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How High We Go in the Dark, a Review

Sequoia Nagamatsu’s collection of interlocking stories spanning centuries, explores plague and how we deal with loss. The characters are diverse and intricately linked and the plot is wildly imaginative. How does one relate talking pigs, to funerary skyscrapers, to euthanasia theme parks, to melting permafrost? Read and find out. Be aware How High We Go … Continue reading How High We Go in the Dark, a Review

A Review of the Alternative History/Fantasy epic ‘Splinter Town’

Splinter Town, an autonomous island nation off the coast of Wales, must fend off an English incursion! Will the ingenuity of the town’s people, their spies, and the efforts of a rogue assassin be enough to to preserve the town’s independence? And what evil propels the corrupt prime minister and his allies? The story continues […]

Splinter Town! A Review.

(Or, so this kind of cross-genre illustrates why we need indie authors) Splinter Town, an autonomous island nation off the coast of Wales, must fend off an English incursion! Will the ingenuity of the town’s people, their spies, and the efforts of a rogue assassin be enough to to preserve the town’s independence? And what … Continue reading Splinter Town! A Review.

A Review of Remnant Population – First Contact Science Fiction with an Elderly Protagonist

In Elizabeth Moon’s Remnant Population, a colony’s corporate overlords order all residents off the planet. But elderly Ofelia, who has had quite enough of being bossed around, chooses to remain, a remnant population of one. Or so she believes, until she hears new of new colonists and an unexpected indigenous population. Ofelia, overlooked an devalued […]

Remnant Population, a Review

In Elizabeth Moon’s Remnant Population, a colony’s corporate overlords order all residents off the planet. But elderly Ofelia, who has had quite enough of being bossed around, chooses to remain, a remnant population of one. Or so she believes, until she hears new of new colonists and an unexpected indigenous population. Ofelia, overlooked an devalued … Continue reading Remnant Population, a Review

The Journeyman – A contemporary fantasy/horror hero-saga adventure.

Three people board a doomed bus: a wayward teen, a disabled vet, and an autistic child. But their problems don’t end after a snowy crash ends their lives. A brutal despot rules purgatory. Instead of helping souls move on, he drains souls and harvests their energy. Purgatory has devolved into a nightmarish decrepit America rife […]

The Journeyman – A fantasy/horror adventure.

Three people board a doomed bus: a wayward teen, a disabled vet, and an autistic child. But their problems don’t end after a snowy crash ends their lives. A brutal despot rules purgatory. Instead of helping souls move on, he drains souls and harvests their energy. Purgatory has devolved into a nightmarish decrepit America rife … Continue reading The Journeyman – A fantasy/horror adventure.

The History of Soul 2065, A Review

Not your typical family saga… This gorgeous set of interlocking stories follows the souls of two families as they navigate the 20th and 21st centuries. Each story is the literary equivalent of a gem and collectively tell a tale with elements of magical realism, fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction. The stories celebrate humanity and cover … Continue reading The History of Soul 2065, A Review

Purple and Brown

  I consider color too much, a side effect of several hobbies. Color is what I seek out in visual art and in the garden. Not the object represented, or the media, or the politics. Color. Color is art’s life blood.  

Birds and the Vagaries of Reality; It’s All Just Too Complicated.

An Out-take from Sounds out of Time Martin Davis, defrocked rock star, sat clutching his coffee cup. The warm porcelain soothed his perpetually cold fingertips, a curse on these frigid Nordic countries. Out the window, jagged peaks were hard etched into a blazing blue sky. The sanitarium’s garden was far too green. The lake’s indigo … Continue reading Birds and the Vagaries of Reality; It’s All Just Too Complicated.