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Author: Ben Gilles

Short Story Review – Hundreds of Little Absences by Aimee Ogden

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Ben Gilles

I love cheesey horror movies. My wife and I went to see Insidious 2 on our first date. Neither of us had seen Insidious 1.… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Short Story ReviewsTagged Aimee Ogden, Dark Magazine, Horror, Hundreds of Little Absences

Short Story Review – Fading Memories by Michael Bracken

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Ben Gilles

[Content Warning: This one is pretty much erotica] On Twitter I announced that I had a personal goal of reading one short horror story for… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Short Story ReviewsTagged Fading Memories, Horror, Michael Bracken, Short Story, Unnerving Magazine

Short Story Review – Double Dare by Serena Jayne

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Ben Gilles

Double Dare by Serena Jayne is a modern twist on a classic horror formula. A person desecrates a grave, corpse, or some other artifact of… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Short Story ReviewsTagged Double Dare, Horror, Serena Jayne

Short Story Review – Darkness in August by Bentley Little

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Ben Gilles

[Content Warning: Rape] There’s a kind of subgenre that crops up from time to time in short form horror fiction. I don’t know if it… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Short Story ReviewsTagged Bentley Little, Darkness in August, Faulkner, Horror, Unnerving

Short Story Review – The Wemategunis by James Edward O’Brien

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Ben Gilles

The Wemategunis is a story about a creature from Native American folklore (pronounced: weh-mah-teh-guh-neese) that struck me as being similar to the huldufólk from Icelandic… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, Short Story ReviewsTagged Horror, James Edward O'Brien, Wemategunis

Ben’s Goodreads Review of The Wrack by John Bierce

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Ben Gilles

The Wrack by John Bierce My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of my favorite books that I’ve read this year. I also… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged Ben, Goodreads, John Bierce, The Wrack

The Letters of Tolkien

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Ben Gilles

I recently read The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. I did a Goodreads review of the book that may help a fan of Lord of the… Continue reading

Posted in Reviews, ThoughtsTagged Letters, Life, Tolkien

Ben’s Goodreads Review of Sandkings by George RR Martin

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Ben Gilles

Sandkings by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one of my favorite George R. R. Martin short stories/novellas. It’s done… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged George R.R. Martin, Sandkings

Ben’s Goodreads Review of Ghost Hunters Adventure Club

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Ben Gilles

Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret of the Grande Chateau by Cecil H.H. Mills My rating: 4 of 5 stars Literary juggernaut, Dr. Cecil… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged Dr. Cecil H.H. Mills, Game Grumps, Ghost Hunters Adventure Club

Ben’s Goodreads Review of Promise of Blood

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Ben Gilles

Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan My rating: 3 of 5 stars There’s some interesting things going on in this book, but ultimately it is… Continue reading

Posted in ReviewsTagged Brian McClellan, Powder Mage, Promise of Blood

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Ben's books

The President Is Missing
it was ok
The President Is Missing
by Bill Clinton
Where to start with this book? Should I talk about how I don't believe that either James Patterson or Bill Clinton actually did much of the writing? Should I talk about how Bill Clinton is spending his retirement creating Bill Clinton fa...
A Court of Mist and Fury
liked it
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
I thought this was pretty ok. I'm team Night Court. I really enjoy that Feyre is getting to have a hipster phase with the cool kids in a fancy Bohemian city. I dont even mind that she has all the super powers, I thought that would bug me...
The Infernal City
it was ok
The Infernal City
by Greg Keyes
I don't often do this, but I'm going to engage in a controversial DNF review. I'm fairly confident that being forced to read every word of the rest of it would only lower my score. I made it about half way through Part 1 of the audio boo...
Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics) by Dick Ringler (1-Oct-2007) Paperback
it was amazing
Beowulf: A New Translation for Oral Delivery (Hackett Classics) by Dick Ringler (1-Oct-2007) Paperback
by Unknown Author
I've read a few translations of Beowulf, and the only thing that's really missing from this one is the original language text. Ringler does a pretty good job of the translation itself. He includes very solid explanation and context as well.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
did not like it
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
by Rebecca Wells
I'm neither a mother nor a daughter so take this with a grain of salt, I guess. Siddalee is a famous stage director who stages a hit play. She's interviewed for a New York Times article. When asked about her childhood she accidentally pr...

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