Category Archives: Short Story Collections

Face/Off

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Eric Searleman

It hasn’t happened yet. But at some point, an author is going to sit down and bang out a big, whopping superhero novel. Something hefty like The Brothers Karamazov or Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And why … Continue reading →

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Big Bang

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Eric Searleman

We’re all living in a superhero universe. Just take a quick look around. Computers give us instant access to a large chunk of the world’s knowledge and almost limitless externalized memory. Thanks to personal technology we have telescopic vision, super-hearing, … Continue reading →

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Swingin’ Tales

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Eric Searleman

Recently, we sat down and reread Watchmen for the third (or maybe fourth) time. Overall it’s a fine example of superhero fiction. Alan Moore re-imagined a bunch of half-forgotten characters and changed the world forever. Superheroes would never be the … Continue reading →

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Tales to Astonish

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Eric Searleman

The official title of Gary Phillips’ latest book is Astonishing Heroes: Shades of Justice. But a better title would have been: Ten the Hard Way. That’s because this collection of ten short stories features a riotous mix of tough guys, … Continue reading →

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Angel Heartbreak

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Eric Searleman

Now that we’ve reached the third volume of the Secret World Chronicle, we respectfully claim the right to bitch about certain reoccurring characters and subplots. After nearly 1,400 pages, we’ve put in our time. Don’t get us wrong. Mercedes Lackey … Continue reading →

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