In honor of the WORLDS anthology releasing on Tuesday, I thought I would offer a small review for another microfiction anthology that came to my attention this week. Editor, Kevin J. Kennedy, was kind enough to send me a copy, and having read the part 1 of this series, I knew I was in for … Continue reading Review: 100 Word Horrors Pt. 2
Month: June 2019
Review: Longer
I wanted to like this story more than I did, but LONGER by Michael Blumlein, just did not land in the ways I wanted it to. A nominally quiet sci-fi that wants to deal with larger issues in benign ways(for science fiction), you would think it would follow my taste, but this was not the … Continue reading Review: Longer
Book release: WORLDS
Today is release day for the anthology which I am in! It has been a long time, since I have been in an anthology and I'm thrilled that I was accepted into it. So, if you noticed my updated "Publications page" you'll find this anthology listed there, since I have a handful of micro fiction … Continue reading Book release: WORLDS
Review: Witchmark
Here is another from the Nebula finalist list, WITCHMARK by C.L. Polk. This novel brought a lot of things to mind, Sherlock Holmes, WWI period dramas, and not shockingly, BROADCHURCH. Set in a secondary world that will remind many readers of pre-WWI England, noble families use their innate magical power to control their countries, down … Continue reading Review: Witchmark
Review: The Fearing Pt. 1 – Fire & Rain
I'm grateful to Grey Matter press for sending me this ARC of THE FEARING Pt. 1 - FIRE & RAIN by John F.D. Taff. A rather stressful and disconcerting tale, Taff has made what may promise to be a full blown apocalyptic horror/thriller hybrid epic. Since, this is part one of four, readers are only … Continue reading Review: The Fearing Pt. 1 – Fire & Rain
Review: Spicy Constellation & Other Recipies
What really intrigued me about this collection at first glance was the cover and I truly could not resist. Chad was gracious enough to send me a copy to review and I am terribly excited to write this review, so here goes... SPICY CONSTELLATION & OTHER RECIPES by Chad Lutzke, is a collection of shorts … Continue reading Review: Spicy Constellation & Other Recipies
Review: The Calculating Stars
Alternate history stories always bug me, because I want to know everything when it comes to how different the world is. In The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, we have a world that is driven to the psychological and physical brink of extinction and then proceeds to fall right back into old habits, despite one literal earth-shattering … Continue reading Review: The Calculating Stars
Review: Rapture of the Deep and Other Lovecraftian Tales
I wasn't prepared for this collection of Lovecraftian stories from Cody Goodfellow, but they were some of the best cosmic horror shorts I have read this year. Packed with all the dripping dread that Lovecraft was famous for, Goodfellow manages(and does quite well) to not only adapt the traditional style of cosmic horror and weird … Continue reading Review: Rapture of the Deep and Other Lovecraftian Tales
Review: Darkweird
DARKWEIRD by Matthew Davis, does everything a second book should do: heartbreak, raises the stakes to ridiculous degrees, and more inter-dimensional hi-jinks. Davis manages to do that and so much more in his second installment of the GREY DAYS series. A few months have passed since the last almost world ending event and now...it's about … Continue reading Review: Darkweird
Review: Less
This was my latest audiobook I listened to and it was such a strange little journey. Written by Andrew Sean Greer and narrated by the amazing Robert Petkoff, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer in Literature LESS, is the story of a failing writer. When Arthur Less is about to turn fifty within the next few … Continue reading Review: Less
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