MONTANA GOTHIC
A fascinating, poetic and macabre novel that may be a masterpiece–and if it isn’t, it comes damn close
QUIN’S SHANGHAI CIRCUS
This novel is ostensibly about a man attempting to find his parents in WWII-era Shanghai, but its true concerns are far more dense and kaleidoscopic
WESTWORLD (Book)
Contrary to how it might appear, this long out of print paperback is not a novelization of the 1973 flick WESTWORLD
DOG EAT DOG
Quite simply one of the greatest crime/noir novels of the nineties, and perhaps of all time
THE SECRET SERVICE
One has to admire a novel as perversely uncommercial as THE SECRET SERVICE
FLOATING DRAGON
This sprawling novel was intended as a “temporary farewell” to the supernatural fare with which author Peter Straub had made his fortune
AVENTINE
A most interesting science fiction pastiche, consisting of stories set in and around an interplanetary resort called Aventine.
MALEFICIUM
An oddity from Quebec that warrants a recommendation, if for no other reason than the fact that it’s so insanely inventive
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
A novelization–although a more accurate description would be a novel based on themes from THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.
SKORPIO
A nifty chunk of no-nonsense horror by a longtime comic book scribe. SKORPIO is NEXUS and BADGER creator Mike Baron’s third horror novel, and showcases a real gift for evocative storytelling.