My story, Beware Said the Man of Straw, has been published in an online magazine called Havok on Thriller Thursday. And I couldn’t be more pleased. See https://gohavok.com/ (only available on Thursday, January 14, 2021). It’s been a longtime dream of mine to publish a short horror story (and beyond […]
On January 14, an online ezine known as Havok published my short story Beware Said the Man of Straw. A countless number of adjectives can’t express my feelings right now. I’m honored, grateful, excited, thrilled, just to name a few. Havok’s website is: https://gohavok.com/ Havok is an online flash fiction […]
A creative magic system, a well-defined caste organization, an intriguing mystery, and a deep friendship set the stage for Beggar Magic, a fantasy novel by H. L. Burke. When Leilani, a Commoner (low caste) meets Zebedy, a Highmost (high caste), it seems they make an unlikely pair. However, the two […]
Lou Wilham’s The Girl in the Clockwork Tower is a steampunk, fairytale retelling of a trapped, tender-hearted Rapunzel. The world is split between humans and the preternatural beings called “the enhanced” with humans acting in the role of oppressors of any other creatures. Persinette, the girl in the clockwork tower, […]
In 2021, I plan to publish my fourth book and third full-length novel in the Kingdom series of Kingdom Fantasy. The title is called Deliver Us: A Kingdom Fantasy Novel. After Sondra and Harold Saturn bail the Little Match Girl and Alice of Wonderland out of jail, they learn the […]
Proxima by Chase Hildenbrand is a science fiction action adventure in which humans have ravaged Earth’s natural resources and must find a way to survive. The situation leaves the human race no choice but to build space arks and head for the nearest habitable planet, Proxima. However, not everyone wants […]
A hero who stands alone, malicious bandits, wild animals. Does that sound like a western? Surprise! It’s a fantasy. With western underpinnings but fused heavily with its fantasy elements, Calico Thunder Rides Again makes for one thrilling read. Inheriting a traveling circus from his father, Jake Strickland has been managing […]
Eden’s Voice by Catherine Stein is a steampunk fantasy set in Ann Arbor, Michigan in autumn of 1904. It’s the advent of the 1900s with a bustling University of Michigan campus, a new invention called motorcars, and this odd sport known as “American football.” This isn’t, however, historical fiction, so […]
The First Time I Hunted is the third in the Garnet McGee series by Jo Macgregor. A psychological thriller, Hunted expands both characters and setting beyond the world of Pitchford, Vermont. In this third installment, Garnet again becomes embroiled in the middle of a mystery with time running out to […]
Full disclosure that the author of Kataklusmos is my brother. As such, this will not be a normal review but a description of the novel. The following is reprinted by permission from the author. A Trio of Stories Collide The trilogy of Toward the Gleam, The Lucifer Ego, and Kataklusmos […]