reviews

A Brutal Masterpiece: Nothing Wrong Here Author: Stephen King Shrouded with the afterglow of haunted memories and a strange sense of foreboding, Cujo is a visceral tale, horrific because of its realism and the complex human dynamics surrounding it. Many recall this classic from the movie commercials, a battered Pinto and trapped mother and son against a dog suffering from the final phases of rabies. The novel itself is so much more – a torn patchwork of life, a maze of stitched together and tearing relationships, and the tragedies of happenstance that destroy even a loyal “good” dog. It’s all [...]

Don't let the bed bugs bite... Author:  Jeffrey A. Lockwood The reaction is so ingrained in the human psyche that the question seems ludicrous.  Why does the sudden discovery that a spider is crawling on your shoulder so reliably elicit a shriek, followed immediately by flailing, screaming and jumping up and down?  Even a small house spider, undoubtedly presenting absolutely no threat to a large human being, will provoke this response in 99.999% of the population worldwide.  As everyone knows, the reason we’re scared of spiders is because they’re…..spiders.  It’s both obvious and self-evident.  Or maybe it’s not quite that [...]

Anatomy of a Myth... Author:  Stephen Jimenez On the night of October 6th, 1998 in outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, a gay college freshman named Matthew Shepard was severely beaten and left to die in the cold mountain air.  Found near death the next evening by a passing bicyclist, he would subsequently die of his severe head injuries.  Within days, the local authorities were able to quickly round up his assailants and it soon became clear that Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson had robbed and assaulted Shepard primarily because of his sexual orientation.  Media from around the world swiftly descended on [...]