I’ve read The Epic of Gilgamesh several times, and it never fails to amaze me how accessible something so old can be. If you’ve ever read a comic book or watched a superhero movie, you might recognize a lot of elements from Gilgamesh, the legendary tale of a real king of Uruk in the 2nd millennium BC/BCE.…
I listened to the audiobook of this short story yesterday (as part of an Audible exclusive collection of short stories called Trespass: Take a Walk on the Wild Side), and I thought I would attempt to write a review. Not an easy task for me, since Stephen Graham Jones’ writing usually leaves me speechless. He…
The Kesh Temple Hymn is the oldest piece of literature ever found, dating back to around 2600 BC/BCE. Stop and think about that for a moment – many people today consider a literary work “old” if it pre-dates themselves, but this poem pre-dates almost everything that has ever been written by human hands. Many of…
Hello! Thanks for checking out this list of my most anticipated book releases of 2025. A lot of what I read is over a century old, but there are several contemporary authors and genres that I love and eagerly reach for. So, while I’ll be reading a lot of classics from all over the world…