My name is Jim Doran, and I’m a writer of genre fiction. This website is composed of short stories, reflections on writing, and shameless plugs for my novels and short stories. Purchase my new novel, Forlorn Harbor : Purchase link Forlorn Harbor is a YA horror novel about seven teenagers […]
I am happy to announce the sequel to my first novel Kingdom Come, entitled On Earth, As It Is. This book will be a standalone novel as well as a sequel. Most characters will return, and a number of new characters will be introduced. I don’t think I’m giving too […]
The Last Dragon Princess is a young adult, fantasy novel by Cynthia Payne. I was honored to be a beta reader for an earlier draft, and I purchased and reread it in order to review the official version of the book. The story centers on a young woman named Danu, […]
A new trend in fantasy is dealing with the aftereffects of visiting another world and then returning home. It’s no longer Edmund Pensieve’s exclamation of “Oh, I forgot my torch in Narnia!” The movie, Prince Caspian, dealt with this phenomena briefly at the beginning with Susan’s character. Wonderfully acted, the […]