Jack Messenger

LATEST ARTICLES ( 34 )

• Four American Tales Q2

  Nadine stole a white Plymouth Roadrunner early Friday evening. She took it from an airport parking lot, which bought her the weekend before it was missed – a... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2018 BOOKS

• Scorn | Paul Hoffman

  

  Spirit of the Times: A book review of Scorn, a novel by Paul Hoffman The cover (designed by MECOB) to Paul Hoffman’s Scorn is an adaptation of Velázquez’... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2018 BOOKS

• Four American Tales Q1

  ‘I seen one!’ May Alice took a hold of my arm, her eyes filled up with nightmare. ‘It’s got claws and fur and lives at the bottom of the water. It hides in the... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2018 BOOKS

• The Water Rabbits | Paul Tarragó

  

  The Labelling of Monsters: A book review of The Water Rabbits by Paul Tarragó Reading The Water Rabbits by Paul Tarragó is something like the literary equivalen... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2018 BOOKS

• Long Distance Q1

  All at once, Lucy remembered Trevor and began to weep. He would never grow old as she had grown old. His youthful face remained unchanged and unwearied,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 BOOKS

• Hairway to Heaven Stories | Patty Somlo

  

  Golden Braid: A book review of Hairway to Heaven Stories, a collection of short stories by Patty Somlo Many of the short stories in Patty Somlo’s Hairway to... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 BOOKS

• The Book of Air | Joe Treasure

  

  All the Elements: A Spring Reads book review of The Book of Air, a novel by Joe Treasure The Book of Air by Joe Treasure is an exceptionally fine novel that... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2018 BOOKS

• Farewell Olympus (4)

  Someone had pitched me into the freezing waters of a dark and pitiless lake. Monstrous predatory creatures circled in the primordial gloom. High above, a... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 BOOKS

• A Way Out | Michelle Balge

  

  Out of the Wilderness: A non-literary book review of A Way Out: A Memoir of Conquering Depression and Social Anxiety, by Michelle Balge As Michelle Balge... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 BOOKS

• Spring Reads 2018

  I am delighted to be part of the blog tour for Spring Reads 2018. My thanks to Rachel Gilbey at Authoright Marketing Publicity  for making it all possible. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 BOOKS

• Farewell Olympus (3)

  Giles Manningtree had the annoying habit of latching on to me simply because we were the same nationality. He believed fellow-countrymen should stick together... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 BOOKS

• Tess and Tattoos | H. A. Leuschel

  

  New Friendships, Old Trauma: Book review of Tess and Tattoos, a short story by H. A. Leuschel Tess and Tattoos by H. A. Leuschel is a short story whose... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 BOOKS

• Michael Raship | The Anarchist Thing to Do

  

  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Book review of The Anarchist Thing to Do, a novel by Michael Raship Michael Raship’s first novel, The Anarchist Thing to... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 BOOKS

• Fires | Tom Ward

  

  A Burning Rage: Book review of Fires, a novel by Tom Ward Novel titles are seldom as apt as Tom Ward’s Fires, which follows Guy, a firefighter in a town... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2018 BOOKS