by Alex Mcdermott: Climate change. Global warming. Dying polar bears. Mass extinction. You can’t go anywhere without hearing about Man’s damage to the planet. We are killing the Earth. But are we really? We are destroying it. There’s no doubt [...]
by Alex Mcdermott: When you really dig into literature, you begin to see a significant difference between the novel and the short story. Novels give authors the opportunity to explore themes, characters, and plot in great depth. Short stories are [...]
by Alex Mcdermott: As any of my regular readers know, gore and violence are not my thing. Most horror today, however, is just an excuse for torture, graphic violence, and bloodshed. Every now and then though, an author throws out [...]
by Alex Mcdermott: In the world of dark fiction, few names call up the shivers quite like Robert Dunbar. With his debut novel The Pines, he established his reputation for haunting, eerie tales that shouldn’t be read late at night! His [...]