MEL ODOM

If you haven't been reading James Reasoner's Snakehaven fantasy novellas, you should be. The series reminds me of Conan the Barbarian,...

Seasonal Affective Disorder kicks my butt every winter. It usually starts in mid-November and carries through till the first of February....

I grew up on science fiction. When I discovered Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton in the library at Seminole, Oklahoma, I'd already had...

I grew up on science fiction. Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton were my jam. That was back when I was a kid, and a library card was the...

Given the current state of the world and all the misinformation that's out there, I can't say I'm surprised! However, let's take a look...

I liked Rian Johnson’s Knives Out movie a lot. Among the year’s movies, it was a palate cleanser. On the surface, Knives Out is a murder...

Lawrence Block has long been one of my favorite writers. I loved reading his monthly column in Writer’s Digest. Those pieces kept me...

Geoff Johns doesn’t just bring a character or a story to life in the pages he writes. He brings a world to a reader’s fingertips. And...

For Thanksgiving this year, my wife wanted to do something different. She picked up an UNSOLVED CASE FILES: COLD CASE MYSTERY MURDER...

When I was a kid, I fell in love with The Twilight Zone. Those thirty-minute episodes promised a road trip into twisted might-have-beens...

Here are some tales of adventure. Out now, a Pecos Bill novella in Pulp Mythology 2! Pecos Bill and the Sea Hag of the Gulf of Mexico. I...

I have to admit, this one had me going for a bit--but it looked SO familiar. For good reason. Catfished! :(

I have to admit, I was sad to see Ruby Rose go. Mostly because I thought her departure signaled the end of the BATWOMAN series just as it...

Yes, the pandemic has greatly affected my teaching. I get to know my students in and out of the classroom. Professional Writing requires...

I remember reading Lois Lane comics when I was a kid. They weren't my favorites, but I would read them because Superman was in there, and...

Yep, pardner, you read that right. Splatter Westerns. I'd noticed some of them ever' now and again, but I hadn't dove into them. There's...

This is a shoutout to Paperback Warrior! Some of the hardest working guys in men's action adventure. Eric and Tom, our hosts, have...

This is the second book in Lee Goldberg's Eve Ronin series. I really enjoyed the first one. Eve is an immensely likeable hero. Some...

Okay, so I watched these weird commercials over the last couple weeks. The thing that most caught my attention was the smoky cloud dragon...

It's been over a year since I last posted, and that's inexcusable. My biggest excuse, even though it's not allowed, is that I've been...