Lovecraft’s work oozes with sinister Americana, yet rarely have I seen authors delve too deeply into America’s past when exploring Cosmic Horror. In this book from Chaosium,… Read more “Book Review: Frontier Cthulhu”
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Tabletop RPG Review: Ki Khanga
Though there have been people of color involved in tabletop roleplaying for a long time, they have not always been visible, rarely celebrated, and almost never catered… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Ki Khanga”
Book Review: To Prime the Pump
This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness, back in 2012. I’d read the first John Grimes book months earlier, before I started writing… Read more “Book Review: To Prime the Pump”
Book Review: Shub-Niggurath Cycle
In the mid-90s, I was snapping up all things Lovecraft. I’d hit the used bookstore near my house, scouring the shelves for Lovecraft or anyone I knew… Read more “Book Review: Shub-Niggurath Cycle”
Comic Review: Xenozoic
I cut my teeth on Edgar Rice Burroughs and a bunch of pulp adventure novels. Post apocalyptic futures, dinosaurs, mutants, ruined cities, swamps, underground worlds…Oh, yeah. This… Read more “Comic Review: Xenozoic”
Book Review: The Arsenal of Miracles
This review was originally written for the blog In the Mouth of Dorkness in 2016. It was among my last reviews for that site. I hadn’t read… Read more “Book Review: The Arsenal of Miracles”
Book Review: The Woman Who Would Be King
I have been fascinated by ancient Egypt since I can remember. The iconography, the mystery, the mythology. It’s all crawled around in the back of my… Read more “Book Review: The Woman Who Would Be King”
Book Review: The Secret of the Lost Race
This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness, some time ago. I was diving back into classic science fiction after a fair stretch… Read more “Book Review: The Secret of the Lost Race”
Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, & a Shrink Ray
The strange evolution of Baal and the Conquest of the Sphere Where do you get your ideas? It’s a question a lot of authors are asked. Not… Read more “Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, & a Shrink Ray”
Tabletop RPG Review: The Whispering Vault
The 1990s take a lot of flack from this writer. I tuned out of the music scene, hated the fashion, didn’t like the comics, wasn’t all that… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Whispering Vault”
Matthew J. Constantine 