Really procrastinating on these now. *sigh*  Anyways, lets start with the free-range short fiction.  Seanan McGuire's IM is part of her "InCyrptid" series.  Sadly it feels more like a pro or post-logue than a full story. Her latest "Velveteen" story, Velveteen vs.Santa Claus, is a much stronger piece.  Even if it makes you want to punch Santa in ( Read more... )

So more than a bit late on this one.  Ah well.  Starting out with the uncollected short stories for the month.  Seanan McGuire's Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust is part of a series of e-stories re-imagining the Oz setting.  Hers is a noir-ish murder mystery where political agitator and some-time diplomat Dorothy Gale is tasked with solving a ( Read more... )

Lets squeeze the August list in just under the wire. Again. Starting with Ben Aaronovitch's newest "Rivers of London" book Whispers Underground. I do so enjoy this sereies with its mix of humour, police procedural and urban fantasy. This time around the copper/wizards are investigating the murder of a U.S. Senator's son in the London ( Read more... )

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That was a very..adequately..er..Gothic movie. Yeah. That description works. The creature effects were good, but given they hired Rick Baker that should be expected. The acting was ok. The violence and gore were heavy, but not more than any other werewolf movie. The story was decent. It was all very much..not bad. For a movie I didn't pay ( Read more... )