Elderwood Manor by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes : Review
Things fall apart—Bruce Davenport knows this all too well. On the heels of his wife's death, laid-off and penniless with an eviction notice on... Read more →
The Exiled by William Meikle : Review
When several young girls are abducted from various locations in Edinburgh, Detective John Granger and his brother Alan, a reporter, investigate the... Read more →
The Wurms of Blearmoth by Steven Erikson: Review
Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in palaces and one-room hovels, in back alleys and playgrounds. Tyrants abound on the verges of... Read more →
Relic of Death by David Bernstein : Review
When two mob enforcers take care of a hit in the suburban countryside, they stumble onto a seemingly abandoned house. While searching the place,... Read more →
Magic City: Recent Spells edited by Paula Guran : Review
Bright lights, big city… magic spells, witchcraft, wizardry, fairies, devilry, and more. Urban living, at least in fantasy fiction, is full of... Read more →
My interview with Patricia Briggs
First off -- I would like to apologize. I conducted this interview back in April, the same weekend as the Steven Erikson one. I've been out of the... Read more →
A Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish : Review
Thren Felhorn is the greatest assassin of his time. Marshalling the thieves’ guilds under his control, he declares war against the Trifect, an... Read more →
Author Bio and Giveaway: Tracey Smith, author of A Summer Romance
I grew up in Southern California, but as a teenager moved with my family to a small town in Arkansas. It was there that I met my husband, who had... Read more →
The Treasury of the Fantastic edited by David Sandner and Jacob Weisman : Review
The fantastic, the supernatural, the poetic, and the macabre entwine in this incomparable culmination of storytelling. Imaginative... Read more →
Interview with Steven Erikson
Last weekend at Ad Astra, I had the opportunity to meet and interview Steven Erikson, author of the Malazan series. We talked about his future... Read more →
A New Door Opens
Hear ye, hear ye! Readers, we've got an announcement to make: your favourite review blog is introducing something new! Starting today, we will... Read more →
Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Empire Striketh Back, by Ian Doescher
The saga that began with the interstellar best seller William Shakespeare's Star Wars continues with this merry reimagining of George Lucas's... Read more →
Miles Cameron Name Reveal!
Do you wanna know a secret? It's about a Tyrant Red Knight, who, using Poseidon's Spear, joined with Washington and Ceasar to become King of the... Read more →
Writing "Flawed" Characters
Rule number one of writing a character: that character must have flaws. It's probably the most basic fact of writing, and yet is very easy for a poor... Read more →
The Worst Kind of Villain
In almost any work, a villain is necessary. They move in, cause the main problem, then get defeated by the heroes. They're a basic staple of fiction,... Read more →
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon is his debut novel and the first of the Crescent Moon Kingdoms trilogy. Its very title declares its... Read more →
