The trials and tribulations of a group of D&D playing friends are at the center of Brian Prisco’s Twenty-Sided Die. The collection of 20 connected short stories (get it?) mix up real world adventures with the experiences of the gang while playing Dungeons & Dragons. As the dynamic of the group changes, whether it’s through one of them getting a girlfriend, another having trouble at home, or a betrayal by one of the members, the campaign changes as well. I found those sections to be […]
Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #2: The Love Song of Brian J. Prisco
A good coming-of-age novel is interesting in that, even if the main character’s experience is vastly different from the reader’s, the reader still feels the nostalgia.
Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #1: A Worthy Homage to Horror
There’s fanfic, and then there’s homage. Fanfic is usually written to satisfy the writer; filled with the fan’s desires of what he’d like to see come to pass. Since the focus is the writer’s satisfaction, it often happens that no one but the writer is satisfied after reading. Then there’s homage, which is written to honor the original work. Any true fan can appreciate a good homage, and it may even succeed in converting the uninitiated. Boogeymen