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sGoth Sullus’ Travel Guide to the Dumpster Fire
Thursday , 15, February 2018 Uncategorized 9 CommentsNick Cole and Jason Anspach set themselves a series of difficult challenges with their latest release in the sprawling Galaxy’s Edge universe. The novel Imperator rips off the mask of the chief antagonist of the universe by telling his story largely in his own words. In telling his tale, it also pulls back the curtain […]
1920s Chicago, where the criminal underworld is more than just vice, racketeering, and bootlegging. Emilio Enzo and his associates have just emerged victorious out of a brutal territory dispute with The Skarface and his gang, the Chicago Outfit. Amidst the conflict, Emilio and his group have discovered just how entrenched the criminal underworld is in […]
This game is quite simply a revelation. The asymmetrical reality of counter-insurgency is here in all its glory. Powerful government troops can mass wherever the enemy appears. But though they can mow down the insurgents with impunity, guerrillas can spring up somewhere else just as fast. And the government can all too easily find its […]
Saint Valentinus of Terni was a priest, a healer, and a hieromartyr. As a priest, Saint Valentine offered aid and succor to Christians in a time when persecution of Christians was a long-standing policy of the Roman Empire. As a healer, he restored vision to the blind daughter of Judge Asterius, who had held him […]
A Second Excerpt from SIX EXPRESSIONS OF DEATH
Wednesday , 14, February 2018 Fiction, Publications Leave a commentWhen an unknown man is shot, then stabbed to death on the road between Morijuku and the village of Iwagi, it is natural to assume that he fell victim to bandits preying on travelers passing through the Kiso Mountains. But when Daikawa Tadashi, a samurai from a poor, but ancient noble house, encounters the body, […]
Given that I have now reviewed over a dozen movies from Studio Ghibli I figure it would be worth my time for me to put out my official reviews of the four anime series I have watched. Spoilers will be avoided as much as possible, but it’s impossible to avoid everything, so move ahead at […]
Big Trouble in Little China: Are You Crazy, Is That Your Problem?
Monday , 12, February 2018 Movies 12 CommentsWestern Civilization is doomed. I know I’ve said that before, but this time it’s really true. (Actually, I was right all those other times, it just hasn’t happened yet.) Scope this stupidity: Thursday I suddenly found myself with two whole hours of unstructured time. Nothing I needed to play, nothing I needed to read or […]
Demon is such an ugly word. Malach prefers “angelically-challenged”. After all, it’s not his fault that he was kicked out of Heaven. And if you’ll just listen, he can explain everything. GOD HATES ME: The Diary of an Ex-Angel is a smart, funny, and surprisingly moving tale of a demon who means well and would really […]
An Audio Excerpt from THE LAWDOG FILES
Sunday , 11, February 2018 Authors, Publications Leave a commentThis audiobook excerpt features “Armadillo Love” in its entirety, taken from the hilarious collection of true Texas crime stories by Lawdog. The Lawdog Files are also available in ebook and paperback editions.
The release last month of the latest Star Wars has generated ranging opinions. I have not seen the movie nor the other two Disney movies. I have lost interest in seeing new movies and pulled the plug on cable last year. I have been watching reruns of Battlestar Galactica on MeTV Saturday nights. I watched […]
I recently watched the science fiction movie 9 (2009), about a group of CGI ragdolls trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic future where all of mankind has been killed off in a war started by sentient machines. It wasn’t good. There is a garbage story that makes no sense, lousy characters, and a dreadful ending, […]