Writer and software engineer in the US Midwest. I enjoy poetry, horror, some f/sf, some mystery, some literary fiction (but not the kind where the main character is a professor and nothing happens).
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"Even as the broader LGBT community enjoys political and societal advances in North America, the bisexual community still today contends …
A love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling …
I loved this book. How could I not? It’s a book about me. More than any book about psychological issues or sexuality or coming from a cult-like religion. It includes all that and more. It’s a book I feel at home in. (Plus, it’s helped grow my book shopping list.)
This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from …
Many excellent parts that, for me, did not add up to a satisfying whole.
Clara Elena García: Seven Legendary Monsters (Paperback, Moonrise)
A grand tapestry of Paraguayan mythology that touches on the complexities of good versus evil, monsters, and innocence stolen.
A love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry.
For …
Move over Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Lovecraft―it’s time to let the Scream Queens howl. …
I wasn’t very far into this book before I started a spreadsheet to track the titles described. I categorized them as: - Probably not for me - Maybe for me - Probably for me - Must read - Have read
(I could have just left the books I’ve already read off the spreadsheet, except no I couldn’t.)
This is a very useful book for any fan of horror writing. I would have enjoyed it more without the plugs for Amazon.
Sadie Hartmann: Feral & Hysterical: Mother Horror's Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women (Paperback, 2025, Page Street Publishing)
Move over Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Lovecraft―it’s time to let the Scream Queens howl. In Sadie Hartmann’s follow-up book …
You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore …
I was promised a novel and I got a narrative prose poem. I was promised horror and I got a love story. I’m not complaining. It’s a tale about a mermaid, but Hans Christian Andersen, it ain’t. It’s bloody and bleak and cruel. But I already said it’s a love story, didn’t I?
Cassandra Khaw: The Salt Grows Heavy (Paperback, 2025, Nightfire)
You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But …
Cassandra Khaw: The Salt Grows Heavy (Paperback, 2025, Nightfire)
You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But …
