Articles published by John Walsh

1/7/2004
A deadly plague from the world of dreams threatens humanity.
Satan's witch, Isobel Gowdie, is threatening humanity from a shadowy dimension of dreams. Her dire influence infects the unwary through the spreading of a horrific disease: the Night Plague. When Stanley Eisner, a leading American violinist, realizes that he has fallen victim to a terrible...
1/6/2004
Fascinating exploration of the ability to witness history first-hand.
What would life be like if we had the ability to watch anyone or anything at any time in history? What would you choose to watch? The life of Christ? The first staging of Hamlet? Your parents in the act of conceiving you? What implications would such a technological development have for society and...
12/16/2003
Princess of Faerie's steamy odyssey among humans and faeries.
Laurell K Hamilton has carved something of a career for herself by writing about a fantastic world of vampires, zombies, werepeople of various kinds, and other supernatural creatures that have stepped out of legend to take their place in the real world. Much of the action involves the new and as...
12/11/2003
Southern USA single woman meets eligible bachelor - who happens to be a vampire.
A waitress in a small restaurant in a small town in Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse, seems to live a quiet life. The only feature that seems to be of interest to her friends and relatives is her unwillingness or inability to enter into a romantic relationship. However, that situation changes when she...