Issue of August 19, 2013

The End of the Wasp Season: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "The End of the Wasp Season"

Detective Alex Morrow must defy her boss and solve a brutal murder -- one in which a childhood friend is a suspect. Book Two of the Alex Morrow trilogy by Denise Mina.

Conversations in the Future by Jay Sizemore — Cover story science fiction future

Jay Sizemore has found a day job to be the enemy of imagination, but poverty is the cruelest of muses. He writes poems and stories while his wife sleeps and the cats try to figure out how to open doors.

Hot Fuzz: DVD Review by Bernie Pilarski — DVD review "Hot Fuzz"

Bernie finds an old DVD, and his daughter and son-in-law talk him into watching "Hot Fuzz."

Peek of the Week 412 by Mel Trent — Photo art

Heuchera -- coral bells -- at JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Dinner With Henry 96:Home Alone by Bruce Memblatt — Serial fiction fantasy humor

Who knew that Diego felt this way?

Good Morning? 47 by Lydia Manx — Serial fiction fantasy vampires

What was once to be an outing born of curiosity is now laced with dread...what scares a werewolf?