I love Halloween. It’s one of my favorite times of the year, and I tend to go a tad over-board here on Puzzled Pagan Presents when it becomes the most wonderful time of the year. That usually takes the form of several Marvel Madness, Film Library, Reel […]
As can probably be ascertained by reading most of the articles on this site, I love stories that take seemingly normal people and put them in extraordinary circumstances. I know that there are vast mounts of people who are interested in simple, human drama, but I’m […]
It should probably be no surprise, especially when taking my obsession with superheroes into account, but I used to be a huge fan of mythology. When I was a kid I was given a book that retold most of the prominent Greek myths around the […]
Last year I got to share a truly fantastic debut novel with you all. Fred Van Lente’s Ten Dead Comedians, a retelling of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, but with a group of comedians being trapped on an island and slowly being murdered. It was a whole lot […]
There are certain genres of narrative that I’m constantly in the search of. They’re comfort food for me, and they help inspire me creatively. The Ineffectual Detective is a genre that I absolutely adore, just like Strange Noir, Historical Fiction, and Silly Spies. But there’s one […]
Hey everybody, it’s time to take another trip into the weird and wild world of Stephen King! I haven’t read a King book since last year when I discussed Mr. Mercedes on the site, but he’s an author that I need to peak in on every few months, seeing […]
If you’ve spent any time reading my thoughts and ramblings on stories you’ll have picked up that I’m fascinated with stories that examine criminals and why they commit crimes. That’s a pretty broad category of narrative, and there are plenty of smaller niches that I find […]
In this age of digital books it’s easy to amass a large library of books that you kind of can’t remember why you bought them. At least I do. I’m always on the look for quality stories, and when I hear someone recommend a book it’s easy […]
Listen, I’m aware that I have a tenancy to repeat myself a tad on this site. It’s all built around me rambling about things that I love, so it stands to reason that there are certain topics that I come back to, time and time again. I […]
As someone who spends a whole lot of my life obsessing over the lives of fictitious superheroes, it stands to reason that I tend to grow attached to the people who write the stories of their adventures. I find the creators of comics to be very interesting, […]