Book review: 100 Word Horrors – Anthology

  Writing is hard work. Crafting an original story is not an easy thing, be it a novel, novella, novelette, short story, any format really. But what if you tried to tell a story in only 100 words? 100 Word Horrors crams in a lot of ideas and themes. I’d describe this as a fun…

Comic review: Apollo Unbound – Chris Kelso. Illustrated by Jim Agpalza

Just when you thought you were safe from Thomas Joyce, here he is again! This time, Thomas has reviewed a comic written by Chris Kelso and illustrated by Jim Agpalza and he has decided to share his thoughts with you-fine followers of beavisthebookhead.com Thanks, as always, to Thomas for reading and reviewing this fantastic sounding…

BTB Storytellers episode 5: Chris Kelso talks UNGER HOUSE RADICALS

Hi there, and welcome back to another guest piece for Storytellers. Last week we had Betty Rocksteady talk ‘Arachnophile’ and a special midweek post by Rich Hawkins about ‘The Last Outpost’. This week the focus is on Chris Kelso and his excellent book ‘Unger House Radicals’ which came out earlier this year by the wonderful Crowded…

Book Review: Unger House Radicals – Chris Kelso

I am going to make a rather odd comparison here between the writing of Chris Kelso and Swedish tech-metal pioneers Meshuggah. Firstly, Meshuggah are known for their extreme stylings, complex polymetered song structures and polyrhythms. Meshuggah aren’t everybody’s cup of tea. A whole album of listening is a little too much for me, though I…