A novel that begins with an Edgar Allen Poe quote and a Halloween seance is already a hit from the first few pages. And in chapters following, “The Suffering” by M.J. Mars does not disappoint and lives up to its harrowing beginning. Kyle lives in a stately Victorian mansion which is ...
The 1970s, an iconic era of fashion, rock-n-roll and the birth of feminism is the setting of a murder that takes place in “The Villa” by Rachel Hawkins and when a woman in the modern era stays at the same villa, she unearths the mystery behind the home. While contemporary fiction isn’t ...
By Jillian Lynch Daily News-Record HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — It was from humble beginnings that Melodie Davis, at the age of 16, intrepidly stepped into the world of Christian media. It was on the humble floor of a chicken house that Davis, now 70, a local retired Christian media ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — It’s hard not to be intrigued, and even harder to resist, when Linda and Robert Kalman approach you. There’s Linda, with her Midwestern geniality and folksy friendliness. And there’s Robert, with that 8-by-10 large-format camera: an old-school, ...
While film fans are preparing to see how Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan try to embrace their destiny 29 years after the duo's "Bogus Journey," the question has already been answered, a couple of times, in comics. And they aren't the only characters who lived beyond the screen and ...
Have you ever taken a look at the way the world is and wondered, what if it was different?Stupid question nowadays. I'm sure I'm not the only one pining for mundane stuff I would have been complaining about a month-and-a-half ago.Even in escapist fare like comics, people often imagine a ...
If there's a silver lining in this pandemic pandemonium, it's that while most of our regular routines are necessarily disrupted, we should have time for other stuff.Like reading comics.Raiding bargain bins at shops and shows has given me quite the back catalog to peruse, plus great runs from ...
I've listed the most unlikely Avengers and Justice Leaguers, but the X-Men are different.Actually, different is the entire point of the X-Men, who strive to protect a world that hates and fears them, as well as defend fellow mutants from the violent tendencies of hate- and fear-filled ...
As we enter this election year, I've been seeing a lot of online calls for creators and companies to keep politics out of comics.I can see why it might be difficult. Politics can be hard to define.While there are certainly people who will seize any issue as an opportunity to gain power, many ...
One of Stan Lee's legacies with Marvel Comics was making characters relatable.The Fantastic Four were a family and fought like one. Spider-Man had money troubles. The Hulk had anger management issues. Thor needed to hold on to his hammer or turn back into a human doctor with an injured leg.OK, ...
