Posts Tagged ‘review’

Colum McKnight from Paperback Horror recently took the time to review The Pack: Winter Kill, and he had some great things to say about the book.
You have to be dead not to dig this book. That’s right. Dead.
What you see before you is one of the most incredible mixes of crime, action, and [...]

My librarian recently put me in touch with Michael Cart, a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association and author of My Father’s Scar. I sent him a copy of The Pack: Winter Kill and he was kind enough to provide the following review.
Mike Oliveri, winner of the prestigious Bram Stoker Award, combines [...]

The best part about Google Alerts? They notify me when reviews of my work show up online. In this case, The Horror Fiction Review covered The Pack: Winter Kill and gave it four out of five stars. Sweet.
Here’s part of what the reviewer Colleen Wanglund had to say:
In this first book in a planned series, [...]

The Black Glove just ran a couple of pieces about me and my work.
You can check out the interview here. TBG contributor Karen Newman asked me about everything from my karate studies to my writing to collaborating with guys like Brian Keene and J.F. Gonzalez. Wonder what happened to Muy Mal with John Urbancik, Weston [...]

Daybreakers isn’t a wonderful movie, but I enjoyed it and I give the writers credit for bringing something new to vampire mythos. It’s also nice to see scary vampires coming back, with the viciousness and bloodthirst. The way they degenerate into the almost Nosferatu type with an absence of blood is a fun twist, and [...]

Like tough-guy anti-heroes? They don’t come much tougher or more morally ambiguous than Deputy Billy Lafitte.
I asked Kent Gowran to recommend a few good crime novels a while back, and Yellow Medicine by Anthony Neil Smith was on the list. I ordered it, read it, loved it. Smith’s first-person narrative is top-notch, providing a great [...]

I was down to two choices last week: the latest offering from a popular crime author, or Slip & Fall by Nick Santora. The latter caught my eye with its red cover, “Borders Exclusive” sticker, and simple design. I’d glanced at it a few times in the past, so I finally gave the dust jacket [...]

Still haven’t purchased Brimstone Turnpike? Dark Scribe Magazine gave it a solid review. The enjoyed the stories and the concepts, but felt the unifying Johnny Divine character could have been fleshed out a bit more.
The short, short summary:
“Burke should be commended for pulling together another stellar lineup and giving them the freedom to run in [...]

Yes, need the chapbook Jack Haringa Must Die!
This review tells you all about it.

Jeff Burk posted a review of Restore from Backup on his blog.
An excerpt:
Restore from Backup is a refreshingly original and thrilling story, combining the occult, conspiracy theories, and cubicle work. In a time in which the horror genre is dominated by serial killers and zombies, a story featuring the Jewish Kabbalah and computer programming is [...]