John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

24th-century capitalism and life-draining technology have perfected a deeply dispiriting dystopia, but radical hope is still hard to kill, in Spreadsheet Cultists by Dane Sullivan, a prescient but ominous work of speculative fiction. When a half-educated machine intelligence engineer gets scooped up into the inner workings of a corporate police state, it’s a job that could dramatically change his life, but also an opportunity for rebellion from within the belly of the beast. A savage satire of contemporary society and the dangerous path of technological dependence, convenient fascism, and humanity as an expendable resource, this cerebral piece of dystopian fiction […]

A contemporary guide to understanding the US judiciary, the Constitution, and the forces that seek to undermine them, Living Law: or, Why Are They Killing the Constitution? by Sid Martin is a sharp and essential read for Americans seeking clarity on the state of the judicial process, rather than endless spin. From America’s founding philosophies and the evolution of Constitutional rights to the originalism, hyperliteralism, cronyism, and corruption of the modern judiciary, this is a tenacious, timely, and unapologetic critique. Importantly, the book is bipartisan in its lens, fairly laying blame on both sides of the aisle, and the author […]

Bringing horror, dystopia, and paranoia into a sinister spotlight, Just Underneath by Jason Palmer is a strikingly confident collection of short and offbeat tales. A disease that drives you to scratch – or else drives you insane, a Kafkaesque interrogation over the culpability of a not-so-common housefly, an ominous PSA about maniacally maxing out your muscle mass, and more bizarre stories make this read a weirdly chilling thrill. Psychologically twisted and linguistically mad, with a dash of caustic social critique, these previously published pieces are dark fiction with an extra helping of dark, which makes for a sometimes challenging but […]