I can now state that I’ve read all of Josh Malerman’s major novels and consider myself a fan. And while I liked the Netflix adaptation of his seminal work, Bird Box, I can very honestly […]
Author: grendelguy
Some years ago I made the mistake of deciding to become an author. I literally chose to dedicate hours per day to writing stories no one will read, editing stories no one will read, and sending out stories no one will read to publishers who most often reject me offhand.
Getting Mother’s Body
I’m going to be entirely honest here: this is the only Suzan-Lori Parks I’ve read, even though I enjoyed the hell out of this book and think you should pick up a copy immediately. It’s […]
Brief Reflections on War and Peace
I’m a little late to the game, I’ll admit, but I wanted to write down some thoughts about Tolstoy’s masterpiece while they’re running through my head. I won’t delve too much into the specifics of […]
Notes of a Native Son
It’s hard to put into words just how much I loved reading this book. I’m late to the Baldwin party, obviously, but I thought it would be important to put down some thoughts I had […]
REAMDE and FALL by Neal Stephenson
I can honestly say REAMDE was one of the easiest novels I’ve read by Neal Stephenson. Despite the intimidating length of the work, the story plays out as a fast-paced mystery of cat and mouse […]
Read “The Bird Box”
Author: Josh Malerman Buy it here. I cannot recommend this book enough. For those of you who enjoy any sort of post-apocalyptic (or just plain weird and scary) fiction, this book feels like a breath […]
Grendel #22: The Devil is Hormonal
So the world is upended by nuclear warfare, and solar is the name of the game now. So much so that, in order to continue a comfortable existence, much of humanity has migrated to the […]
Grendel #21: The Devil is Conspiratorial
For issues 20-23, Matt Wagner experiments. These aren’t comics in a classical sense … they leave a lot to the reader’s imagination, moving from scene to scene with a chaotic, fragmented pace. Their goal is […]
Grendel #20: The Devil Is …
… Paranoiac. You didn’t really think Wiggins was going to get away from the Devil, did you? He made it a long time, which is more than can be said about most people who are […]
Grendel #18-19: Devil Eyes
Wiggins is now a best-selling author, thanks to his first Grendel story. Finally–finally!–someone in the Grendel universe might have slipped away from the Devil’s grasp. Wiggins is still retired, still sipping margaritas on the beach, […]
Ken Brosky, Author 