Rough Edges

I’ve discussed Walt Coburn’s work here before. He’s one of my favorite Western authors, while at the same time being one of the most madde...

It’s a good thing I have no street cred to start with, because tonight I watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR. We’d seen the first tw...

Check out this very excellent news over at The Tainted Archive. And heartiest congratulations to the Archavist his ownself, Gary Dobbs, wh...

A couple of weeks ago, I read and enjoyed Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel, TALES FROM THE FARM. Now I’ve read the other two volumes in his Esse...

After my post about Orrie Hitt the other day, I received an email from someone who knew the Hitt family quite well. Here’s an excerpt from ...

I don’t recall hearing much of anything about this movie when it came out. I knew it was based on a video game, and my impression is that t...

Donald E. Westlake isn’t that well-known for his science fiction, but he wrote one SF novel, ANARCHAOS, published by Ace Books in 1967 under...

A few weeks ago, I posted a comment on Duane Swierczynski’s blog about one of his “Legends of the Underwood” series, this one concerning Orr...

There's a very nice interview with me over at the Western Fiction Review . Steve did a great job of illustrating the interview with cov...

This is another of those movies for which I am definitely not the target audience. But you know me. I find something to like in most movie...