book review

“The Man Who Hated Lincoln” from Four Corners Vol II

Last week I reviewed the first story from Volume 2 of Theodore Roscoe's tales of mysterious happenings in the town of Four Corners in upstate New York. Ghoul's Paradise was a treat, a mad account of impossible murders and resurrection within a demented family. This week's story...not so much. Don't get me wrong; it is… Continue reading “The Man Who Hated Lincoln” from Four Corners Vol II

book review

“Ghoul’s Paradise” from Four Corners Vol II

She had written, "Ode to Life". Underneath the title: "Oh Life, you have been like a knife"--It was pretty bad, but it hardly deserved assassination. My only previous encounter with Theodore Roscoe was the masterpiece Murder on the Way, a passionate bolt of pulp lightning that would never survive the first pass with a modern… Continue reading “Ghoul’s Paradise” from Four Corners Vol II