Bald is Beautiful: A Letter for a Fabulous Girl
“An Inspiring Story for Us All” Review by Joey Madia Carola Schmidt, a pediatric oncology pharmacist and author of several children’s books, including others on cancer, brings hope and passion to all...
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“Ghosts Must Tell Their Stories” Review by Joey Madia If I’ve learned anything in my 11 years as a paranormal investigator, it is that a high percentage of hauntings are the result of a ghost—a...
View ArticleRonin Cleans His Room like a Ninja
“Your World is What You Make of It” Review by Joey Madia When I was a boy, I was lucky enough to have a giant finished basement in which to play. My grandfather, a talented wood-worker, made my brother...
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“An Innovative Twist on Epic History” Review by Joey Madia It’s always interesting to read the end of a main character’s arc, rather than its start (David Chase’s The Sopranos). We meet in Immortal...
View ArticleImagine That: The Magic of the Mysterious Lights
“Secrets in the Sky” Review by Joey Madia Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. —Albert Einstein Human beings have always been...
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“Moments across Time” Review by Joey Madia “Buy me a drink, Becker, and I will tell you a story.” (Part Three) Spanning four decades in three parts, Tom Vater’s Kolkata Noir is a good old-fashioned...
View ArticleOne Million Miles ‘till Midnight: Between the Mirror and the Lens
“A Journey thru Cosmic Frequencies” Review by Joey Madia A few months ago, I reviewed Solaris Blueraven’s Alien Intelligence. Although One Million Miles ‘till Midnight uses much of the same subject...
View ArticleDead No More (Rhubarb Papers Book 1)
“Language, Lilac!” Review by Joey Madia “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” —Thomas Jefferson With this opening epitaph, Pete Adams had me...
View ArticleAlejandro’s Lie
“A Hundred Horrible Lies” Review by Joey Madia For the past three years, as part of my work as a Chautauquan and historical education specialist, I have portrayed Ernesto “Che” Guevara, one of the key...
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“Treasures Hidden among Tragedy” Review by Joey Madia The Amber Crane is richly researched historical fiction with complex metaphors and a touch of magical realism. Before you begin, have a look at the...
View ArticleHaunted Hills and Hollows II: Still Lurking in Greene County, Pennsylvania
Review by Joey Madia A few disclaimers to start. My wife Tonya and I have investigated some of the locations discussed in this book. The author also references some of our findings as they pertain to...
View ArticleSecond Life: An Atheist’s Journey to Spirituality
Review by Joey Madia Wise ones have said (and I count my blessings every day that I have never had to test it) that the most unnatural thing in the world is a parent outliving their child. If the loss...
View ArticleInitiation: The Spiritual Transformation of the Experiencer
“Profound Contact” Review by Joey Madia Earlier this year, I reviewed a new book called Convergence: The Interconnection of Extraordinary Experience by Barbara Mango, PhD and Lynn Miller, MS. Mango and...
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“A By-the-Book Police Procedural” Review by Joey Madia One of the challenges and joys of genre writing is employing a plethora of tried-and-true tropes while bringing in something original and...
View ArticleBeginning of the End
“How Zombie Stories Should Be” Review by Joey Madia I am not a fan of the zombie sub-genre of horror, although I have committed recently to reading more books featuring these brain-eating, often...
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“A Dire Vision of the Future” Review by Joey Madia On September 12, 2001, I threw about two and a half feet of Tom Clancy books into a dumpster because, when fiction started to feel like fact, there...
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“Tend to Your Bridges Well” Review by Joey Madia Based on the Quebec Bridge Disaster of 1907, The Bridge began as a screenplay. From its dedication—“Big Tech: Actions have consequences”—and opening...
View ArticleThe Trial of George W. Bush
“What If Justice Existed?” Review by Joey Madia What If is one of the most powerful tools in the storyteller’s toolbox. From the earliest days of humankind, What If was a practical, educational, and at...
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“Beware the Food of the Fae” Review by Joey Madia Along with abandoned castles, caves, and ancient forests, cornfields are immediately evocative of horror. Images of a pair of gloved hands pulling...
View ArticleAlien Scriptures: Extraterrestrials in the Holy Bible (3rd Ed.)
“Beyond the Ancient Aliens” Review by Joey Madia A few months ago, I reviewed the most recent book by this articulate and passionate author. Initiation: The Spiritual Transformation of the Experiencer...
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