“Sword & Sorcery” fiction was one of the first fantastical genres I stumbled upon as a teenage reader. Mr Cahoon, my high school mentor, tried to steer me away from it but my friends urged me to try it out. … Read More ›
Book Reviews
All Souls, All Warnings – a Review of THREE MESSAGES AND A WARNING edited by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo, Chris Brown, and Bruce Sterling
A member of the family passed away on All Souls, November 1. As a resident of San Antonio, TX, I am very familiar with the importance of this day. It is the day when spirits return to visit their living… Read More ›
Hungry Caterpillars and Hemingway and Horses and Men
Like many parents of small children, I have had cause to read the book THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR probably more times than I care to count. In this book, which is not very long, really, but extremely well illustrated, a… Read More ›
Remembering the Classics: BURNING CHROME by William Gibson
When I spent a couple months in Vancouver one summer, while writing and dogsitting and housesitting for a relative that was vacationing in Italy in this beautiful house in Vancouver, I walked around the city constantly wondering if I might… Read More ›
Close Your Eyes by Paul Jessup
To read Open Your Eyes is to experience the magic of standing next to a furnace as a smith works, eyes and ears awakened to new sounds and techniques as each strike of the hammer forces you to blink. Keep your eyes open though. You won’t want to miss what happens next.
Wendy Wagner: Oath of Dogs is a Murder Mystery on a Forest Moon!
Eric and I are both slowly recovering from our illnesses, so if you bribed the witch that knocked us both out, I thank you. We are both feeling on the mend, and hope to get back to work. In the… Read More ›
Patrice Sarath knows the subtle corruption of power
In the mercantile city of Port Saint Frey, the Sisters Mederos live in a world where power is more important than law. Large and wealthy corporations skirt the edges of right and wrong, and anyone who wishes to rise must… Read More ›
Not a Drop to Drink: Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
By Megan Bosarge When Technology can’t save you money has no value. What’s left? Instincts. Darwin. Survival of the fittest. What role does humanity play in that? Father-son duo Neal and Jarrod Shusterman attempt to answer that question in their… Read More ›
Review: CHICK BASSIST by Ross Lockhart
Ross Lockhart is one of the exciting authors involved in our first anthology, THE WAY OF THE LASER: FUTURE CRIME STORIES and most people who only know him as a prominent editor of award-winning press, WordHorde, and many renowned anthologies,… Read More ›
John H. Stevens Reviews PALADIN OF SOULS by Lois McMaster Bujold
When I first read this novel shortly after its publication in 2005, I found it entertaining and well-written. It felt slow in places but the presence of gritty emotion held my interest. Tragedy, regret, and bitterness were the notes of… Read More ›