first was the “Shambling Guide to New York” where our heroine Zoe discovered the secret world of the “Coterie”. This hidden world is made up of zombies, vampires, sprites, incubi, gods, goddesses, etc. who live among us “normals” without our noticing… much. In the first book, Zoe finds herself working for a publishing house run by Phil the vampire. Being the only human employee has its challenges, but after […]