Pyramid Review
Heaven & Earth, Third Edition
Published by Abstract Nova Entertainment LLC
Written by Lee Foster, Michelle Lyons, James Maliszewski, John. R. Phythyon, Jr., & Lucien Soulban with Rob Boyle, Danny Budge, & Jeff Mackintosh
Cover by Ed Northcott
Illustrated by Cliff Kurowski & Ed Northcott
128-page b&w softcover; $24.95
Welcome to Potters Lake, a quiet Midwest town. Home to the Catholic college of St. Anslem, the USAF training facility at Powell AFB, and Southey's Paper Mill, which made its millions from paper sanitary products, nothing ever really happens here. All right so some of the customs are quaint, like the exuberant Fourth of July celebrations that also mark the town's official founding; the Great Tomato Festival that takes place before Halloween every year, the celebrations of which last week; the rivalry to out-do the other of the Sheriff's Department and Fire Department balls; the utter seriousness with which Little League is held . . .
Scratch beneath the surface of life in the Kansas town and more than its fair share of oddities remain unanswered. Were they to admit it, every household has suffered from a haunting . . . Memorial Hospital's morgue is rumored to be haunted by a unicycling clown . . . Why does the current owner of Cain House boarding house keep it open when nobody stays? Could it be because the previous owner killed seven people and buried them in the basement? Is the old Hollyvale Cemetery really one of the seven portals to Hell, or is that just . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: September 28, 2007
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