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July 31, 2015
The Mussorgsky Riddle by Darin Kennedy
Filled with the looming horror, comedy, hope, gritty images, and soaring possibilities of its inspiration, Kennedy has created a novel that encompasses several genres without sacrificing the depth of any. Mira Tejedor makes her career as a psychic, finding people … Continue reading →
July 29, 2015
The End Is In Sight
Today’s article on Live to Write – Write to Live is about not finishing books. Which, as such discussion always do, reminded me that I can name all the books I haven’t finished since I was fifteen; which sounds like … Continue reading →
July 27, 2015
Rarely Pure and Never Simple.
While a significant proportion of books fail Immerse Or Die on usage, punctuation, or other technical issues, reader disbelief has tripped more than one. Often it is the actually implausible, but sometimes the issue is reality seeming impossible. So, assuming … Continue reading →
July 24, 2015
Nonlocal Science Fiction, Issue #2 by Daniel J. Dombrowski (ed.)
Prioritising stories that are well-written over any particular definition of science-fiction, Dombrowski successfully collects dystopia, noir, post-apocalyptic and space opera in one magazine. This edition contains seven short stories and the second part of Thad Kanupp’s ‘Deal Gone Bad’. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →
July 22, 2015
Retrospective Failure
In my first report card, my form master described me as, inter alia, having a “dry wit”. As might be expected of someone whose education involved report cards, form masters, and the casual use of Latin in sentences, the following … Continue reading →
July 20, 2015
Una the Explorer
After two years of sharing a house with Jasper and Una, I assumed that – while they would continue to investigate changes and carry out frequent continuity checks – they had defined their territories. However, last week Una decided to … Continue reading →
July 17, 2015
Moon Facts by Bob Schofield
Like his muse, Schofield offers potential solidity, hidden by shadows and distance. Revealing where bees go to die, but not why, he offers this solidity to the reader as a basis for exploring further. This collection contains twenty-three facts about … Continue reading →
July 15, 2015
Countdown to Continuance
July 15th 2015. The last day before Comet Gijalva doesn’t hit the Earth, wiping out humanity. With only a few hours to go until the central prediction of Fauxpocalypse is proved true, I and the other contributors go about our … Continue reading →
July 13, 2015
A Dream Within a Dream
Ever since I did my first witness-quality test at University, I have strongly believed human perception is open to surprising inaccuracy; however, I never expected that inaccurate perceptions would be an evolutionary advantage: Of course, Hoffman doesn’t include his data, … Continue reading →
July 10, 2015
Gingerbread Wolves by Misha Burnett
Drawing the reader deeper into his universe of gnostic metamathmatical outsider gods and human insignificance – but rejecting Lovecraft’s obsession with depressed moaning about degeneracy – Burnett delivers a fast-paced thriller that doesn’t skimp on consequences. The rest of this … Continue reading →
