Category: Books

  • Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Breath of Fresh Air

    When you see an author’s name on the shelf of a book store, that alone is typically a hint as to what you’re in for. Pick up a book by George R.R. Martin and you can expect a mature story with deep characters. Grab a Douglas Adams novel and you can expect bizarre and hilarious…

  • Metro 2033: Life in the Dark

    You know something? I’m worried I’m getting predictable. Too many fantasy books or mystery stories; it’s like eating the same two meals over and over for years. Sure, it has nutritional value – or intellectual value, in this case – but god damn, man, there’s a reason they call variety the spice of life! So…

  • Anansi Boys: Songs and Stories and Spiders

    How long has it been since we’ve covered a Gaiman novel? Feels like it’s been a while. It’s been very refreshing to come back to his work; I’ve needed something truly weird and fun recently. Anansi Boys is a great case of everything I love about Neil Gaiman’s work. It takes a world grounded in…

  • Travel By Bullet: Crypto Crime!

    Here we are again with the Dispatcher series. What weird pseudo-murder mystery do we have in store for us this time? Oh… it’s about… crypto currency. Fun. When the world is struck by the global pandemic, Tony Valdez must give up his opportunity to work with the police force and return to his work as…

  • Writer’s Diary: February 2023 Update

    Wait, where did January go? It’s over already? All I did was blink! Progress was regrettably slow for me last month. More than a few real-world issues kept me from putting in as much work as I’d like to into personal projects. You might have noticed a partial side effect of it in the sudden…