Dark Matter by Blake Crouch is a scientific thriller that explores the idea of multiple universes (Available July 26, 2016). At some point, in most of our lives, we make a decision or two that shapes what becomes of us for a number of years or decades, if not forever. Many of us spend some…
The Big Sheep by Robert Kroese is a delicate balance of sci-fi, mystery, and humor. “That's a really big sheep,” said Erasmus Keane, his observational powers functioning as flawlessly as ever. The woman in the lab coat nodded curtly. “He's a Lincoln Longwool,” she said. “Largest breed of sheep in the world.” She had introduced…
The Big Sheep by Robert Kroese is a balance of sci-fi, mystery, and humor (Available June 28, 2016). Los Angeles of 2039 is a baffling and bifurcated place. After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within…
There are so many notable aspects of Charles Beaumont’s (1929-67) life and work, it’s hard to know where to being in naming them. He was a gifted writer of short stories and novels, one who showed easy mastery of various genres including horror, sci-fi, dark comedy, and socially conscious literary fiction. He was the first…
There could probably be some arguments made about just exactly when teenagers became a real force to be considered in American society, and anybody making the case for the mid-1960s being that time has a good chance of winning the debate. I’ll leave that matter for now and instead focus on what one savvy filmmaker…
What would you do if one day—utterly out of the blue—you saw a woman commit suicide? No one else saw her, no one else reacted, and it all has the feeling of a waking dream. And, in the aftermath of this bizarre moment, you start to… experience things. You hear police sirens in a silent…
The Fall by R.J. Pineiro is a sci-fi thriller where a man jumps from the outermost reaches of the atmosphere and disappears, landing on Earth five years in the future, a future where he's already dead (available July 28, 2015). Jack Taylor has always been an adrenaline junkie. As a federal contractor, he does dangerous…
The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka is scientific thriller about a quantum physicist that shocks the world and ignites a struggle between science and theology (available July 21, 2015). A quantum physicist shocks the world with a startling experiment, igniting a struggle between science and theology, free will and fate, and antagonizing forces not known…
The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack is thriller about an artist whose vivid dreams are not only his work's inspiration, but also a look into the lives of others (available April 28, 2015). What if there was a drug that could help you remember past lives? What if the lives you remembered could lead you…
Start with The Breakfast Club formula—a preppy popular girl, a jock, the burn-out/bad boy, the new girl, the geek, the goth—and throw in the body horror of parasitic aliens. Stir in plenty of knowing sci-fi riffs and you’ve got The Faculty, a little film with cult classic cred. Herrington High is your typical small town…
