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Aliens

Interview with Jeremy Finley, Author of The Dark Above

By Weston Ochse

July 23, 2019

Weston Ochse, author and Bram Stoker Award winner, sits down with Jeremy Finley to discuss his background as an investigative reporter in Nashville, getting inside of the head of your characters, breakneck pacing, aliens, and the worst puppy on the planet. Learn more about Jeremy’s new book, The Dark Above, and comment below to enter…

Book Review: The Dark Above by Jeremy Finley

By Brian Bandell

July 8, 2019

In this sequel to the critically-acclaimed novel that grabbed fans of X-Files and Stranger Things, Jeremy Finley returns with The Dark Above, another thriller full of aliens and government cover-ups. Aliens are attacking Earth in The Dark Above by Jeremy Finley, and their most dangerous weapons are human beings. Some people grow up social media…

The Return: A Novel by Joseph Helmreich

Review: The Return by Joseph Helmreich

By Jenny Maloney

March 16, 2017

The Return by Joseph Helmreich will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered … what’s out there? What begins as an astrological fluff piece for a local news station—a lunar eclipse on the winter solstice—becomes an international sensation when renowned physicist Andrew Leland is pulled into the sky by a strange green light. It’s the…

Alien Hunter: The White House: New Excerpt

By Whitley Strieber

April 3, 2016

Alien Hunter: The White House by Whitley Strieber is the 3rd installment of the Alien Hunter series where Flynn Carroll must save the president before an alien race attempts to control his mind and take over the world (Available April 5, 2016).  The aliens have seen many worlds, but they know that Earth in particular…

I Still Want to Believe: The Power of The X-Files

By Angie Barry

March 1, 2016

Plenty have talked about the impact The X-Files has had on the pop culture and TV landscapes. There's no denying that it has, in one way or another, shaped the genre television that has followed in its wake. The “monster of the week” format has been emulated by numerous shows (Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, Teen Wolf,…

The Truth Is Out There: Looking Back at Seasons 8-9 of The X-Files

By Angie Barry

February 29, 2016

REYES: You don't care what these people have sacrificed over the last nine years, what's been lost to their cause! You make a mockery of it, gladdened it proves your point. What is the point of all of this? To destroy a man who seeks the truth… Or to destroy the truth so no man…

The X-Files 10.06: “My Struggle II”

By Angie Barry

February 24, 2016

CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN: It's too late for your heroics now. MULDER: I don't believe that! CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN: You don't want to believe. Six weeks—and five episodes—ago, rabble-rouser Tad O'Malley (Joel McHale) went off the air. He picks a helluva time to resume broadcasting. It all starts with Mulder pulling yet another disappearing act. At…

Believe to Understand: Looking Back at Season Seven of The X-Files

By Angie Barry

February 22, 2016

MULDER: The end of my world was unrecognizable and upside down. There was one thing that remained the same. You were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant… My touchstone. SCULLY: And you are mine. If there's one thing The X-Files has taught…

The X-Files 10.05: “Babylon”

By Angie Barry

February 16, 2016

MILLER: Hello? Anyone down here? SCULLY: Nobody but the FBI's most unwanted! MULDER: *stare* SCULLY: I've been waiting twenty-three years to say that. MULDER: How did it feel? SCULLY: Pretty good! It's a sad, upsetting fact that when an American program opens with a Muslim man praying, you immediately expect the worse. Since 9/11, countless…

All Lies Lead to the Truth: Looking Back at Season Six of The X-Files

By Angie Barry

February 15, 2016

MULDER: “Dear Diary, today my heart leapt when Agent Scully suggested spontaneous human combustion…” SCULLY: Shut up! For all that The X-Files is a show about the crazy, the unpredictable, and the inexplicable, it's funny how many things stay the same. Six seasons in, and Mulder still can't make decent life…

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