Jay’s Reviews > DJStories The Best of David J. Schow > Status Update

"Calendar Girl": Sweet and sad; reminds me of Ellison's stories about women, sans venom. Also reminds me of a Gaiman story, though I forget the name.

Gills is a love song to the black lagoon. Liked it a lot.

"Pick Me Up" was another fast-n-nasty, black-humored treat.

Got it working again. Finished "Sedalia", about dinosaur cowboys. Good stuff.

nook updated, now it won't let me read the netgalleys. AAARGH!!

... plus a few stories; I've been jumping around a bit.

Just finished the infamous "Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy", one of the stories that defined splatterpunk. Fast, brash, and nasty, with a truly sick sense of humor. Not my thing, really, but well-written and a much-needed change of pace, considering the more high-brow stuff I've been reading lately.

"Tag" was good, reminded me of some of the scuzzier, scarier parts of my life, during and just a bit after high school. Was never homeless, but a lot of the other stuff applied.