2024: Bedlam in Print
Another year, another underwhelming showing from the mainstream publishing industry
BEHIND THE SHADOWS
A hugely enjoyable collection that offers up a full blast of media infused gen-X oriented horror
THE UNIVERSE AS PERFORMANCE ART
Weird fiction is alive and well in the twenty first century, and THE UNIVERSE AS PERFORMANCE ART is a standout example
BEWARE US FLOWERS OF THE ANNIHILATOR
The latest and most comprehensive collection of stories by Canada’s master of elegantly drafted bizarrie Alexander Zelenyj
Harlan Ellison AD 6
On Harlan Ellison and the long-awaited publication of THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS
TOKYO BLOOD
A 33-minute four parter by Japan’s Sogo Ishii, returning to form after a nine-year gap.
SALUTING THE BLOOD OF HEROES: BEHIND THE APOCALYPTIC FILM
The Second book by author Danny Stewart, who’s quickly establishing himself as one of the preeminent chroniclers of underappreciated science fiction cinema from the eighties and nineties
OMNI’S SCREEN FLIGHTS/SCREEN FANTASIES
For years this was the best book about science fiction onscreen, a title it lost only because it’s now 40 years old
THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND SINS
Fifteen stories: energetic and focused to a fault, and exhibiting an unnerving willingness to gaze unblinkingly into the darkest depths of madness, mutilation and sexual deviance
2023: Bedlam in Print
Looking back over last year’s books!