Dangerous Women: A Lesson from the Serengeti
When I put this collection of 11 stories together about women characters, I knew I was facing a dearth of candidates who might fit...
The Wrath of Xikora
“Dead Corpse” by Nuzo Onoh, 2017 As a fellow writer of scary stories, I am convinced that Nuzo Onoh cheats. Oh sure, she writes terrific...
Guest Blog: The Man From Cymene
Sometimes I like to daydream of what it would be like to be in a bookstore and overhear the following conversation: “Do you have Toni V....
Let the Naughty One In
“Savagely Yours” by Scerina Elizabeth, 2017 This book is a short story and each chapter has a different narrator. It's a bit of a...
The Prisoner of Valathia - Guest Blog
The Prisoner of Valathia takes place after their escape from Tamerlane’s hi-tech prison, and the defeat of Darius Drake's apocalyptic...
What the Sunshine Doesn't Show
“Lavender Blue” by John Huber, 2017 This book starts with a lengthy prolog set in 1936-37 Minnesota, where a young Catholic priest,...
Adara's Journey
“Demon Bringer” Book 1 of the Darkshield series, 2015 by Kathe Todd Young Adara strikes out for the wide world in search of revenge on...
Conspiracy and Action
TRAITOR'S WAR (#2 in the Metaframe War series) by Graeme Rodaughan Like the first book in the vampire series, “Traitor’s War” starts with...
A Child's Tale of the Apocalypse
“Katydid” by Popeye Theophilus Barrnumb The book is really a novelette, showing us a nightmarish, post-apocalyptic world from the eyes of...
Island Hopping to Nowhere
“Shadow Stalker” by Renee Scattergood This is another coming-of-age fantasy-adventure. Therefore, a great deal of emphasis is on the...
