This stunning little gem of a novel will likely end up on my best-of 2019 list at the end of the year. It's been on my to-read list for quite awhile, because I was intrigued by the premise: In an alternate 1920s Montreal, the wealthy can have their memories extracted from their own consciousness and … Continue reading Review: Mem by Bethany C. Morrow
Review: The Agony House by Cherie Priest
Like most people, I follow Cherie Priest on Twitter for the adventures in pictures of Scorndog, Grayson, House Leopard and recently departed ElderCat. (Most people do follow her for that reason, right? I'm not THAT weird? Also the book news, sure, but really, pet pictures.) Years ago, I read Boneshaker, and really enjoyed it, so … Continue reading Review: The Agony House by Cherie Priest
REVIEW: We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
I devoured this book. I grabbed it from the library last week, because it was on my list, but I couldn't really remember what it was about. But it had a good title and a pretty cover. We Set the Dark on Fire starts with a myth, of a sun god and a salt god, … Continue reading REVIEW: We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
GRIMM, GRIT and GASOLINE: Table of Contents
Exciting news! World Weaver Press has released the official Table of Contents for Grimm, Grit and Gasoline, their anthology of dieselpunk and decopunk fairy tales. And it is with great pleasure that I can now tell you that I'm ON IT! My story, Evening Chorus, is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale, and I'm … Continue reading GRIMM, GRIT and GASOLINE: Table of Contents
Review: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghost Boys is a too-familiar story. In alternating sections of "Alive" and "Dead" it tells the story of Jerome, a 12 year old boy from Chicago who is shot and killed by a police officer while playing with a toy gun. Jerome is a quiet boy with no friends who gets bullied daily at his … Continue reading Review: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
REVIEW: Here and Now and Then- Mike Chen
One of my favorite parts of my Patreon page (which you can subscribe to HERE) is my book blogging monthly column, Canon Blast, where I read and pick apart a work in the SFF Canon. In the interest of book blogging more, I'm going to try to do little write ups of things as I … Continue reading REVIEW: Here and Now and Then- Mike Chen
Flash in the Pan: A “She” Companion Story
I've neglected this blog a little bit, but I think it will work out. I read H. Rider Haggard's She for my November Canon Blast post-- which you can find over on my Patreon for just $1/month-- and it was a hoot. And I mean that sarcastically, because I really did not like it at … Continue reading Flash in the Pan: A “She” Companion Story
Goals Post (Not the Sportsball Kind)
2018 has lasted an eternity and also somehow flown by at the same time. I'm not sure how that happens. I honestly can't remember what happened when. Rationally, and according to the google machine, I know movies like Black Panther came out this year, etc, but I'm also pretty confident that was like ten years … Continue reading Goals Post (Not the Sportsball Kind)
Year in Books 2018
It's December 31, which means it's time to take stock of what I read this year and pick some favorites. TOP FIVE (in no particular order): Annihilation-- Jeff Vandermeer Go ahead and watch the movie, but it's nothing at all like the book. Annihilation is the first book in the Southern Reach Trilogy, and I … Continue reading Year in Books 2018
Giftmas Blog Tour 2018– Eggscellent
Happy Winter Solstice! This holiday season I am participating, for the first time, in Rhonda Parrish's blog tour to benefit the Edmonton Food Bank. It's an advent calendar style tour this year, so every day for the first 24 days of December, you can follow along and read a new story donated by a writer … Continue reading Giftmas Blog Tour 2018– Eggscellent
