by Joe Howe | May 13, 2013 | Reviews
Mark Justice’s latest book The Dead Sheriff: Zombie Damnation exists in an alternate Old West populated by the sort of vigilante-with-a-sidekick popularized by radio serials and pulp magazines, epitomized by such notable characters as The Lone Ranger and The Cisco...
by Joe Howe | Aug 16, 2011 | Columns
Well, it’s been a long time. I know you’ve missed me – what? You didn’t realize I’ve been away? Oh, thanks a lot. You guys are real pals. The eleventh interruptee is a relatively new author, Arkansan John Hornor Jacobs. John is the author of SOUTHERN GODS, just...
by Joe Howe | Apr 20, 2011 | Columns
Kealan Patrick Burke, a native of Dungarvan, Ireland now transplanted to the American Midwest, is recognized as one of the few writers in the horror field who produces work of consistently high literary quality. His collections RAVENOUS GHOSTS and THE NUMBER 121 TO...
by Joe Howe | Apr 5, 2011 | Reviews
Although his name is not as recognizable as Heinlein, Asimov or Clarke, few were as influential in the development of science fiction as John W. Campbell, who shaped the genre as editor of Astounding magazine from 1937 to 1971. Although his editorial duties limited...
by Joe Howe | Apr 1, 2011 | Reviews, Uncategorized
In 1972, legendary writer William F. Nolan (Logan’s Run) wrote a pilot for Dan Curtis Productions (Dark Shadows) about a private investigator who took cases with supernatural angles. The series was to be called The Norliss Tapes, and like a lot of pilots, it never...
