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CRUISING THE COSMERE: Elantris (BOOK REVIEW)

“The Elantrians represented the ultimate flaw of human arrogance. They had set themselves up as gods. Their hubris had earned them their fate.”   Elantris by Brandon Sanderson is the author’s debut novel, one that I was slightly apprehensive to read considering how much I love the Stormlight Archives series and feared this would be […]

Seven upcoming books I want to (eventually) read

A fae beast. An enchanted forest. A beauty destined to break the curse upon them… As town greenwitch, Aster’s spent her whole life defending her people from the nightmarish fae of the forest. Yet despite her best efforts, each year a girl is taken by the fae Beast who rules the Folkwood, sacrificed to the […]

Interview with JOHN SHIRLEY (Stormland)

John Shirley is one of the original cyberpunk authors, and his Eclipse trilogy, comprised of Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988) and Eclipse Corona (1990), is one of the genre’s foundational texts. His horror novels Dracula In Love (1979), Cellars (1982) and Wetbones (1991) were hugely influential on the splatterpunk genre. His short story collections Heatseaker […]

RAPTOR ILLUSTRATION

Here is the illustration depicting my fictional species of raptor. When I envisioned this creature, I wanted it to be as big as the largest raptor that ever lived: the Utahraptor. I largely based its face on the Indoraptor, but made a number of changes. I wanted its interlocking teeth to form a crazed smile […]

Catriona Ward Cover Reveals

Now that you’ve had a chance to read Catriona Ward’s epic new novel The Last House on Needless Street, we’re thrilled to reveal the spooky new look of her haunting novels Rawblood and Little Eve. These covers have been beautifully redesigned by Julyun Bayes at Us Now Design. Rawblood She comes in the night. She looks into […]

Bookmark for The Order of the Dark Rose

Just messing around today and came up with a bookmark for The Order of the Dark Rose The Order of the Dark Rose, Volume 1 of The Cursed Mage Case Files: Blurb: An arch-mage can handle almost anything. Unless he’s cursed, lost his job and facing an unknown enemy. The Gallantean Empire relies increasingly upon […]

From Great Inspiration Come New Heroes

Mark Leslie’s latest novel, Fear and Longing in Los Angeles is a continuing tribute to the creative genius of Stan Lee and many other brilliant artists and writers at Marvel comics. The book is available in print (Paperback and Hardcover editions) and eBook, with the audiobook, narrated by Scott Overton, retired radio personality and sci-fi […]

OUR BLOODY PEARL by D. N. Bryn (BOOK REVIEW)

Content warnings: Gore/blood/eating of human body parts (not overly graphic); some violence; coming to terms with new disability; recovery from trauma. When I first took a look at this book, I was prepared for a swashbuckling tale full of adventure on the high seas, and while there is plenty of piratical action and bloodthirsty merpeople, […]

A Review of Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

Rating: 4/5 stars Spoiler Free Review of Lady of the Lake I’ve had such fun reading The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski these past couple of months, and while I think this book had many notable scenes, dialogues and themes, I am a bit conflicted. There’s this huge part of me that keeps thinking that […]

Speculative Spotlight: Xina Marie Uhl

Today we’re shining the speculative spotlight on Xina Marie Uhl, author of City of the Dead, an epic fantasy novel entered into this year’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off. Welcome to the Fantasy Inn, Xina! How are you and how have you been? I’m not dying of Covid-19 and I just met my 5th grandchild, so […]