Below you will find a list of 31 Anthology & Short Story Collection books to sink your blades into each spooky season. Adult, middle grade, young adult, this one’s all about the short stories that give you the creeps. There’s something for everyone to help get them into the holiday spirit. If you checked out my […]
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Review: Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay
Synopsis: When a librarian discovers she’s descended from a long line of powerful witches, she’ll need all of her bookish knowledge to harness her family’s magic, in this enchanting cozy fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. Zoe Ziakas enjoys a quiet life, working as a librarian in her quaint New England town. […]
Review: The Devil in Mia by Jan Miklaszewicz
Synopsis: Life is no bowl of cherries for the Smiths. Matt is a selfish prick with a drinking problem, and his long-suffering wife has fallen foul of a most unsavoury guest. As merry hell begins to break loose and it becomes clear that her life is in mortal danger, Matt finds himself dealing with more […]
Review: The Pawns of Havoc (The Envoys of War #0.5) by Dave Lawson
This is a fun and bloody fantasy novella that hits the ground running. A great entry point into The Envoys of War series.
Review: Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
Synopsis In this queer retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic story, Rappaccini’s Daughter, a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets. Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, […]
Review: This Gilded Abyss (The Titan’s Wrath Trilogy #1) by Rebecca Thorne
Synopsis: Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she’s desperate to leave her haunted past in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside old friends…and old flames. Unfortunately, even the icy ocean can’t extinguish some fires. When Kessandra, everyone’s favorite princess―and Nix’s loathed ex―requests Nix’s help investigating a massacre in the abyssal city of Fall, […]
Review: The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell
Synopsis: Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover that behind its many doors, they may just find a second chance. ‘Have you travelled a long way?’ she asked carefully. A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth. ‘Well, yes,” he said […]
Cover Reveal: Assassin in the Alehouse by Z. S. Diamanti
Blurb From cloaks and daggers to mugs and flagons … Hazkul Bern spent years in the shadows, becoming Kelvur’s most prominent assassin. When his notorious guild is torn apart in a war with a wicked sorcerer, he has no choice but to retreat into hiding in the seaside town of Lornash Point. With his life […]
Cover Reveal: The Sane Vessel (Spite of the First #1) by Creed Parker
Blurb In a nation ruled by mercenaries, power comes at the price of your sanity or humanity, or both. Kalnen is a nation forged with blood and controlled with unstable elemental magic in the form of Vessels; a twisted use of innocent bodies. Ezlos was a soldier, then a hero for just a breath, but […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 178: Prose & Rhythm with Alix E. Harrow (Writing Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly as they delve into a writing masterclass on Prose & Rhythm with award-winning, bestselling author Alix E. Harrow. During the episode, Alix expounds upon prose and rhythm essentials, including what prose and rhythm are, setting expectations with prose style, fine tuning your prose and rhythm, the musicality of prose, beauty and truth in language, the flexibility of prose styles, how prose informs characterization, description and world, the fluidity of authorial voice, how to have FUN with your prose and more.
31 Halloween Reads for Spooky Season
Below you will find a list of 31 Halloween themed books to sink your fangs into each spooky season. From short story collections to novellas and novels, there’s something for everyone to help get them into the holiday spirit. Adult, middle grade, young adult, classics, this list has it all…but with the nature of the […]
Cover Reveal: The Curse of Dragon Tail Island by Jonathan Nevair
Jonathan Nevair’s Wind Tide series and Agent Renault Spy-Fi Adventures are some of my favorite books. I have loved delving into Nevair’s science-fiction works; navigating the politics, action, and falling for the “far, far away” characters he has created. So when I learned that Jonathan was writing a swash-buckling, fantasy novel, I was more than […]












