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OPINION: A Digital Obituary for a Wonderful Character
A gaming tragedy happened to me yesterday. I’m still bummed about it. I lost my saved game files for the Fallout 4 play-through I had been working on for over two months. I even reviewed the game recently. My character, a red-haired vixen (what other type would I play?!) dead shot named Jessica had traversed…
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OPINION: Flint, Michigan
I’ve been watching the Flint, Michigan poisoned water story with horror, subdued rage, and disgust. It’s a textbook example of two of America’s biggest social problems: class politics and the indifference of the privileged. It sickens me. I was raised in a poverty-stricken area (southeast Kentucky) that relied on King Coal to put money in…
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REVIEW: It Follows
Question: What horror film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 97% and a Metacritic score of 83%? Answer: The creepy and, at times, scary movie It Follows by director David Robert Mitchell. My favorite film review website, The AVClub, gives It Follows a rare score of ‘A’. You might ask…is it really that good? Well…it’s…
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REVIEW: Fallout 4
Despite the mountain of work sitting on my desk (the work resides on my laptop, of course), I’ve lost 40+ hours of my life to a video game. These are precious hours of my mortal coil burned off in the pursuit of experience points and legendary weapons. Damn you, Fallout 4! Reactions to Fallout 4…
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Future of the Future of Books
By Mark Tennis When the first PA devices and smartphones began to emerge onto the market developers sought a way to transfer books onto these pieces of tech. Although the first attempts weren’t very successful for many reasons, we now live in an age in which eReaders are ubiquitous and many think they will put…
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IN OTHER WORDS: Mark Allan Gunnells
A few years ago, I bought a fantastic zombie novella for Apex titled Asylum from Mark Allan Gunnells. It’s a classic Romero zombie fan’s dream: trapped survivors, vicious zombie kills, and hordes of zombies having dinner. Mark has written a sequel, of sorts, titled Fort that I cannot wait to read. Enjoy Mark’s What Say…
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REVIEW: The Human Equations
Dave Creek is a familiar name to fans of Analog Fact and Fiction magazine. Even though I don’t read Analog too often, I’ve noticed his name on the cover of the magazine numerous times. After reading The Human Equations, I can see why he’s a frequent visitor to their pages. Most of the stories in…
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IN OTHER WORDS: Stephen Williams on NanoWriMo
Stephen Williams is an up-and-coming young writer I met through a science fiction and horror workshop I led a year ago. While he has no books out, the guy is one of the most prolific writers I know. Give him a few years and he’ll be running a novel sweatshop like James Frey. Stephen is…
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FUN: Said the Spider to the Guy
It is Friday. I want to end the week with a terrifying experience I suffered last weekend. The day is warm, the sun is bright, and I’m enjoying a nice drive on a busy highway. The radio is booming a favorite song (nothing by Milli Vanilli, trust me on this). The power of music causes…