Two tweens slide through a summer at a cabin by the shore. Rose and Windy may seem like bystanders to the heartbreak around them, but they take in every word they hear and every expression they see. The girls share talk of budding interest in sexuality, slasher movies, and s'mores. Yet, deeper and more complex... Continue Reading →
Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Values Knights by Liam Perrin
I got the recommendation for this one from Esme over at WeatherWaxReport. Her post Top 21 Indies I Read in 2018 provides an awesome list of books. I picked up a couple more from the list besides this one. I read Sir Thomas on my flight the other day, and it was the perfect start... Continue Reading →
The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry by David L. Carlson and Landis Blair (Illustrator)
A story layered in secrets, the poet, Dante, and loss. Loss of sight, family, and innocence. Faced with his own troubles with the law, a young man finds out that his blind father had not been injured in a hunting accident as he was originally told, but in a robbery gone wrong. Charlie's father finally... Continue Reading →
Friday Graphic Novel Double Feature: Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks. Short & Skinny by Mark Tatulli.
Sanity & TallulahSTEM girls in space?!?! Mad science? A three-headed kitten? Yes. Yes. And Yes! Wilnick space station can be a pretty boring place for Sanity and Tallulah, especially when you have to wait for the latest vid shows to travel lightyears to get to you. So... what do you do while you're waiting? Maybe... Continue Reading →
The Intern (An Orphan X Short Story) by Gregg Hurwitz
Aurora is high school student who is an "intern" for a slightly older young man running a tabloid news website, Today's Maximum News, a poor man's TMZ. They spend a couple hours staking out a church that had been central to one of Evan Smoak's missions. The rumor is that The Nowhere Man sometimes returns... Continue Reading →