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Occult Detective Magazine issue # 0 (emagazine review)
‘Occult Detective Magazine’ is a small British publication that builds on a tradition founded by William Hope Hodgson’s ace supernatural detective Carnacki that…
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July 2021
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ReviewFantasy
The Helm Of Midnight (The Five Penalties book 1) by Marina Lostetter (book review).
Decades ago, a killer stalked the streets, leaving behind the remains of his victims carved into hideously realistic flowers. Louis Chabon, famed surgeon…
March 2021
ReviewComics
The Simon And Kirby Library: Crime by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (graphic novel review).
‘The Simon And Kirby Library: Crime’ is another fine volume in the Titan books series collecting old works by these stars of Golden…
ReviewFantasy
Vigil (The Verity Fassbinder series book 1) by Angela Slatter (book review).
When I saw this in the SFCrowsnest list of unclaimed review copies, it immediately struck me as something I might like. I’ve always…
January 2021
ReviewScifi
Resident Alien, Omnibus Volume 1 by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse (graphic novel review).
Despite the introduction to ‘Resident Alien Omnibus Volume 1’, saying that not all aliens visiting the Earth are invaders, I think this book…
ReviewComics
Torpedo 1936 (comic-book review).
Ed and Jim settle in for a professional review of Torpedo 1936, the Spanish comics series written by Enrique Sánchez Abulí and illustrated…
November 2020
ReviewComics
Kelly Green: The Complete Collection by Stan Drake and Leonard Starr (graphic novel review).
Oddly, I picked a copy of ‘Kelly Green: The Complete Collection’ by Stan Drake and Leonard Starr cheap through Bud Plant’s sell-offs back…
October 2020
ReviewBooks
Illustrators Crime Comics Special (artbook review).
Peter Richardson’s history of early crime comics shows a distinct difference between the UK and USA. Over here, they evolved from woodcuts based…
December 2019
ReviewCri-Fi
Banshee: The Complete Series (2013-2016) (cri-fi TV series review).
Please don’t confuse this Banshee with the film of the same name. This Banshee is a town in Pennsylvania, mixing in Amish, Native…
ReviewBooks
Hyenas by Joe R. Lansdale (book review).
This novella, ‘Hyenas’ by Joe R. Lansdale, is a ‘Hap And Leonard’ story, part of a long-running series. Hap Collins and Leonard Pine…
September 2019
ReviewComics
Batman: Detective No. 27 by Michael Uslan and Peter Snejbjerg (graphic novel review).
I pulled ‘Batman: Detective No. 27’ by writer Michael Uslan and artist Peter Snejbjerg with an interest in how was a 2003 graphic…
May 2019
ReviewBooks
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (book review).
Co-produced by the Sherlock Holmes Museum, this eye-catching hardback, ‘The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, asserts it has every Holmes story…