By the time Robin Hardy and Anthony Shaffer adapted their script of the cult horror movie The Wicker Man into a novel (Tom Doherty Associates, 2014), the movie already had…
Author: Ernest Dempsey
Pressure: A Memoir
“I will get what I want,” said the voice in a child’s head one evening as he secretly watched Miami Vice on tape in his mom’s room. Thus started an…
Lynch on Lynch
To all the fans of David Lynch’s work in the movies and TV productions, Chris Rodley offers this special revised edition of his interviews with the celebrated Director. In Lynch…
Anneliese Michel: A True Story of a Case of Demonic Possession
Those familiar with Scott Derrickson’s movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) and others interested in the subject of demons and possessions are likely to be haunted by the story…
The Franklin Cover-Up
In the mid 1980s, a number of children were reportedly abused both physically and sexually in Nebraska. A few years later, the Franklin Credit Union was raided by federal authorities…
Confessions: Fact or Fiction?
Confessions: Fact or Fiction? (Chrysalis Publishing, 2011) is an interesting anthology of short fiction and creative nonfiction by Herta B. Feely (Author) and Marian O’Shea Wernicke (Editor). The main element…
Baseball Player’s Guide To Hitting Like A Pro
In The Baseball Player’s Guide To Hitting Like A Pro, military sports instructor Roy Lingster gives current and aspiring baseball players a crash course in whetting their hitting skills. The…
So You Have a Disease
Every now and then we come across a book that restores our hope for a better time in future and opens our eyes to the treasures around us that we…
Good Trouble
Good Trouble (Pantheon Books, 2018) by Joseph O’Neill’s is a collection of 11 short stories that give glimpses of contemporary life in the developed west. O’Neill seems to steer away…
Plague of Corruption
Last year, a video called “Plandemic” became an overnight sensation on the internet and created panic among the establishment and corporate media networks, causing them to rush to censor and…
See Something Say Nothing
In February 2020, former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Philip Haney was found shot to death in Amador County, California. What cost him his life is documented in his…
Worlds Enough: The Invention of Realism in the Victorian Novel
The study of novel in literature and literary history has been of great interest to literary critics. The Victorian novel has been hailed as outstanding in its realism and form…