By Jaime Hypes on May 8, 2012
Elih, Turkey has established its own set of laws that seek to control and dominate the population, in the name of Islamic law. This does, of course, effect women’s lives most of all, as the regime of the RTK (the ‘Morality Police’) targets women in an attempt to keep them docile and subservient.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Fiction, Literary | Tagged contemporary thriller, jaime hypes, magical realism, Muslim superhero, Pavarti K. Tyler, Shadow on the Wall: Book One of the Sandstorm Chronicles, violence against women |
By Shannon Yarbrough on April 13, 2012
And Death Dreamt Us All by Cheryl Anne Gardner Twisted Knickers Publications ISBN: 978-0982214541 Copyright © December 2011 $7.99 Paperback $2.99 Kindle 138 Pages ABOUT: Rowan lives at the edge of reality. After witnessing a terrible childhood tragedy, her life has evolved into a shifting state of death and decay. Barely a night without restlessness, [...]
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Horror/Supernatural, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged and death dreamt us all, cheryl anne gardner, speculative fiction |
By Susan Anderson on April 11, 2012
FOUR D is a collection of four stories by Gregory Morrison that I would describe as speculative fiction.
Posted in Anthology, Experimental/Narrative, Susan Anderson | Tagged four d, gregory morrision, short story collection, speculative fiction |
By Jaime Hypes on April 7, 2012
To say that Jeffery Anderson’s dystopian, conspiracy-laden Ephemera is not for everyone would be an understatement. To say that it is for very few would be more accurate, and those very few should consider themselves lucky to be given such a novel. Ephemera is not easy to read- both stylistically and content-wise; maybe because a lot of what is happening in the future New York setting seems to be a distinct possibility.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Fiction, Jaime Hypes, Reviews | Tagged dystopian fiction, Ephemera, jaime hypes, Jeffery M. Anderson, surrealistic fiction |
By Jaime Hypes on November 28, 2011
In this hilariously clever satire written by Dan Spencer, Buddy What crashes into the lives of America. Literally. When a naked man falls from the sky in the exact middle of the United States, not remembering a thing about who he is, many are quick to find out the meaning of it all. After a misunderstood conversation leads to the moniker ‘Buddy What’, it soon becomes part of his new identity, as his search for self begins.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Jaime Hypes, Literary | Tagged amnesia, be now, be now buddy what, buddy what, celebrity, clever satire, comedy, dan spencer, religion, self-awareness |
By C. V. Hunt on November 26, 2011
Every morning the sun rises, waking Awful, Ohio, overlooking all of its residents, guiding them towards another productive and profitable working day. The economy is strong and the money is abundant, all of which are offered to whomever produces and profits the most product. The masses rejoice daily over the informed opportunity, with the exception of Troy Slushy.
Posted in C.V. Hunt, Experimental/Narrative | Tagged awful ohio, c.v. hunt, jeff neal, mad fiction, ohio fiction |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 3, 2011
Dai Break Jones is a business woman. But the business world is a man’s world, and as the title of Tony Lindsay’s book suggests, Dai has good business sense and is gonna do just fine.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Mainstream/Nostalgia, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged more boy than girl, street fiction, tony lindsay, urban fiction |
By Shannon Yarbrough on February 17, 2011
When I first started reading Lance Carbuncle’s Grundish and Askew, I thought about those funny antacid commercials where the chicken wing or the pasta fights back by slapping the person in the face. I felt like this book was slapping me in the face because I couldn’t believe what I was reading at times. Grundish and Askew are best friends – two backwoods hillbilly redneck trailer trash good ole boys.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Mainstream/Nostalgia, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged bizarre fiction, dirty humor, grundish and askey, lance carbuncle, redneck humor, toilet humor, underdog fiction, vicious galoot books |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 1, 2011
It’s hard sometimes to decide where a review should start, especially when I’ve read a good book and I’m yearning to tell someone all about it. The book encompasses so much, and I don’t want to leave anything out, but I don’t want to give the good parts away either. That’s exactly how I feel about Will Entrekin’s new novel, Meets Girl.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Literary, Mainstream/Nostalgia, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged entrekin, meets girl, will entrekin |
