Tag: Paul Dee Fecteau

  • Paul Dee Fecteau Reviews The Family Dolls: A Manson Paper + Play Book! by John Reed

    Paul Dee Fecteau Reviews The Family Dolls: A Manson Paper + Play Book! by John Reed

    I did not try to cut out the artwork in John Reed’s The Family Dolls, released in book form in July by Outpost19. I am not saying it can’t be done, for I admit to being reticent with scissors due to a lack of dexterity which, among other things, makes it impossible for me to…

  • Killing Poppy, a novel by William Perk, reviewed by Paul Dee Fecteau

    Killing Poppy, a novel by William Perk, reviewed by Paul Dee Fecteau

    When we tell stories about addiction, two well-worn narratives hold sway. In one, addicts personify failure, debasing themselves in the face of the glory of the American Dream. In the other, they embody nobility, struggling against a darkness not of their own making. In Killing Poppy, published in September by Apocalypse Party, William Perk savages…

  • Unlanguage, an undead workbook novel by Michael Cisco, reviewed by Paul Dee Fecteau

    Unlanguage, an undead workbook novel by Michael Cisco, reviewed by Paul Dee Fecteau

    I am not going to assume you’re here because you received the workbook in some innocuous way that in retrospect seems increasingly mysterious—say, a stranger handed it to you on a busy train platform or an unknown colleague stuffed it into your department mailbox. I acknowledge plenty of such stories are circulating on social media…