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Author: Brent Johner, Author

Review – The Orchard Keeper

Posted on October 17, 2026

A timeless story without a specified human protagonist, ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐พ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ follows three characters whose lives intersect within a narrow geographical and cultural context.

Review – The Old Gods Waken

Posted on October 16, 2026

A wandering balladeer and a medicine man must stop two English Druids from awakening ancient blood spirits and performing a human sacrifice.

Review – On Writing

Posted on October 15, 2026

King combines stories from his life with a practical master class on the art of writing. The result is a list of recommendations of what writers should and should not do, based on his own preferences and experiences.

Review – Child of God

Posted on October 14, 2026

After losing his land and home in 1960s Tennessee, a violent and isolated backwoods outcast descends into total madness, becoming a cave-dwelling serial killer and necrophiliac.

Review – Julius Juliuis

Posted on October 13, 2026

Inside the worldโ€™s oldest advertising agencyโ€”a surreal architectural wonder as old as Western civilizationโ€”three distinct employees across different eras grapple with bizarre absurdities, hauntings, and moral compromises while fulfilling their professional duties.

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