The fans have spoken! Here is my first audience suggestion review: Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt, by the immortal Chuck Tingle.
All in Book Reviews
The fans have spoken! Here is my first audience suggestion review: Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt, by the immortal Chuck Tingle.
My review of Bob Truluck's novel The Big Nowhere. While it wasn't my favorite Truluck by any means, it's another pop noir with a life of its own. Highly recommended for fans of Elmore Leonard.
I begin my year-long retrospective of Peter Straub's work with Koko, the first volume of the Blue Rose Trilogy. While I have my qualms coming in with a twenty-eight years perspective, there is no doubt that Straub's a standout talent.
My review of Will Viharo's latest book Things I Do When I'm Awake. It's not what you think it is. At all.
My review of Johnny Shaw's novel Floodgate. For all its ups and down it is one of Shaw's most ambitious and memorable efforts to date.
My review of John Le Carré's The Night Manager. While it was a pleasant surprise overall, it did not quite transcend its nature. Click to read more.
My review of Cartoons in the Suicide Forest by Leza Cantoral. Embrace the end of innocence and hurl yourself into the unknown with her. Click to read more.
My review of Matthew Revert's novel Basal Ganglia: it's the kind of book that finds you if you need it. Read more here
Juliet Escoria was probably my favorite discovery of 2016 and I wouldn't dare finishing this year without discussing her most popular book Black Cloud.
My review of long-awaited new Tiffany Scandal book Shit Luck. It is...not what you'd expect it to be. At all!
My review of Brian Evenson's excellent post-apocalyptic novel Immobility, which I urge any critical thinking apologist to pick up.
Don't let the words "debut short story collection" scare you away. Paul Michael Anderson's the real deal and Bones are Made to be Broken is one of a kind.
Max Booth III's new novel The Nightly Disease is almost available to the general public. Start making a line, people. It's his best work yet!
2015 was a good year for subtle and atmospheric weird fiction. Find out which stories stood out here.
Find every book review published on Dead End Follies in 2016 here and try to guess which ones will make my Year End's Lists. Official announcements will be made on December 15 and December 20.
The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett is the real deal. Now, click on my review to know why it's one of the most refreshing and original things I've read all year.
Scorch Atlas probably is the most read/talked about book by Blake Butler. Here are my thoughts on it and how it compares to his already impressive legacy.
Michael Allen Rose's Boiled Americans is unconventional and challenging. Not your Sunday afternoon reading, but it will appeal to the most adventurous readers out there.
Seb Doubinsky's novella Omega Gray couldn't be any more different than his previous work White City, yet it's smart and colourful allegory of the power of ideology.
Mark Rapacz' novel Foreigners is unique and disorienting to say the least. I wouldn't qualify my own feelings towards it too precisely, but it's worth experiencing for yourselves.
