Some books, you actively seek out. Others find you. Some you read on recommendation—just hearing the title, and the way someone says it can be enough. A single adjective. Hell, sometimes even an Amazon algorithm turns out something special. How I came by this book, I really can’t recall. It just …
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Book Review: Patricide, by D. Foy
Last year, I took an online writing class with an author named D. Foy, based on a mode of writing he'd dubbed Gutter Opera. The class turned out to be one of the most inspiring experiences I've ever had, and I started to take a keen interest in Foy’s work. I'd already read, and loved, his first …
An Interview with… Richard Thomas
Last year, I wrote a review of Disintegration, a new novel by Richard Thomas. It was dark, gritty and wholly gripping—imagine if Stephen King and Bret Easton Ellis got together to write a revenge story set on the mean streets of Chicago. Tasty, right? A second Windy City Dark Mystery, Breaker, has …