My usual introduction post is further below. For this publishing period. This post will tell you everything you need to know about Forlorn Harbor, publishing May 26, 2026. To order Forlorn Harbor: https://books2read.com/u/bokJk1 To read more about Forlorn Harbor If you read it and like it, here’s a few things […]
The second book in the Lamplight Murder Mysteries series changes the location from an inn to a train. The setup is remarkably similar. Huntress Isabeau Agarwal boards a train at the last minute, the very last minute, to ensure the safety of the passengers to their destination. She doesn’t know […]
Full disclosure: I have a short story in this anthology. As such, this will be a reflection on the other stories, not a review. Ye Olde Dragon is at it again with another fairy tale. This time it’s Jack and the Beanstalk. The editors challenged the author community to contribute […]
In Transcendence, Alexis Ferelli is a widower with a normal life with a young girl, Luna, and a supportive boyfriend, Jack. She’s a masseuse in the Pacific Northwest. Her life is humming along until her sister, Linda, asks her to attend a seance. Against her better judgment, she agrees to […]
Amelia Clark is a homeschooled twelve-year-old girl who travels with her developer father when he goes on site to build a new housing project. In this case, she’s temporarily housed in a small town of Blacktree while her father builds a luxury resort on the edge of town next to […]
For me, Stu Turton’s The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was a revolution in detective stories. It combined science fiction with mystery in a fascinating way and earned its six stars out of five. His followup, The Devil and the Dark Water, was a disappointment. With a […]
Murder at Spindle Manor is a dark fantasy and gaslamp mystery. While mysterious elements aren’t new in gaslamp novels, this novel takes the step into true detective fiction. The setup is a classic whodunnit. A group of people have come to a “hotel” outside of a large city while taking […]
My flash fiction story “Purpose” in Havok (gohavok.com) depicts a grim reunion of four prep schoolers. I write mostly about heroes, but in 2024, I wrote a revenge tale where a male villain receives his comeuppance from a unique woman. This is “A Type of Woman” in Ye Olde Dragon’s […]
Olivia Gratehouse’s Rat King takes a familiar fantasy plot and puts the most unusual hero in the center of it—a goblin. Rat King (or RK) is a lowly guard for an elven vampiric lady. She is visited by an adventurer named Teagan who often interacts with the lady of the […]
Havok’s Remember When takes on a journey through the calendar, presenting stories set in specific times of the year. This anthology of flash fiction (1000 words or less) gives us bite-sized tales of time periods (in this case, months) and seasons. I always consider the theme when I rate a […]