Michael was born in New Jersey, but he's gotten over it. A self-identified geek, he enjoys sci fi, fantasy, and horror books, movies, and t.v, as well as video and tabletop games.
A satisfying hard boiled detective story with a Lovecraftian twist.
The king of the Inhumans is thrown into prison. Stripped of both his powers and his privilege, Black Bolt and his fellow inmates suffer unspeakable torture and injustice. Ahmed's story is both heartrending and humorously self-aware. Ward's art is simply stunning.
The duo behind the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal bring their unique mix of humor and science in this book about emerging technologies.
Laugh-out-loud funny. If you liked Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh, Big Mushy Happy Lump is cut from the same cloth. You will love this.
Many stories feature secret government agencies researching the paranormal. Stories like Firestarter, The X-Files, and Stranger Things, just to name a few. In Phenomena Jacobsen investigates the real world programs that lurk behind the fiction.
A gorgeously illustrated horror/western that draws on mythology and folklore to create a brutally beautiful story about Death's daughter.
Think librarians are milquetoast? Think again. Historian and archivist Abdel Kader Haidara is also a brazen smuggler, salvaging thousands of manuscripts and saving them from being destroyed by Al Qaeda.
Tired of goody-two-shoes vampires that are so pretty they sparkle? Me too. Enter Yuric Bile, the Cursèd One, the Devil's Apprentice, He Who Worships the Slumbering One. Yuric battles to determine what it truly means to be a vampire.
"Wendig's frenetic pacing paints a perfect portrait of the life of Miriam Black. Cursed with the ability predict your death and surviving by stealing the wallets of those fated to die, Black runs away from everything and everyone. She never interferes with her predictions until she meets Louis."
"Wong shows us a future that is entirely too plausible while exploring the moral problems of wealth and the power that comes with it. Zoey Ash is caught between her poor upbringing, the vast riches her father left for her, and the violent gangs that are hunting her for a secret she doesn't know she possesses."
