“Uncle Giles had been right when he’d told him there are defining moments in one’s life when you learn a lot about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.” As some of you may have known, Best Kept Secret was one of…
Earlier this July, right in the beginning of the month, the fantasy community erupted over a new debut author, Django Wexler. His debut which caused such a stir is The Thousand Names, a novel under the new umbrella term of “flintlock fantasy.” I had the honor (or luck) of receiving a copy before the release…
“Hope can only be offered and snatched away so many times before it becomes a mockery.” Science Fiction, as a broad genre, has always had a harder edge to its style than its cousin Fantasy. Back in the 80s and 90s it started its love affair with the Hardboiled subgenre, creating Cyberpunk as we know…
As many people know, the genre of speculative fiction is predominately inhabited by the political group called left-wingers. Being on the other side of the fence, I sometimes come at odds with many of the outcries and dealings within the genre. Recently, there has been much “debate” over sexism in the genre, to which I…
“Men, he knew, often hid their intentions from themselves.” I want to begin by saying that I’m very grateful for receiving this book free of charge from the author. Not an ARC, but a gift you could say. To that I am very thankful. No Return is a very strong science fiction debut, one of…
A term that many times fascinates readers is the idea of darkness. It dances in the shadows, plays with our fears. We find it comforting that we can stand up to the presumed evil in books, simply by reading about them. But this is not a dissertation dealing with subconscious findings of all things dark…
“’With tears and rage am I called…I am called by throats that have gone raw with screaming. I am called by wailing babes who cannot yet speak or curse a name. Bu you I am called grandfather. By my enemies I am called death…I am Mhets Sorrowbringer, and my sword goes to the man with…
Acerbic Writing 