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Fiction/Poetry Shorts

The Magic Christian by Terry Southern

The Song of Roland by Unknown

Project Kiwayan by Randy Ribay

July 26, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Magic Christian – 3/5 Stars I don’t know almost anything about Terry Southern except he has a great name and he wrote for the movies in addition to fiction. If you’ve seen Dr Strangelove, you’ve seen some of his writing at work, and he was a favorite of Peter Sellers. In addition, he was more or less loosely associated (at the very least in style and tone) to those post-war waywards like Charles Portis and Ken Kesey. This novel begins with Guy Grand, an […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Randy Ribay, Terry Southern, unknown

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:400 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Randy Ribay, Terry Southern, unknown ·
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You are saving their lives for a life not worth living

February 19, 2017 by borisanne Leave a Comment

Bird Box is proof that you don’t need to be inventive to be creative and thrilling. There is nothing new in this novel that hasn’t been introduced by someone else, and yet it’s a phenomenal and magical combination of a whole pile of often-used ingredients. It’s haunting, and tense, and violent, and touching. Without dropping too many spoilers, I’ll say that this is the story of a young woman who survives a world-ending event along with a handful of strangers who find themselves tied to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: apocalyse, babies, blind, blindfold, cabin fever, canoe, cbr9, horror, josh malerman, journey, malerman, monsters, phone call, post apocalypse, pregnancy, unknown

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: apocalyse, babies, blind, blindfold, cabin fever, canoe, cbr9, horror, josh malerman, journey, malerman, monsters, phone call, post apocalypse, pregnancy, unknown ·
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