There are some books (and stories) that you want to like… but can’t. Unfortunately, Pump Six and Other Stories, this collection of Mr. Bacigalupi’s work falls squarely in […]

This book *could* be a one-joke wonder – “Huh. Redshirts die a lot. Huhuhuh.” This book *could* be a good satire, like GalaxyQuest was. Redshirts is neither. Redshirts […]

I live in Ohio.  Over the last few months, I’ve been trained to not even pick up the phone if there’s not a caller ID number that I […]

James Hutchings sent me an email, asking me to review his book The New Death and others, and I gladly accepted. The book is a collection of flash […]

[Full disclosure: I’m a friend of Don Bingle’s, and have published one of his books.] Forced Conversion plays to Donald Bingle’s strengths. He is excellent at taking situations […]