Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, and Joseph Cooper is a graphic novel based on a new, original story that takes place within the Dresden Files universe (available December 3, 2013). Fresh on the heels of the events of Fool Moon (Dresden Files, Book 2), our hero, wizard Harry Dresden,…
Escapism is one of the appeals of the fantasy genre. It’s a chance to visit a world where impossible things like magic and monsters are real, and to go on epic quests to save the world. It can be just as fun and interesting though to see those elements bump up against real world events…
Fool Moon, Volume 2, by Jim Butcher is a graphic novel adaptation of the second novel in the Harry Dresden series (available April 23, 2013). Jim Butcher is the author of a wildly popular paranormal crime series called The Dresden Files, which features Harry Dresden, wizard and private eye. As with other popular titles in…
When a crime is committed a balance is upset and with that comes a sense of unease and perhaps even dread, especially if the perpetrator of the crime renains at large. It’s like a monster has been set loose into society and sometimes that’s exactly what’s happened… because the crime and horror genres go together…
We pointed out that seemingly irresisitible combination of women and dead bodies! Whether you already follow Tess Gerritsen’s novels about Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles, or are new to the series, people keep finding things to like about TNT’s Rizzoli and Isles. The show just got monster ratings for its season…
Since we’re excited for today’s release of Ghost Story, it’s a great day to talk about what makes the private-investigator/wizard-for-hire, Harry Dresden, so great. I’ll admit, I wasn’t sold on Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden the first time we met. A co-worker was a fan of the first book, Storm Front, and it sounded like everything…
Recently, I overheard two women in the mystery section in a bookstore: “Oh my gawd, I can’t believe it, they have this in the mysteries! It has spells and magic and everything!!!” “Oh gawd, that’s so stupid!!!” I moved away before my inner librarian erupted to explain to the shocked duo that the books had…
