Tag: teaser tuesday

Teaser Tuesday: “The Rock Child”

~ James Viscosi ~ 3 Comments

So a little while back I read a book called The Rock Child, by Win Blevins:

Apparently this book was later republished under the title Of Love and Demons. The original title refers to a rock formation in the mountains; the revised title refers to … uh … well, I’m not sure, exactly. There’s not really anything supernatural here, but possibly the “demon” would be the book’s main villain, Porter Rockwell, an actual person sometimes referred to as “The Destroying Angel of Mormondom”, who spends most of the novel in pursuit of Our Heroes, consisting of the Mormon-raised half-Indian Asie, abducted Tibetan nun Sun Moon, and … Sir Richard Burton*?!

Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday: “The Rock Child”” →

Teaser Tuesday: “Hope and Red”

~ James Viscosi ~ 4 Comments

So a while back (like, in June; I told you I had stuff stacked up), I was reading Hope and Red, by Jon Skovron, a novel which is sort of half pirate adventure and half urban fantasy, with a generous helping of ninja-style shenanigans.

Guess which one’s “Hope”.
Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday: “Hope and Red”” →

Teaser Tuesday: “The Night Bird”

~ James Viscosi ~ 2 Comments

This week’s Teaser Tuesday comes from The Night Bird, by Brian Freeman, in which a serial killer starts targeting the patients of a psychiatrist whose therapeutic technique involves replacing her patients’ traumatic memories with new, non-traumatic ones, thus curing them of their phobias or whatever. Sort of like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, only without the attractions of any actual science fiction or Kate Winslet.

nightbird
A Flock of Crows is Called a … Oh, sorry, different book.

Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday: “The Night Bird”” →

Teaser Tuesday: “Spin”

~ James Viscosi ~ 1 Comment

So this week I was reading Spin, the Hugo award-winning novel by Robert Charles Wilson, in which mysterious aliens give Earth the Krikkit treatment by encasing it in a “membrane” that induces an extremely steep time differential between what’s inside and what’s outside. Hilarity ensues.

spin
Down the drain.

Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday: “Spin”” →

Teaser Tuesday: “Wonder Boys”

~ James Viscosi ~ 1 Comment

This week’s Teaser Tuesday comes from Wonder Boys, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon. This is a book I actually finished quite some time ago, but which I’ve been saving for after my series about The Event was finished.

wonder_boys
Woof.

Since that series is now complete, here is your long-deferred Wonder Boys teaser.

Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday: “Wonder Boys”” →

Teaser Tuesday 11/26/2019: “Night After Night”

~ James Viscosi ~ Leave a comment

Recently I was reading Night After Night, by one of my favorite authors, Phil Rickman, who wrote a couple of amazing horror novels back in the day, but who’s now probably best known for the Merrily Watkins series of (somewhat) paranormal mystery novels. This one is not a Merrily Watkins novel, but it is a—wait for it!—paranormal mystery. Of sorts.

NightAfterNight
Knock knock

Continue reading “Teaser Tuesday 11/26/2019: “Night After Night”” →