With a background in Nightbreed and the first twoHellraiser films, you would imagine that Nicholas Vince at least appreciates horror. Judging by the ferocity, twisted charm, and inventiveness of Other People’s Darkness, it’s obvious that Vince’s interest in the genre goes far beyond mere appreciation. The stories in this collection show off Vince’s eye for grim details and the psychology of the terrified and the demonic alike. He devotes a perfect amount of space to each.

“The Planet is fine! The People are fucked!”

-George Carlin

I love that George Carlin quote, but I’m not sure how Mickey Z. would feel about it. The author/vegan/activist makes a strong case in Occupy This Book that it would perhaps be more accurate to say that the planet is fucked, but that there’s still hope for people.

"Are we having fun?”

That line appears several times throughout Michael J. Seidlinger’s The Fun We’ve Had, easily his most challenging and dreamlike novel to date. It is a question shared by the two characters that inhabit the novel’s unearthly narrative.