I received my copy of Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days in the mail on Monday. Two days later, I’ve read the entire thing and am anxiously already awaiting book five (titled Mortal Coil, according to Wikipedia), which, as announced on the last page of Dark Days, will be out this September (overseas – thank goodness for […]
Oh man, I’m so excited. I’ve been talking since the site started about my love for Skulduggery Pleasant (don’t believe me, check out all the stories here). Why do I love Skulduggery so much? Well, he’s a SKELETON DETECTIVE. Yes, I’ll repeat – a SKELETON DETECTIVE! Not only that, he’s a skeleton detective who does […]
Death Troopers, the uber cool book that blends Star Wars with zombie fiction is now out in stores, and we recently gave you guys a chance to win it as part of our Pauloween Horror Nights month-long event! So who won? As it turns out it’s Not Eddie Murphey, who actually goes by the name […]
Since everyone seems super excited about this week’s Star Wars book release, DEATH TROOPERS, we decided to say “screw it,” and give away a free copy! Yes, folks, we know people wanna read this book, and here’s your chance to do it…FOR FREE How do I win, you may ask? Simple! E-mail ideologyofmadness@gmail.com with “DEATH […]
Hell yes, you heard me right. This week on the official Star Wars website, to celebrate the release of this week’s book Death Troopers, they’re “kicking off a week’s worth of content showcasing some fantastic artwork contributions made by several well-known artists in the Star Wars community.” What’s Death Troopers? It’s a horror novel set […]
More than 20 years before George Lucas started his long, downhill slide with Ewoks, H. Beam Piper gave us fuzzies or, by their appropriate scientific designation, Fuzzy fuzzy holloway zarathrustra. Little Fuzzy, a 1963 Hugo nominee for Best Novel, is terrific science fiction. With its themes of corporate espionage, civil rights, and climate change, this […]
Reading this month’s issue of Rue Morgue, I came across an article about an upcoming book entitled October Shadows: A Celebration of Halloween in Art. Apparently, each Fall, there’s an art show exhibiting art that pays homage to the traditions of Halloween – the stuff that reminded us of Halloween as kids, like pumpkins, witches, […]
Today we wrap up our week-long interview with Pimp of the Internet Tony Mast. We talk about the new short story anthology The Storm Cloud which just recently went on sale as well as the upcoming anthology, Built for Speed. To top it all off, he also talks a little about some other St. Louis […]
Tony Mast is a man who seems to be everywhere at once. He hosts two podcasts (Back Seat Producers and Tony’s Losing It). He’s contributed to and edited three short story anthologies, the most recent of which – Storm Cloud – came out just a few weeks ago. He is currently accepting submissions for a […]
I’ve been talking about The Strain, the novel from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, for the past couple of weeks now. Reading it, I totally understand the hype. The book is scary, exciting, and a good mix of both the technical parts of Hogan’s writing, with the touches that make it classic del Toro. If you haven’t […]