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Review: Jester by Tim Carter
Synopsis In a realm ruled by idiots, the Fool is their only hope. You’d think an army of zombie trolls and undead ogres would catch the nobility’s attention. You’d be wrong. The rulers of Halfsock are deeply in denial. Besides, they have taxes to avoid, neighbors to plunder, and relatives to backstab. With war looming, […]
Review: Yours Celestially by Al Hess
Synopsis After divorce, death, and having his reformatted soul uploaded into a new body, Sasha expected resurrection to be a fresh start. His time spent in digital Limbo with the program’s cheeky AI guardian angel, Metatron, was cathartic, but what good is a second life when he only sees his daughter on the weekends, he […]
Review: The Last Dai’akan (The Otai Cycle #1) by Jeremy D. Miller
Synopsis: An angry, blood-sucking god and a broke, desperate dungeon master. What could possibly go wrong? The mighty Aatma has fallen, and Empress Inalda has lost her main supplier and is forced to sponsor new dungeons to fuel her army’s expansion. Gabriel Shook intends to rise to the occasion, but he is broke and must […]
Author Chat: Simon Kewin
Simon is an award-winning fantasy and sci/fi writer with over a hundred published short stories to his name (with appearances in Analog, Nature and many others). He’s the author of the Cloven Land fantasy trilogy, cyberpunk sci/fi thriller The Genehunter and the “steampunk Gormenghast” Engn Saga. He’s signed to the mighty Elsewhen Press for the […]
Cover Reveal: Of Sorrow and Ashes (An Eileerean Saga novella) by Bella Dunn
There’s a pressing question for the cover reveal of Bella Dunn’s novella, Of Sorrow and Ashes. What would you sacrifice for peace? Let’s get a good look at this one, shall we? Here’s all of your need-to-knows. Reveal date & time: July 27th 2025 at 12pm (CST) Book title: Of Sorrow and Ashes (An Eileerean Saga novella) […]
Review: Suppression of Powers (Hybrid Helix #6) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis First entry in the second arc of the Hybrid Black Gold Rohan doesn’t want to be famous, to be rich, or to rule over the galaxy with an iron fist. All he wants is a peaceful life towing ships, a decent cup of coffee, and time to pursue the woman of his dreams. First […]
Review: Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson
Synopsis: It’s the winter of 1975, and Duane Minor, back home in Portland, Oregon after a tour in Vietnam, is struggling to quell his anger and keep his drinking in check, keep his young marriage intact, and keep the nightmares away. Things get even more complicated when his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia, is sent across the […]
Review: The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min
Synopsis From the acclaimed author of Beating Heart Baby, an immersive novel following three estranged high schoolers who are pulled into a video game to pursue the disappearance of their friend Three years ago, Elle (the “E” in the self-proclaimed L.O.V.E. Club) disappeared from Calendula, an affluent Chinese American suburb in inland California. Soon afterward, Liberty […]
Review: Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman [audiobook]
Synopsis The body of Glenn Partridge’s 15-year-old son was discovered in a vacant lot nearly forty years ago. The police are still no closer to finding the murderer decades later. Glenn refuses to let the memory of his son fade—or let anyone else within this small working-class community forget. His long-suffering wife signs him up […]
Preview: Locks and Keys Anthology by the Secret Scribes
It’s time to spill some secrets.
Review: Obsidian: Revelation (Obsidian #2) by Sienna Frost
Synopsis (from Obsidian: Awakening, book 1 in the series): Twenty years after the massacre of the Vilarhiti, the future of the peninsula falls into the hands of its seven victims of war: a slave male escort turned assassin, a vengeful warlord’s teenage daughter, her secretive oracle brother, the conqueror they must defeat, his captive bride […]