Cast of Shadows takes a small handful of issues, cloning and stem cell research chief among them, and crafts a tale that

that launches from a simple premise and becomes a multifaceted discussion that

is at times moral, scientific and religious. The premise and its exploration

prove to be an effective evaluation of these difficult issues without any real

political or religious bias.



The story is told over 20+ years, during which…

The terse, clipped prose moves the story along at a fast pace. The first part of Ice follows three characters through their lives as they are awakened

and after the awakening has taken place. They are plucked from all walks of

life and economic backgrounds. Not only do we get to witness first hand the at

times brutal awakenings but we also get a nice cross section of Russian life.

The second part of the novel threats us to a lengthy first person account of

how…

When Paper Trails was published a couple of months ago I decided that I was going to

re-read Paris Trout. It had been a long time since I read it; in

fact it had been a long time since I read any Dexter. He's such a low key

guy, damn near invisible in fact, that I have a tendency to forget about him

sometimes.…

From Mystery Book Spot

In the introductory passage to the reprint of the David Goodis novella Professional Man it is said that Goodis was the "poet of the

losers." I'd like to quote a line from a story, included here, written

by another modern poet, Ken Bruen as an apt description for all the

stories contained in issue #1 of Murdaland.