“Maladies, poorly interpreted, can’t be cured.” The seventh short story collection to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (when counting the previous collections of James Michener, John Cheever, Jean Stafford, Katherine Anne Porter, James Alan McPherson, and Robert Olen Butler), Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies contains nine short stories, many…
Goosebumps Review #28: The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1995) by R.L. Stine
“Keep your eye on the birdie!” Michael Webster is about to celebrate his twelfth birthday party, joined by many of his friends from school, but his obnoxious seven-year-old sister, Tara, keeps ruining everything by pulling “stupid tricks” on him. As is the case with every sibling, Tara simply makes Michael’s…
Star Trek SNW: Season 4, Episode Three “Human Best Friend”
Stardate: 2011.7Original Air Date: August 6, 2026Writer: Kathryn LynDirector: Yana Gorskaya “I promise you this will be the best shore leave ever.” The Enterprise is en route to the Rodaxian System where Captain Pike is expected to negotiate a peace treaty during a civil war (it is a difficult system…
Star Trek SNW: Season 4, Episode Two “The Griffin Incident”
Stardate: 2903.9Original Air Date: July 30, 2026Writer: Kathryn LynDirector: Axelle Carolyn “Space is limitless in its beauty and its terror.” Kirk, La’an, and Spock are returning to their respective ships aboard a shuttlecraft following a “Future Federation Leaders” retreat. However, they are forced to detour after discovering a mysterious signal…