Ryan Sayles

Pretty solid collection of crime fiction stories. There are a variety of gritty stories. They include a bank robbery gone bad when the not-all- there kid brother stumbles with a loaded gun that was supposed to be empty. The stories include another robbery gone wrong with the twisted aftermath told from two star-crossed lovers' points of view. I particularly like these two robbery stories. There's a story about how some teenagers have difficulty fitting in and the dangers of voyeurism. Of course, there are the usual stories about transvestites who know how to fight and dead hookers in trunks and what happens. And, it rounds out with a cops and robbers story. These stories are not sledgehammer attacks but slowly build up to the climaxes. The stories do not generally end up where you think they are going. There is generally a twist or a change of direction or point of view. If you like gritty crime fiction, you will not go wrong reading this collection.… (mehr)

Everything about this publication is simply amazing from the title to the comicbook like cover art to the selection of top-notch authors to the stories themselves. This is a first-class pulsating pulp publication. But what is most impressive is the stories. Time traveling has always had its difficulties, chief among them the fact that you can’t go back in time and step on a leaf without changing the course of history. But what if a company has created millions of alternate timelines so you can step on a leaf or stop Lincoln’s assassination and see what happens? A story that combines Ayn Rand’s strange love affairs and plugging in Neo-style from the Matrix complete with Kung Fu action. Wow! And what if the UFOs in the 1950’s really did land and capture people and implant things in them? Combining a circus with a formless gooey void like being in giant test tube is a story that is just waiting to be hatched- er, I mean, read. It is like a newer, more modern version of Twilight Zone. And but what if you could use computers to control what people thought felt tasted smelled? Would they be like just a bunch of puppets at your neck and call? Seriously, this is just a terrific collection.… (mehr)

Great title. Great cover. Let's get something straight. These are two end of the bloody world zombie stories with graphic descriptions. If you don't enjoy that kind of thing, go read about the adventures of Raggedy Ann. If you are into desperate apocalyptic zombie horror gore, you came to the right place. Two stories. Two authors. One tale about the end of suburbia as we know it. One tale about years later as an ex-con survives on his grandparents' farm, now his zombie brothel. Maybe you don't want to admit you read this stuff, but if you do, you are going to have a hard time putting it down.… (mehr)