Catholic Space Marines
I've put up both of John J. Reilly's books that I publish in the Summer 2025 Based Books Sale. I've participated in the sale before, as there are a ton of authors I like who also participate, and I usually sell a few copies
Mini Review
Trap Line by Timothy Zahn
"Trap Line" might just be the perfect introduction to Timothy Zahn for those who are unfamiliar with him. This short story has Zahn's signature style, a hybrid of Campbelline science fiction with adventure, and often a little bit of mystery and intrigue too. His characters [and
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
A With Both Hands Mini-review
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a book so famous it is almost forgotten. That sounds like it should be impossible, but what I mean is that the story's very popularity has ensured that the plot and characters are enshrined
John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman
A With Both Hands Mini-review
Silver John, or John the Balladeer, is Manly Wade Wellman's Southern folk hero. John tramps the ridges and hollows of Appalachia, bringing song and the Gospel wherever he goes.
John is a poor and humble man. He places his trust in the Lord,
Bright movie mini-review
Will Smith's 2017 movie Bright was an early example of a big disparity between audience scores and professional reviewers, although in this case the audience only found it "okay", while often now the phenomenon produces outsized positive audience scores just to be contrary.
I watched this
A Vital Breath Book Review
The spirit-world around this world of sense
Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere
Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense
A vital breath of more ethereal air.
—Haunted Houses, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A With Both Hands Mini-Review
Paxton Locke is back, not much older, but hopefully much wiser than
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
A With Both Hands Mini-Review
The initial Joe Ledger novel stuck out to me in 2009 as an interesting combination of Islamic millennialism and the zombie genre. Fourteen years later, one of the most interesting theories I have come across for why shambling hordes took over popular entertainment in the