A. B. Patterson

This story has grown from a novella to a novel. And this nasty bloke’s kill count has exploded with it. It’s gonna get bloody 🤘💀

A SLEDGE MANIFESTO With the SLEDGE flick in the works and The Wendigo about to be unleashed, it’s easy to get hyped . . . but just as easy to feel the weight of expectation . . . and the fear of failure. Every time those evil thoughts creep in, I remind myself of this story: I’ve always been into underground, hardcore, badass sh;t. my first love was skateboarding, because it was illegal. through skating I found action, horror and metal, always searching for the most hardcore movie/book/band . . . In the late 80s, I found them. the ultimate badass band. too hardcore for radio. songs too long, too gnarly for MTV. their first album held a blood-covered hammer. their 2nd, a live execution. I LOVED them. because they were mine. no one else even knew their name. that’s what made them so badass. then 1991 hit and their new album had 3min songs all over the radio, with music videos to boot. suddenly all the girls in my middle school were into them. I immediately hated them. have ever since. because they aren’t mine any more. they aren’t badass. they sold out. they’re called Metallica. Sledge vs The Labyrinth is my Kill Em All. Sledge vs The Wendigo my Ride the Lighting. I don’t want SLEDGE on the bestseller lists. I love him exactly where he is. where he should be: underground, unrated, hardcore . . . BADASS. 🤘💀⚒️

If your friends aren’t talking about: • Mitch Rapp • Scot Harvath • James Reece • Cork O’Connor • Charlie Parker • Stephanie Plum • Eddie Flynn It's time to find new friends.

I hate that I even have to make this post. Another book is about to be eliminated from an indie competition I love (SFINCS) because the judges admit to being incapable of tolerating a sci-fi story that features religious characters who aren't caricatures. The reviewer praised the book's prose and plotting, then spent the rest of the review announcing her personal aversion to religion, which, apparently renders her incapable of judging a story on its merits. Nevermind the fact that the book is about the dangers of messianic fanaticism (wasn't there a beloved sci-fi classic that did that?) or that the "religion" in question is never specified. Nevermind that there isn't so much as a whiff of proselytizing in it. The mere presence of religious characters who don't *announce on the page that they are stand-ins for criticism of religion as an institution* was enough to give this reviewer a case of the ickies.

NEW trailer for Netflix's remake of 'MAN ON FIRE'

Another woman prime minister taking a hard line with Muslims. This time it is Denmark. The other one was the Italian Prime Minister. Both have more balls than Anthony Albanese and are protecting their countries from further damage. Albanese is scared of his own shadow. Gutless