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THE GOOD KILL – A Review by Joan Wiley

Hello Friends. I was given the opportunity to read “The Good Kill” written by author, Kurt Brindley. I don’t usually do book reviews on this blog, but due to Mr. Brindley generously giving me a copy to review on Amazon, I wanted to share my thoughts with any followers here on WordPress as well. The…

Wouldn’t it be ironic if…

our climate-change-denying so-called president with his natural and aggressive bent towards authoritarianism and who is continually feeling spurned and stifled by the thoughtfully constraining, slow-pace which our highly imperfect democratic institutions and laws intentionally allow for, and which allowed for his own highly imperfect and seemingly unlawful election, is able to assume, through the legal …

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THE GOOD KILL — A Review by Imani Amour

Originally posted on The Writing Wave:
Today there’s an undertone of social injustices plaguing our world with a threatening yet taboo sense of doom that seems unspeakable by most. Discussions on suicide, PTSD and human trafficking have either seemed hushed or handled controversially…that is, until Kurt Brindley came along. His novel, The Good Kill is…

THE DISTANT SOUND OF VIOLENCE by Jason Greensides — A Review

BOOK | FICTION | LITERARYTHE DISTANT SOUND OF VIOLENCEJASON GREENSIDESRATING: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Do we ever escape the decisions we make when we’re fifteen? Nathan Dawes, the loser from school, an outsider, street philosopher and member of The Grove Runners gang, needs Ryan’s help to get Stephanie to fall for him. When Ryan’s …

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We Should Be Dancing… Not Dying

With all the constant blood and violence in this constantly bloody and violent nation of mine, a la yesterday’s insane mass killing after a gun-toting asshole goes off his nutty handle during a routine traffic stop, I hardly feel like getting my groove on. But get my groove on I must or else I will …

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What Makes a Monster?

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Arthouse Films in general are nutty…

But Arthouse Horror Films are, if you’d excuse the vernacular… Off the mother fn nutty hook, yo. And thank god for that. Been on an arthouse horror film binge lately from a dire and desperate need (yeah, I like redundancies so what of it?) to clear the palate of that rancid franchise aftertaste. Watched this …

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If the corn is gonna be “knee high by the Fourth of July”

Or so the saying goes… Then I guess it’ll be reachin’ near to heaven come August Twenty-Seven. Yep, we like our cornstalks nice and tall in these here parts. For reference, I’m 6’5″ tall. In non-USofAmerican speak that’s 195.58cm. Anyway… in case you’ve never had the fun opportunity to walk about a cornfield, now you …

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THE LESSER DEAD by Christopher Buehlman — A Review

BOOK | FICTION | HORRORTHE LESSER DEADCHRISTOPHER BUEHLMANAUDIOBOOKRATING: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The secret is, vampires are real and I am one.The secret is, I’m stealing from you what is most truly yours and I’m not sorry…  New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows …

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Sunday Songs to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance

If you’re hatin’ on the latest music phenom known as Billie Eilish because you think her fame is a result of entitlement and nepotism in the entertainment industry — Seriously, who had ever heard of the uniquely-styled seventeen-year-old’s low-level acting parents or whatever their L.A. entertainment gigs are before she and her brother became famous? …

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