RIP King.

To try and control is to go mad… Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr. 

“This is the key, you have learned – to relinquish control, to relinquish the desire for control… to try and…

Josh Bresslin’s Going Over: A Character-Driven Journey in Wrestling and the new Guy Lit

Joshua Bresslin has hit the mat hard with his newest novel, Going Over. An emotionally impactful, character-driven examination of the…

TERRORTOME! By Garth Marenghi

Well, I was totally late to the Marenghi train. Terrortome came up on a random “suggested for you” list curated…

Reading Homer in 2025: When men were men and gods were gods

“Come, men of Troy and Trojan women; look upon Hektor if ever before you were joyful when you saw him…

Canned Hams, the Weather, and Passing Time: The Quiet Magic of Aug 9—Fog by Kathryn Scanlan

“If there is such a thing as poetic archaeology, this is it.” This is a fascinating little book that I…

Dave Barry’s ‘Class Clown’: A Journey Through His Hilarious New Memoir

I have been a fan of Dave Barry’s since middle school. I own just about all of his books, many…

#807 Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)

Spoorloos or The Vanishing is an incredible 1988 Dutch film from George Sluizer that presents the inner self analysis of…

Acting surrounded by amateurs: Toast On Toast by Toast

A funny little mock autobiography by “Steven Toast,” Toast on Toast is Matt Berry extrapolating on his delusional, self-important, and…

Tragedy with a Punchline: Chasing more of Patrick deWitt’s Dark Absurdity

I picked up The Bastard and Ablutions along with several other of deWitt’s novels, after reading my favorite book of…