Synopsis Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim her honor.It’s that, or end up like countless knights before her, as a puddle of gore and molten armor. Maddileh is a knight. There aren’t many women in her line of work, and it often feels like the sneering and contempt from her peers is harder to […]
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Review: Undead Folk by Katherine Silva
Synopsis Beyond the smoke-choked skies of an apocalyptic United States, a woman travels the desolate railroad tracks of a small town in search of revenge and a quiet place to settle. Her only companion is an undead fox: animated with backwoods herbal magic and the soul of a middle-aged father who died before the world […]
Review: Cranberry Cove by Hailey Piper
Synopsis Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hailey Piper joins Bad Hand Books with a supernatural crime novella. What’s been happening at Cranberry Cove? It’s unspeakable. It’s unspoken. Emberly Hale is about to take a dark journey inside the derelict hotel—and inside her own past—to find out the horrible truth. “Cranberry Cove feels like a more thoughtful […]
Review: Cutting Your Teeth (Cursed Corpses #1) by Caylan MacRae
Synopsis Ezra Santos is tired of running. Of burning bridge after bridge and going through new names like used matches. He desperately wants something he was never destined to have—a future all his own. Having escaped his hell of a home two years ago, he can’t go a day without looking over his shoulder. Putting […]
Review: When the Devil by Emma E. Murray
Synopsis “This sapphic, Southern tale of love, murder and liberation [is] addictive, satisfying, and an all-around must-read.” -George Dunn, FanFiAddict In When the Devil, Libby finds salvation in a new sapphic partner, homebrewed poison, and facing a God she no longer believes in. “In When the Devil, Murray’s lips curl back to reveal fangs. With sharp and southern […]
Review: Undead Samurai by Baptiste Pinson Wu
Synopsis Japan, 1625 A new Drum Master has risen, and soon the nation will fall to the curse of Izanagi. Answering the call of his kotsuzumi, dead warriors abandon their peace to once again roam the land of the living, swinging rusty blades and chattering rotten teeth at his behest. Japan’s last hope lies in […]
Review: The Warden (The Warden Series #1) by Daniel M. Ford
Synopsis A Recommended Reading List Pick for Locus and a Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Editors’ Pick for AmazonA Reactor Magazine Best of the Year Pick For fans who have always wanted their Twin Peaks to have some wizards, The Warden is a non-stop action adventure story from author Daniel M. Ford. There was a plan. She had the money, the connections, […]
Intro to Indie Horror + Representation
Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Also feel free to check out my original Intro to Indie + Rep post for Fantasy here. Not just where to start with horror or underrated horrors, but horror from authors you […]
An Intro to Indie Fantasy + Representation
Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Not just where to start with fantasy, or underrated fantasies, but fantasy from authors you may have never heard of, authors that may not look, sound, or think like […]
Review: Dark Heart of Ilmoure by Cara N. Delaney
Synopsis Years ago, all she wanted was to leave. Now, a web of secrets might ensnare her forever. When Iris Grey returns to her hometown of Ilmoure years after a bitter parting, she hopes for reconciliation in the face of a tragedy. Instead, she arrives to a town changed for the worse, a cold welcome […]
Review: The Fall is All There Is (Four of Mercies #1) by C.M. Caplan
Synopsis SPSFC 3 SEMIFINALISTSPFBO 9 FINALISTINDIE INK AWARDS FINALIST All Petre Mercy wanted was a good old-fashioned dramatic exit from his life as a prince. But it’s been five years since he fled home on a cyborg horse. Now the King – his Dad – is dead – and Petre has to decide which heir to […]
Review: Where Shadows Lie (The Last Gift: Arc one #1) by Allegra Pescatore
Synopsis The Chosen One is dead. Only his sister can take his place. Disabled since childhood, Elenor was content to live in her brother’s shadow, besting her cousins at cards and sneaking her girlfriend into her room at night. Now she’s next in line for the throne and beset on all sides by factions out […]