Radha is crafty and fun and really short. So try it if you're jonesing for new cosmic horror!
Radha is crafty and fun and really short. So try it if you're jonesing for new cosmic horror!
Michael Griffin's debut short story collection The Lure of Devouring Light doesn't always shine equally, but it offers several subtle, nuanced and thoroughly unique thrills to its readers, which is a rare thing. Great mood reading!
There is no such thing as mindless entertainment. It's a comforting thought because it absolves you of any responsibility as an audience, but it's a lie. Take ownership of what you're watching!
Phlip Fracassi's novelette Altar is more of a portrait than a complete narrative, but it doesn't make its vision of nightmare less effective.
I've avoided Hellraiser for shallow reasons for too long! So, I've decided to give it a shot for #horroctober and man. Best decision of 2016!
Ecstatic Inferno by Autumn Christian is a beautiful, dislocated and tragic short story collection of speculative fiction with cosmic horror elements.
It has become cliché for bloggers to dedicate the month of October to horror. I totally assume that, except my horror is scarier than your horror. Horroctober will be dedicated to cosmic horror, weird fiction and whatever makes you and everything you ever loved and hated feel insignificant. Join the conversation on social media using #horroctober!
Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's Transmetropolitan is a quintessential read for scorched 21st century idealists like me. It should be taught in schools all over the world.
Devil's Pocket would be a great young adult novel if it didn't get in its own way trying to convince you of the moral superiority of its own protagonist. Because of that, it's just an okay book.
Movies about middle class workers alienation are a dime a dozen, but Rebirth to remain fun and pertinent. Directed by Karl Mueller. Starring Fran Kranz, Adam Goldberg and Nicky Whelan mostly.
Homeland, Season Five explores new territory in season 5. It is more pertinent and terrifying and impossible not to watch than ever.
Robert Brockway's debut novel The Unnoticeables doesn't feature sweaty, shirtless shapeshifters or hypersexual huntresses wearing uncomfortable-looking leather outfits. Well, it's pretty good. Check it out.
John Jeremiah Sullivan is undoubtedly one of America's finest essayists. His collection Pulphead is both incredibly elating and frustrating, but he DOES have the total package: wit, empathy, observational skills. Impressive stuff.
The Money Store is the most celebrated album of much celebrated Sacramento-based experimental band Death Grips. It's also the best possible introduction to their twisted paradigm. Read the review to learn more about this timeless album.
The seduction of social media relies on one important deception: that you are important. That YOUR voice matter. This is eventually going to be the end of us.
Ben's thoughts on Season One of Bill Burr's Netflix Series F is For Family. Long story short: it's the best damn Saturday morning cartoon a self-respecting adult can hope for.
