SHELLA
Any post-1990 work claiming to “revitalize the hard-boiled tradition” can be dismissed, as, quite simply, SHELLA is the state of the art in neo-noir
GHOST DOLL
The book isn’t much, but has a haunting resonance
OUR TWISTED HERO
An uncompromising account of bullying and conformity in a Korean school, a novel that favorably recalls LORD OF THE FLIES
THE OMEGA PROJECT
This paperback original is not one of the rapture fiction genre’s better entries
BLASTED
This 1995 play will be probably be viewed as beyond the pale nowadays, but the skill with which it was put together is undeniable
THE BLUE PERIL
It took a century for this 1910 French classic to be translated into English, and the wait was nearly worth it
THE NEO-DECADENT COOKBOOK
As the back cover inquires, “Have you ever sautéed geometrical sex or eaten fate from the breasts of Minerva?”
BLACK BUTTERFLIES
Restraint is something you won’t find much of in a John Shirley story, and that’s particularly true here
THE COMING SELF-DESTRUCTION OF THE U.S.A.
Of the many black uprising fantasies that appeared in the late 1960s and early 70s this is the most expansive and outrageous of the lot
PLAN B
A posthumously published novel by the late Chester Himes that like most posthumously published novels has a number of problems