“People lie. People exaggerate. They view the world through tainted glass, yet see themselves in a gilded mirror.” Whenever I need to take a break from the stress of picking a book (of which there is plenty, surprisingly) I tend to go after the pulpy serials that don’t tax the brain, yet provide oodles of…
Once again, something new and fun for genre lovers. It’s Spotlight Sunday, where I showcase an interesting book of the week. (I’ll try hard not to review it that week. And to continue with the alliteration.) So, the first Spotlight Sunday is dedicated to Joe Abercrombie’s The Heroes, which is coincidentally a Kindle Daily Deal.…
A writer bud of mine made a post on his musings about Gritty Fantasy and the future of the genre. Being a guy swamped with random thoughts at all hours of the day, this didn’t help my predicament. He suggested that Fantasy will see a swing away from the Grimdark movement toward a more Dark…
A term that many times fascinates readers is the idea of darkness. It dances in the shadows, plays with our fears. We find it comforting that we can stand up to the presumed evil in books, simply by reading about them. But this is not a dissertation dealing with subconscious findings of all things dark…
“Whatever you do, don’t eat the fuckin’ candy.” If the Grimdark movement and Heavy Metal Rock music had a baby together, this would be their movie. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton star in this bloody dark comedy, full of horrible jokes and too much gore. But I would argue that the latter is the hero…
Acerbic Writing 