I picked up David Drake’s Men Hunting Things anthology for its amusingly frank title and, as has been a trend as of late, ended up finding a new favorite anthology. šĀ Its straightforward title belies a book of unexpected variety and complexity. While some of the stories are simple and hilarious (Wilson Tucker’s “Gentlemen, The […]
Horror
The Empire of Corpses – Anime Review
In The Empire of Corpses, the dead walk the earth. In this reality, the famous reanimation research conducted by Viktor Frankenstein was not chased away with torches and pitchforks, but rather accepted and expanded to the point where corpse engineering is an accepted field of study and the dead are revived and repurposed for tasks […]
Dead Space: Scary Space
SPOILER WARNING!Ā This article contains SPOILERS for the Dead Space trilogy.Ā You have been warned! The ability to evoke an emotional response is one powerful one, and fear is a very potent emotion. I remember being intimidated by the original Dead Spaceās main menu alone. I didnāt even want to start that first game. So […]
Beasts of Burden, Volume 1 by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson – Book Review
InĀ Animal Rites, the first volume of graphic novel seriesĀ Beasts of Burden,Ā Pugsley, Jack, Ace, Whitey, Rex, and the Orphan are 5 dogs and a cat living fairly normal livesā¦until they encounter a ghost in Jackās doghouse, a coven of witches, a werewolf, and several other supernatural oddities.Ā Eventually, they combat so many paranormal dangers that […]