Friday Round-Up: Bowen, Corey & O'Keefe @SFFWorld and @SFSignal Mind Melds

Wow, I haven’t posted a round up since last year (hack joke), but seriously, it has been over a month and that’s a longer time between Round Ups than usual. Not sure what that bodes for the future, but there it is. As my Millions….and MILLIONS readers are probably aware,…

Bennett, Elliott, Bear, Kemp, Correia, & Lyle

January has ended and I read a handful of books during the months. I reviewed Robert Jackson Bennett’s City of Blades, the second installment of his soon-to-be landmark Divine Cities epic fantasy series. As for what I haven’t reviewed, at the start of the year I began my long anticipated re-read…

Elliott, Schwab, Gannon, Sutter, & Akers

February was a short month, but longer than usual as it was a Leap Year (yay!) and like every month for the past forever, I read a handful of books. I'll cover the books I didn't review in more detail than those I did.  I’ve been much more inclined to…

Schwab, Ewalt, Lowe, Cole, Priest, Cherryh

As April begins, I’ll take a look back at what I read during the month of March. I started out with Robert V.S. Redick’s (The Rats and) The Ruling Sea, the second book of the The Chathrand Voyage and the follow up to The Red Wolf Conspiracy. I enjoyed it…

So Long and a Big Thank You to SF Signal

Since it is public now, I can post my thoughts about John DeNardo and JP Franz closing the doors of the Hugo Award Winning SF Signal. I’ve been engaged in the online genre community since I joined the SFFWorld forums in 2000, even more so when I began writing for…

An Update and Maybe a New Direction

Sure has been a while since I posted here at the old O' stuff.  I'm still posting reviews over at SFFWorld as most folks probably know. I suspect more people know me through twitter now than through this blog.  For quite a while now, I've debated if I want to…

Beer Review: Flying Dog Nice (2016) Holiday Milk Stout

Name: Nice (2016) Holiday Milk Stout Style: Milk Stout Brewing Company: Flying Dog Location: Frederick, MD ABV: 7.2% IBU: 20 The beer’s page on Flying Dog’s Web site This Holiday Milk Stout is a game changer. Leave this out with plate of cookies and Santa will hook your ass up. And when Santa…

Announcing: The Tap Takeover

Because one blog isn't enough for me, I've started a new Beer Blog: The Tap Takeover If you are so inclined, please go peruse. Please and thank you.

Book Review - KINGS of the WYLD by Nicholas Eames

Your favorite band has broken up, maybe they changed lead singers. For me that was Iron Maiden when Bruce Dickinson stepped away is front man for Maiden 1993. When news broke in 1999 that he would be returning, I was excited, and a little nervous. What emerged was a great…

The Blog o' Stuff is Still Alive

Well, I know I’ve made similar announcements in the past about the direction of this blog, so I suppose it can’t hurt to do so again. 2016 was the last time there was anything resembling consistent posting here at the good old o' Stuff. Many of those posts were the…

Book Review: The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz

Title: The Siren and the Specter Author: Jonathan Janz Publisher: Flame Tree Press Page Count: 304 Pages Publication Date/Year: 2018 Genre: Horror Jonathan Janz is one of the more prominent horror writers to emerge over the last half decade or so. His name has been floating around social media as…

Book Review: Come Closer by Sara Gran

Title: Come Closer Author: Sara Gran Publisher: Soho Press Page Count: 166 Pages Publication Date/Year: 2003 Genre: Horror Possession. One of the more rife subjects explored in horror novels. Sara Gran’s Come Closer takes a powerful approach to examine how easily such a possession can destroy a person. Amanda and…

Book Review: The Winter People (Audio Book) by Jennifer McMahon / Women in Horror Month

Title: The Winter People Author: Jennifer McMahon Publisher: Audible Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Kathe Mazur Lenth: 10 hrs and 45 min Publication Date/Year: 2014 Genre: Horror Jennifer McMahon is a best-selling writer of suspense novels, some of which easily fall into the horror genre, like this particular novel, The…

Book Review: The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn / Women in Horror Month

Title: The Bird Eater Author: Ania Ahlborn Publisher: 47 North Page Count: 267 Pages Publication Date/Year: 2014 Genre: Horror Over the past few years, I’ve come to be a fan of Ania Ahlborn’s horror novels. Some are flat out horror stories featuring ghosts and demonic children, others feature serial killer…

Book Review: The Return (Audio Book) by Rachel Harrison / Women in Horror Month

Title: The Return Author: Rachel Harrison Publisher: Audible/Berkeley Page Count: 304 Pages / 9 Hours, 34 Minutes Publication Date/Year: 2020 Narrator: Sara Scott Genre: Horror Rachel Harrison’s debut novel, The Return, has been on my radar, probably since it published a couple of years ago. Three friends are surprised when…