It happens every year: Websites and magazines, newspapers, bloggers, and that crazy guy who stands just outside your subway stop wearing a tattered clown costume and aggressively demanding money all start releasing their “best of 2014” lists. But what about the books that don’t make the lists, or don’t make enough of the lists to cut through […]
In elementary school, I really wanted to read Stephen King’s The Stand, a contemporary, Tolkienian good ‘n’ evil story with sexual content and a page count north of 1,000. if I read it, I thought, I could read anything, and face any fear. My mother, hooked on King since The Dark Tower series, stopped me […]
It’s that time of year again. Classic horror movies starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are back in heavy rotation on cable, jack-o-lanterns are appearing on porch steps, and scarecrows are being crucified in front yards everywhere. This is the one time of year when people want to be scared out of their wits. (Haunted […]
It’s that time of year again. The kids are going back to school, football season’s starting up once again, and Halloween merch is already beginning to appear in department stores. The sugar maple trees in my backyard are even beginning to drop a few leaves. For bibliophiles, however, the signs that summer is over are a […]
