Stories By John Holt

Non-Fiction Reviews
The Essential Grizzly – The Mingled Fates of Men and Bears – by Doug Peacock and Andrea Peacock
May 9, 2026The style of this book is intriguing. Doug has written several short stories, called Portraits, based...
Anthropology
Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness
December 12, 2025Jaynes, a psychologist who taught at Princeton up until his death in 1997, showed how ancient...
Short Stories
Destination: Morgue! L.A. Tales – by by James Ellroy
December 12, 2025Anyone who reads “Balls to the Wall” will gain a true, bloody taste for a slice...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Eagle Dreams – Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia – by Steve Bodio
December 12, 2025The image of a fierce Mongol horseman riding the harsh plains of his native land with...
Fiction Reviews
Down Here – by Andrew Vachss
December 11, 2025The popularity of this self-absorbed, naïve dreck should astound me. It doesn’t considering the current woeful...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology by Lauret E. Savoy, Eldridge M. Moores, Judith E. Moores
December 9, 2025How do we understand the natural forces that literally shape our world? How, over time have...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection by George Black
December 8, 2025Some years ago, back in the days of its relative anonymity, fly fishing was considered an...
Fiction Reviews
The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan by John Coyne
December 7, 2025At the risk of being cold-hearted, though after reading this book I don’t seem to care...
Fiction Reviews
Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx
December 7, 2025Where do I start with Annie Proulx? Where does anyone start with Annie Proulx? Certainly not...
Medicine
The Athena Factor by W. Michael Gear
December 7, 2025In The Athena Factor W. Michael Gear explores the compelling and in many ways horrifying world...





