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  I think that this book may need to be recategorized from Psychological Horror to another more relevant genre like 20th Century Gender History et al. Explanation below: First- total props out to the creators of ground breaking media. There is so much of it that whether through innundation or generational constraints, we can never get to everything we want at the time of optimal relevance. In the last couple years, I finally got around to watching Twin Peaks. While I could see how it was innovative at the time of release, being late to the boat by 25 years I had experienced a great deal of the cinema that was influenced by it and which had taken it steps further. It was interesting to see, but it was a bit like watching a familiar old dog sleep on the couch. Reading the Haunting of Hill House 60 years after it’s release was similar in that I have experienced a great deal of referencial work. I can understand the build up and time appropriate horror this would have provided. Did I m...

  Roach is a lesser demon. He was a soldier in the Angelic War and inevitably fell from Heaven. He is pissed. The pissed off attitude is due to a long term grudge against Lucifer, who under appreciates loyalty and is an utter bastard of a Boss. The grudge is centric mainly to when Satan blocked Roach’s access to be a primary character in Dantes Inferno. Roach decides to depart and spend time with mankind for some rollicking good mayhem. Influencing, murdering, and demonic posession on a mass scale just to rub the devils nose in his revelry. Mary M. Schmidt’s Our Frail Disordered Lives was well written, well researched, and damned well amusing. OFDL never out grows it’s britches or loses the humor it started off with. Bigger than a novella, but shorted than a novel, it is like a short story run amok. The title doesnt really match the feel or cadence of the book. Love the title though for another novel. Great pick for fans of Christopher Moore’s Lamb, or Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and...