Book Review: ‘Ghosts of War,’ Military S-F by Bennett R. Coles
The second volume in a military sci-fi trilogy entitled “The Astral Saga,” Bennett R. Coles’ Ghosts of War (Titan Books) follows the typical trajectory of a well-honed trilogy. Having introduced its...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Review: ‘The Wendy Project’ by Melissa Jane Osborne and...
Of the many classics of children’s literature, few have lent themselves to as much psycho-social metaphor as J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Melissa Jane Osborne and Veronica Fish’s The Wendy Project (Super...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Winterlings,’ Magical Realism by Cristina Sanchez-Andrade
An engaging slice of magical demi-realism, Cristina Sanchez-Andrade’s The Winterlings (Restless Books) tells the story of the Winterlings, two sisters who have returned to the out-of-time village of...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Deadly Ocean,’ Ecological SF by Louis P. Kicha
An ecological sf novel, Louis P. Kicha’s self-published The Deadly Ocean looks at the deadly aftermath of an unplanned disastrous event spurred by the random bombardment of cosmic ray particles off the...
View ArticleBook Review: “Marie Antoinette, Phantom Queen,” A Graphic Novel by Rodolphe...
An elegantly empathetic look at a historical figure typically seen as emblematic of callous aristocracy, Rodolphe and Annie Goetzinger’s Marie Antoinette, Phantom Queen (NBM) is a period ghost story...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Milena, or the Most Beautiful Femur in the World,’ A Political...
A political thriller that seems even more current today than the day it was written, Milena by Jorge Zepeda Patterson, subtitled The Most Beautiful Femur in the World (Restless Books), tells a tale of...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Hekla’s Children,’ Dark Fantasy by James Brogden
When I first read the book cover blurb for Hekla’s Children (Titan Books), my immediate impression was that James Brogden’s book was a mystery novel about missing schoolchildren. But Brogden’s page...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘A Breath After Drowning’– Psychological Thriller by Alice...
Whoever was responsible for sending out the promo copy of Alice Blanchard’s A Breath After Drowning (Titan Books) deserved kudos for creepy originality. My review copy of the psychological thriller...
View ArticleComic Book Review: ‘Political Power: Stormy Daniels’ by Joe Paradise
In an era where our political figures appear ever more cartoonish it was probably inevitable that we’d get a comic book about a salacious political scandal. Joe Paradise’s Political Power: Stormy...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Review: ‘Hasib and the Queen of Serpents’ by David B.
If ever there was a volume designed to accentuate the joys of basic hand-held print volumes, it’s David B.’s Hasib and the Queen of Serpents (NBM). Subtitled “A Tale of a Thousand and One Nights,” the...
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