My Rating “Today Is a Long Time Coming” The old joke goes, “Two Challengers of the Unknown walk into a bar…” and the hijinks follow. Clay Brody sits down for a drink at an upscale sports bar somewhere on the north side when a booming voice catches his attention. Someone in the corner is loudly
My Rating “The Keening” The afternoon grows warmer as two more Chicago police cruisers arrive at the scene of a developing hostage situation. Inside the New Kingdom Baptist Church, an Irish immigrant named Declan Banbridge holds several choir members at gunpoint. Marlon Corbet of the Challengers of the Unknown has managed to sneak inside the
My Rating “Broken Spirits” Hershey was a multimillionaire philanthropist, social engineer, and construction mogul with a vision for the future. He believed in building small, self-contained cities where residents could live, work, and raise their families in clean and safe surroundings. Over the years, Hershey constructed several of these experimental communities throughout the American Southwest.
My Rating “The Eleventh Man – Part 02 of 03” The entity must find a new host. The Twelfth Man. And time is running out. Baron Winters and his mysterious fourteenth-century shaman must locate someone capable of accepting the supernatural burden before the entity consumes its current host. Unfortunately, the man strapped helplessly into the
My Rating “The Eleventh Man – Part 01 of 03” Wintersgate Manor, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Baron Winters and his faithful leopard, Merlin, have settled in for a quiet evening beside the Victorian fireplace. For once, there are no demons knocking at the door, no dimensional invaders threatening the planet, and no supernatural crisis demanding the
My Rating “Convergence – Part 02 of 04” On the run from the mystical dimension of Gemworld, Prince Topaz desperately searches for someone powerful enough to stop the coming invasion. Earth certainly has no shortage of mystics, sorcerers, and supernatural heroes, but finding one willing—or able—to help is another matter entirely. Jared Stevens, better known
My Rating “Dreamers of Dreams – Part 02 of 03: The Face Not Seen, The Voice Not Heard” Cologne, Germany, 1276 A.D. A heavy winter storm slows a nobleman’s carriage as it struggles along the mountain road. Snow and bitter winds punish the horses, but several hours later the weary traveler finally arrives at the
