Category: Haunted Passages

  • Motherfucking Sharks, a novel by Brian Allen Carr, reviewed by Brett Beach

    Motherfucking Sharks, a novel by Brian Allen Carr, reviewed by Brett Beach

    A stranger comes to town. We know this story, don’t we? He warns of approaching danger, which the townspeople ignore. And because we are familiar with this story, we know the tale will not have a happy ending for most. The stranger—crazy or haunted, ill and raving—is right. Brian Allen Carr’s Motherfucking Sharks is a…

  • Necrology, a collaborative text by Gary J. Shipley & Kenji Siratori, reviewed by David Peak

    Necrology, a collaborative text by Gary J. Shipley & Kenji Siratori, reviewed by David Peak

    The easiest way I found to approach Gary J. Shipley and Kenji Siratori’s collaborative text, Necrology, was by beginning at the end, or, more specifically, by beginning with the appendix (written by Iranian philosopher and writer Reza Negarestani). I use the word “easiest” here carefully, because I don’t want to convey the idea that there’s…

  • Cassandra Gillig Reviews My Pet Serial Killer, a novel by Michael J Seidlinger

    Cassandra Gillig Reviews My Pet Serial Killer, a novel by Michael J Seidlinger

    My Pet Serial Killer’s hyper-hip cover and cutesy name (a My Little Pony-quality endearment, tried and true) do a poor job of preparing the reader for the grotesqueries which will bombard him or her throughout. Set against a backdrop of clubbing and collegiate education, Seidlinger’s story revolves around Claire, a young female grad student, who…