52/52: Paradoxes from Hell by Thomas Ligotti
April 25, 2022 9:11 pmThis turned out to be a collection of three long, almost-prose poems; I thought it was short stories. Ligotti is... View Article
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52/52: How Fear Departed the Long Gallery, by E.F. Benson
April 11, 2022 5:59 pmA perfectly enjoyable story that ends with a ghost assuaged by love. I find that sort of thing appealing (I’ve... View Article
52/52: The Toll House, by W.W. Jacobs
April 4, 2022 5:38 pmAnother installment in the delightful, one-story/one-book series of A Ghost Story for Christmas (despite being off-season), picked up at Kelly... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Hell on Earth, vol. 4, by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, et al.
March 20, 2022 9:23 amQuiet moments of humanity separate from the overarching plot bring this series truly alive. Two unnamed BPRD members fly back... View Article
52/52: Open Season, by Archer Mayor
March 6, 2022 11:52 amWhen you live in a tiny town, and a long-running, respected police procedural series is based in the “big†town... View Article
52/52: Blood on the Tracks, vol. 8, by Shuzo Oshimi
February 20, 2022 10:19 amI’ll keep raving about how great Oshimi’s art is and the narrative weight it carries. Two panels of streetlights deliver... View Article
52/52: Deserter, by Junji Ito
February 20, 2022 10:14 amI’ve gotten worn out by Ito’s recent work, but this collection of his early stories revitalized my interest in his... View Article
52/52: Blood in the Garden, by Chris Herring
February 20, 2022 10:13 amIf you were a Jordan Bulls-hating basketball fan in the ‘90s like me, the Knicks teams chronicled here seemed like... View Article
Blood on the Tracks, vols. 5-7, by Shuzo Oshimi
February 6, 2022 4:54 pmI devoured these volumes over a day and a half, so they get a single entry. Oshimi continues to demonstrate... View Article
52/52: Devil House, by John Darnielle
January 30, 2022 6:32 pmA nuanced, twisting, multi-viewpoint novel that meditates on the ethics and impact of true-crime journalism. If true-crime has ever struck... View Article