Jul 25, 2015 | On Books, Past Notes
THE RITUAL by Adam Nevill is an astonishingly well-written contemporary horror novel. It is my new favorite horror novel. The story is so solidly grounded in the reality of four friends lost in a Boreal forest, that by the time weird things start happening, you are...
Jul 7, 2015 | Past Notes, Reviews
“A considerable achievement… powerful and elegant… morally complex and challenging.” Wilderness of Mirrors is “about the events of 9-11 and the War on Terror, but of course it’s also generally about many other topics—religion, history, international politics, the...
Nov 24, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes
After the labor of Sinful Folk, I wanted a break from medieval tales, and so I went in a totally new direction, writing in a new world — the world of George Bush’s War on Terror and Iraq invasion. Almost two years ago, I started working on a new novel set...
Nov 12, 2014 | Horror, On Writing, Past Notes
New story from Nick Hallum today — “The Monument” — a strange little interlude excerpted from the forthcoming novel “Wilderness of Mirrors.” After 9-11, the NSA sends Peter Fisher to the Iraqi desert with a Stryker brigade to...
Oct 31, 2014 | Horror, On Books, Past Notes
THE DEATH OF THE NECROMANCER is an almost pitch-perfect fantasy novel by Martha Wells. This is the first novel I’ve read by Martha Wells, but I’m sure I’ll read many more of her books. There are several reasons why: First, it is rare to find a...
