Category Archives: Books

RUNNING WILD! There wasn’t much excitement in Suzi’s young life until a free-loving hippie named Don moved into th building. Don had some pretty far-out ideas about girls and love, and Suzi wanted to learn them all. The time would … Continue reading →

The Double Man, Helen Reilly, Dell Book 732 We have several stacks of vintage paperbacks on the front desk, mostly so customers can appreciate their fantastic covers, but there’s more to them than that, and many are well worth reading, … Continue reading →

  I approached the stump area and inspected in a hole under the stump. When I laid down and looked into the hole, I saw what appeared to be human hair. After using a flashlight to look into the stump … Continue reading →

  Flesh House, Stuart MacBride, St. Martin’s Minotaur, $24.95.   I consider Stuart MacBride to be one of the top emerging writers of the past several years. What I most enjoy about his books is their mixture of the commonplace … Continue reading →

I guess you could call my latest researches Transgressive Victorians. We have such an image of the Victorian age as a staid period of buttoned down, pious boring conformity that it comes as somewhat of a surprise to recognize the … Continue reading →

Another treasure from the hoard of the hoarder!  

  Dear Manager:   It’s Up to a Gay CIA Agent to Save the World — From Gay Neo-Nazis.   Sometimes the only thing standing between the free world and the end of Western civilization is a hunky — and … Continue reading →

  I’m rolling a little number about transgressive Victorians, especially Wilde and Swinburne. To tide you over until the time I fire it up I’ll share this delicious toke from the latter, who (I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised … Continue reading →

  The "paranoic" world view is one that has always interested me, not because I necessarily believe in the various conspiracy theories, but because of its unique position in that liminal state on the border between reality and imagination. In … Continue reading →

  I know I’m not the only one who likes to read ghost stories this time of year. I usually stick to what I consider the classics – M. R. James, E. F. Benson, Oliver Onions, etc., from the Victorian/Edwardian … Continue reading →