-
Rob’s Latest Rants
Recent Comments
- Robert S. Wilson on Links to Freeware for Writers
- admin on Women In Horror!
- Nikki on Women In Horror!
- Blaze McRob on Women In Horror!
- Synaesthetik on Annabelle’s Spooky Corner
Archives
- May 2013 (1)
- April 2013 (2)
- March 2013 (2)
- November 2012 (1)
- October 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (1)
- May 2012 (1)
- April 2012 (5)
- March 2012 (11)
- July 2011 (1)
Categories
Meta
-
Share on Facebook
This is the home page.Out of the mind…the jagged darkness.0
Share
Author Archives: admin
Rob’s Critical Review: “Idols & Cons,” by S.S. Michaels
Though I’m sure to upset some authors and publishers who, understandably, want five-star reviews, I’ve my own definition of the five-star system. *One Star: A crime against God and man. *Two Stars: Poor, or otherwise not ready for publication. *Three … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Book Reviews, Horror
Tagged dark art, downward spiral, Idols & Cons, just desserts story, S.S. Michaels, transgressive
Leave a comment
Rob’s Critical Review: “The Conjuring Glass, Book One of The Phoenix Girls,” by Brian Knight
When thirteen-year-old orphan Penny Sinclair moves to the small town of Dogwood to live with her godmother, she expects her life to become very dull. She doesn’t expect to find a strange talking fox roaming the countryside near her new … Continue reading
Share on FacebookBut I’m Scared….
Recently, on Facebook, a writer talked about blogging on some sensitive issues, and about how afterwards, there was concern about fallout. The following was my response: As a writer, that’s always one of the rubs, isn’t it? Which hill to … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Rob, off the cuff:
Tagged blogging, bravery, confront, disseminate, entertain, fear, offend, which hill to die on
Leave a comment
Women In Horror!
What would we story-lovers do without the likes of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul … Masterton, Bradner, Clegg or Keene? Shudder the thought, but at least there are many more beloved authors out there, and they’re not all men. … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Rob, off the cuff:
Tagged Adriana Noir, Alex Skully, Allison M. Dickson, Annabelle L. Miller, Anne Rice, B.E> Scully, Belinda Frisch, Billie Sue Mosiman, Blaze McRob, Brian Keene, C.W. LaSart, Carole Gill, Carolina Richmond, Carson Buckingham, Chantal Boudreau, Char Robinson, Cindy Keen Reynders, Dean Koontz, Denise Brown, Dina Rae, Douglas Clegg, Douglass Clegg, E.A. Irwin, Elizabeth Massie, Graham Masterton, Jackie Williams, Jaime Johnesee, Jaime Page, Jill S. Behe, Jo-Anne Russell, John Saul, Kate Jonez, Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Kathy Rowe, Lauren Curtis, Leigh M. Lane, Leslie Moon, Lisa Costello, Lisa McCourt Hollar, Lori R. Lopez, Marissa Farrar, Mary L. Underwood, Melissa Stevens, Monica J. O'Rourke, Nicole Hadaway, Nina D'Arcangela, Rachel MacNeill Rawlings, Raven Bower, Rebecca Treadway, Sarah Pinborough, Sirens Call Publications, Stacey Turner, Stephen King, Sue Mydliak, Suzanne Robb, Suzi M, T.K. Millin, V.C. Andrews, Valerie Bowen, Viscera Organization, Women In Horror
3 Comments
Rob’s Critical Review: “Progeny,” by Patrick C. Greene
Though I’m sure to upset some authors and publishers who, understandably, want five-star reviews, I’ve my own definition of the five-star system. *One Star: A crime against God and man. *Two Stars: Poor, or otherwise not ready for publication. *Three … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Book Reviews, Horror
Tagged Bigfoot, fiction, horror, Novel, Patrick C. Greene, Progeny, prose, review, Sasquatch
Leave a comment
Rob’s Critical Review: “Paskagankee,” by Allan Leverone
Though I’m sure to upset some authors and publishers who, understandably, want five-star reviews, I’ve my own definition of the five-star system. *One Star: A crime against God and man. *Two Stars: Poor, or otherwise not ready for publication. *Three … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Allan, horror, Levorone, Mike McMahon, Native American, Novel, Paskagankee, Sharon Dupont
Leave a comment
Rob’s Critical Review: “90 Minutes to Live,” edited by Joel Kirkpatrick (JournalStone, 2012)
Though I’m sure to upset some authors and publishers who, understandably, want five-star reviews, I’ve my own definition of the five-star system. *One Star: A crime against God and man. *Two Stars: Poor, or otherwise not ready for publication. *Three … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged 90 Minutes to Live, Acapulco Blue, An Eye for an Eye, anthology, Baby Girl, Bill Patterson, book review, Brad Carpenter, Brett J. Talley, Bruce Golden, City of Fire, David Perlmutter, Dead Already, fantasy, Godforsaken, horror, House of Roses, In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree, Jasmine Cabanaw, Jeffrey Wilson, Jennifer Phillips, JG Faherty, Joel Kirkpatrick, John La Rue, JournalStone, Mack and Stretch Save the Earth, Nu Yang, paranormal, Peter Orr, Roque's Requiem, science fiction, short story contest, The Glade, The Writer, Timothy Miller, Uninvited, young adult
Leave a comment
STAYING AMAZED!
Though my intellectual side has ZERO problems acknowledging that authors, the famous top-tier kind of authors, are people, more-or-less like anyone else, I still feel like a kid at Christmas when one of them accepts my FRIEND REQUEST. Today, for … Continue reading
Share on Facebook
Posted in Rob, off the cuff:
Tagged Facebook, Friend Request, Gary Bradner, Graham Masterton
Leave a comment
Rob’s Critical Review: “Frankenstein: Return From the Wasteland,” by Billie Sue Mosiman
Let me preface this review with a short caveat: In terms of enjoyment, Mosiman’s story scores an easy four- to five-stars. So why then did I give this novelette only three. The answer? Because of the way I’m defining the … Continue reading
Share on Facebook