We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix My rating: 5 of 5 stars Grady Hendrix has written two very awesome horror stories that I absolutely adored. My Best Friend's Exorcism is actually one of my all-time favourite books. So I was really looking forward to getting stuck into this on…

Hi, how are you today? What's new in your part of the world? Hope you're all staying safe. Can you believe another month is almost over? As if living through a pandemic isn't fucked up enough, this week has added more disgraceful acts of violence by racist assholes to t…

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book I've wanted to read for ages. And I'm glad that I finally picked it up. I was hooked from the first sentence. The lush writing style is lovely and captivated me instantly. I loved the narrator's whim…

The Defenders by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars The concept of this story is SO clever. There's a bit of everything in this post-apocalyptic tale. Eight years after a nuclear war, humans are still living underground and robots are above fighting their war. Taylor is …

The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Maybe it's because I just finished writing a story about Mars, but I was definitely in the mood for this shortie. The last flight out of Mars is headed for Terra, and the Leiters stop the ship long enough to check e…

Hey! How are you today? What's new with you? Did you have a nice week? Things in Sydney are weird, but we're good. As I mentioned last week, most states in Australia seem to be in a real hurry to open up and pretend everything's normal. Never mind the pandemic. As long …

A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller THE OUTSIDER. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.   Holly Gibney of…

The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tonight was definitely time for another PKD story, and this one was perfect. Ed Loyce was supposed to be at work. Instead, he was working in his basement. So when he heads across town to his store, he spots a man han…

Hello again! How are you this week? We're doing good. Still spending most of our time at home reading, writing, playing games, doing yoga and going for daily walks. While maintaining the social distance so many seem to struggle with. 😒 I wish things were better in the current wo…

Sick Part III by Christa Wojciechowski My rating: 5 of 5 stars Usually, when I read a series, I like to leave some space between books. But with this trilogy, I just HAD to read them one after the other. These stories were just too twisted, too messed-up, and I wanted to know how…

Sicker by Christa Wojciechowski My rating: 5 of 5 stars After reading the first novella of this trilogy last night, I had to read the next one tonight. John Branch is a sick man. His chronic illness dominates his life and even his marriage. But after Susan finds out his secret…

Sick by Christa Wojciechowski My rating: 5 of 5 stars The novella I decided to read tonight turned out to be quite addictive. In so many ways. 😯 Susan is married to John and lives in a small guest house with him. She's a nurse trying to hold onto her job, but that's not…

Hey! How are you? Today, I want to start with a very cool announcement. My  Short Sharp Shocks! novelette from Demain Publishing , BREAKING THE HABIT , is now available on paperback. Yay. 😃 If you're interested in reading all about Isla's bloody honeymoon, you can grab…

We Don't Talk About Her by Andersen Prunty My rating: 4 of 5 stars Last week, Andersen Prunty offered a bunch of his Kindle books for free and I grabbed a few. This one caught my attention because I liked the cover and was curious about the title. I actually started reading …

Pay The Ghost by Tim Lebbon My rating: 4 of 5 stars I grabbed a free copy of this story not long ago and decided to read it tonight. A year ago, Lee lost his little girl during Hallowe'en. That wasn't the only thing he lost. He also loses his job and his marriage. Not to…

The Festering Ones by S.H. Cooper My rating: 5 of 5 stars Earlier this week, one of my Twitter friends was reading this book and it reminded me that I had it on my Paperwhite. Today, I decided to get started and couldn't put it down! When Faith York was a little girl, s…

Piper in the Woods by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tonight, I managed to squeeze in an extra Philip K. Dick short story. 🌱 Doctor Henry Harris is dealing with a Patrolman who returns to Earth from the asteroid Y-3. This young man states he's a plant and refuses to…

What happens when you fall down the rabbit hole?    Alice lives in a world of stifling privilege and luxury - but none of it means anything when your own head plays tricks on your reality. When her troubled friend Bunny goes missing, Alice becomes obsessed with finding her. On the …

Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Since I picked up several Philip K. Dick shorties for my Paperwhite last week, I thought I'd read a few this week. And this is the one I chose for tonight, because I love the title. 😊 Putting a human brain inside a sp…

The Skull by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love reading Philip K. Dick stories because they never disappoint. In less than thirty pages, he manages to deliver an outstanding story with fully fleshed characters, a future world and vivid imagery. Conger is a prisoner wh…

The Family Plot by Cherie Priest My rating: 5 of 5 stars This happens to be yet another book that hooked me in from the beginning. The wonderful writing, the likeable characters, and the set-up totally sucked me in. I don't know about you, but I've enjoyed a bit of real…

Hey! How's it going? It's another week in Insane Land. Where, not only are we still in the middle of a pandemic, but morons are starting to get so frustrated/bored about staying home to SAVE LIVES that they're protesting about it. I seriously don't understand WTF is w…

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard My rating: 5 of 5 stars So, this is the next book I read on my Paperwhite. And I was intrigued from the beginning. Imogen and Marin are sisters with a wicked mother they've both tried to escape in their own way. When they both get accepted into an…