Synopsis The halls are familiar. Lucianne “Lucky” Boyle knows that much. But how she came to be in this strange place that tries to make itself look like home is a mystery. Filled with doors that have no handles, rooms that shift to almost familiar, and faceless people in blue, Lucky is determined to find […]
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Review: Dragonfired (The Dark Profit Saga #3) by J. Zachary Pike
Synopsis The monarch wants him dead. A dragon’s torching the realm. Is his heroic gig about to be a critical catastrophe? Gorm Ingerson knows the king is a fink. With the land’s insidious ruler hell-bent on his destruction, the axe-wielding Dwarf berserker is desperate to beat him to the punch. But when he discovers the […]
Guest Post: The Thin Line Between Gratuitousness and Meaningful Violence in Media by Todd Brown
The Thin Line Between Gratuitousness and Meaningful Violence in Media In storytelling, especially in horror and thriller fiction, the depiction of violence has always been a double-edged sword. If it’s done carelessly, it’s an empty spectacle, leaving the audience numb, offering little more than shock value. But, when employed thoughtfully and strategically, violence has the […]
Review: Riven Earth by Zammar Ahmer
Synopsis: The world has stopped turning. Burned by a blazing sun. Thrust into eternal winter. Life survives only in the Sunset Forest. For untold millennia, mankind lived subservient to the dryads, forced into worship of the Earth-Mother, Astea. Then one man ventured into the Scorched Desert and returned with the secret of fire. His rebellion […]
Excerpt: Salvagia by Tim Chawaga
Blurb Tim Chawaga’s sci-fi mystery debut, in which a diver searching for nostalgic salvage discovers the body of the most infamous man in flooded Florida and must avoid suspicion from both feds and corporate mafias. Reminiscent of Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 and inspired by John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series. Triss Mackey is flying just under […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 167: Interfaces in Science Fiction with Annalee Newitz (Writing Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a writing masterclass on Interfaces in Science Fiction with author/journalist Annalee Newitz. During the episode, Annalee deconstructs interfaces, including defining what interfaces are, how they appear in science fiction, tropes and misrepresentations about interfaces, creating believable/functional interfaces in your stories, realism and specificity, communication via interfaces, connecting people and environments, the intersection of science and sci-fi, hopes for the future of interfaces and more.
Cover Reveal: Tales from Cemetery by C.J. Daley
Blurb Author C. J. Daley welcomes you to Cemetery. Whether this is your first trip, or your return to town, get ready for ten blood-fueled nightmares. Read the stories Hudson Valley residents tell around campfires about Cemetery’s dark underbelly. While the police chase serial killers, the streets run rampant with occult, paranormal, and supernatural beings. […]
Review: The Palace of Illusions by Rowenna Miller
Synopsis The Palace of Illusions brings readers to a Paris breathless with excitement at the dawn of the twentieth century, where for a select few there is a second, secret Paris where the magic of the City of Light is very real in this enchanting and atmospheric fantasy from the author of The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill. In the […]
Review: The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown
Synopsis: From the author of the internationally bestselling The Book of Doors, another fantastical, stand-alone novel in which a trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties. The world of unknowable objects—magical items that most people have no idea possess […]
Review: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Lucky Day is a spectacularly crazy book, one that is both incredibly fun to read, deeply questioning and thought provoking, joyous in its celebration of the meaning of living, defiant in the face of everything that’s wrong with the world, society, and inspiring in its ultimate message.
Book Review: The Bone Raiders (The Rakada #1) by Jackson Ford
TL;DR Review: Action-packed, insanely fun, wildly imaginative, and wonderfully human. Non-stop rip-roaring adventure from start to finish. Synopsis: WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE . . . BUT OUR GIANT FIRE-BREATHING LIZARDS DID. You don’t f*ck with the Rakada. The people living in the grasslands of the Tapestry call them the Bone Raiders, from their […]
Review: Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver
Synopsis The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse. The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world’s first political artificial intelligence. As whispers of a global conspiracy emerge, investigative journalist Marcus Tully […]