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Cormac McCarthy, byname of Charles McCarthy, Jr., (born July 20, 1933, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.), American writer in the Southern gothic tradition whose novels about wayward characters in the rural American South and Southwest are noted for their dark violence, dense prose, and stylistic complexity. McCarthy attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1956. Readers were first introduced to McCarthy’s difficult narrative style in the no...

Cormac McCarthy, byname of Charles McCarthy, Jr., (born July 20, 1933, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.), American writer in the Southern gothic tradition whose novels about wayward characters in the rural American South and Southwest are noted for their dark violence, dense prose, and stylistic complexity. McCarthy attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1956. Readers were first introduced to McCarthy’s difficult narrative style in the no...

Well, it would be awfully strange for us to skip out on compiling the week's best fresh Canadian tracks on this particular New Music Friday,...

Back in the early aughts, when metalcore was all the rage, schools of subgenre philosophy opened their doors to admit hoards of fans, young...

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HC, 6” x 9” The most unlikely of patrons hires Bandette, the greatest thief in the world, to pilfer a painting whose brushstrokes hold centuries of hidden messages! Unfortunately, a series of felonious rivals contrive to snatch the art for themselves! Bandette and her adversaries utilize skill, romance, and murderous intent, as the canvas passes from larcenous hand to hand as they each struggle to possess . . . THE SIX FINGER SECRET! Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #2 (of 4) Evan Dorki...

by Adrian Gunning Tales From The Outerverse Legendary HELLBOY Creator Mike Mignola, Bestselling Novelist Christopher Golden, and Acclaimed Artist Peter Bergting Present Tales From The Outerverse from Dark Horse Comics  The legendary creator of HELLBOY, Mike Mignola, is reuniting with NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novelist Christopher Golden, acclaimed artist Peter Bergting, and colorist Michelle Madsen for three all-new comic book stories. These three new titles—COJACARU THE SKINNER, IMOGEN OF...

The best of travel: Spending a week in an apocalypse dome The apocalypse dome in Compton Verney Throughout January we’re remembering better times and sunnier climes by reposting some of our favourite travel stories from the last decade. In the second instalment, our Life&Style editor Steve Dinneen retreats from civilization to live inside an artist’s “apocalypse dome”. The more we learn about the effects of social media on the human psyche, the worse it seems to get....

Copy to Clipboard Spoilers for The Stand Episode 2 Pocket Savior CBS All Access’ Stephen King adaptation, ‘The Stand’, set the stage for the horror author’s apocalyptic vision in the first episode. The show depicts a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. Episode 1 saw a weaponized strain of influenza (dubbed “Captain Trips”) kill almost the entire world population, leaving a handful of survivors — it has a supp...