Books tagged with: ptsd
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![The Imaginary CorpseTyler Hayes]()
FantasyWhere do dreams go when we forget them? Do they dissipate into the ether, or do they settle somewhere? This is the intriguing premise of Tyler Hayes’ The Imaginary Corpse , an alternative detective noir novel. How alternative? It stars a stuffed toy triceratops private investigator called Tippy who...
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![Galaxy's Edge: Black SpireDelilah S. Dawson]()
Science FictionTo the uninitiated, Star Wars is just a film. To everyone else, that is just nonsense. There are multiple films, games, books, toys, teddies and now a theme park. A small part of the Star War Universe resides in Disneyland. You can visit the outpost of Black Spire and experience what it is like...
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![The CowardStephen Aryan]()
FantasyWhen I think about heroism I often think about the conversation between Cat and Rimmer in Red Dwarf. There‘s an old cat proverb that goes, "It's better to live one hour as a tiger than an entire lifetime as a worm.” There's an old human proverb - "Whoever heard of a worm-skin rug?" I am with Rimm...
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![The Final Girl Support GroupGrady Hendrix]()
HorrorYour love of a movie genre can often depend on your age. The current crop of kids is growing up in a Golden Age of Superhero films, but when I was an impressionable teenager, it was all about the horror films. Halloween , Friday the 13 th , A Nightmare on Elm Street and so many others. I bought t...
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![Quantum RadioA G Riddle]()
Science FictionI do not like to think too much about the Large Hadron Collider, I let better minds than mine consider hurtling atoms at each other at considerable speed to access some sort of God particle. I get nervous enough around the toaster. Other things go on at CERN too, the invention of the internet for on...
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![The War WidowTara Moss]()
General FictionAccording to esteemed author Robert Rankin there are only ever three locations in a Private Investigator novel. A bar, the alley behind the bar and a rooftop to have the final showdown on. Billie Walker is no normal PI, she is not an investigator, but an Inquirer. She goes as far as to say that her...
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![The Country Under HeavenFrederic S Durbin]()
FantasyWho does not love a genre mash up? The industry certainly does as they ride that Romantasy train all the way to the bank. Although I do not mind a whimsical fantasy, I would not consider it my favourite genre. A mash up of genres needs a little more bite to interest me. How about Westerns with the O...
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![Side HustleWendy Gee]()
General FictionJournalist have somewhat of a chequered reputation, for every Watergate, there is ten celebrities caught in the act. In recent times, the profession has cleaned up its act a little, but it still relies heavily on eyes on the page or viewing figures. This leads to a competitive market and some journa...
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