I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I’ll be honest. Pieces Like Pottery is far from my usual fare. I’m not usually a fan of short fiction, even in my favourite genres. The title called to me though. It conjured images of pot sherds being […]
Author: Aislynn
Book Review- Immagica by KA Last
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Immagica, by KA Last, is a story all of a piece with those such as Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia, Inkheart, The Neverending Story, and Labyrinth. It is the story of Rosaline, a young girl whose family houses secrets unimaginable, both dark and light-hearted. […]
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Pearls Priceless Beyond Compare
Pearls Priceless Beyond Compare ©2016, Aislynn d’Merricksson Pearls of memory strung along, one by one, beaded on strands of spirit and soul, myriad shimmering hues, some big, others small. Touch one, then another, and another. Images bloom in the depths, wakening in the mind, scattered over months, days, weeks, […]
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Book Review- Driving Heat by Richard Castle
****This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review**** Driving Heat was my first foray into Castle’s books. I must admit, on first coming across it, I didn’t believe it was real! For those who aren’t aware, Richard Castle is the main character of the ABC show Castle. He is a writer looking […]
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Book Review- The Book of SHE by Sara Avant Stover
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review Stover’s Book of SHE was an amazing journey of self-discovery. I had not intended to get as drawn into it as I did. I felt compelled to stop and carry out the appropriate tasks, which slowed my reading. Stover details an alchemic […]
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Book Review: A Natural History of Dragons by Maria Brennan
Brennan’s Natural History of Dragons tells the story of Isabella Trent and her love of dragons. Told in first person, the story takes us from Isabella’s first forays into naturalism, all the way to her first true dragon expedition. This is set in an alter-world with echoes of our own, and has a definite […]
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Evalyce Short Story: Trial of Xibalba
All that surrounds me is my own deep blue scent of fear. Once this would have roused my hunger, the instinctive urge of the rahksa, the Crescent Reavers, to hunt, to kill. Now, though, the fear is all mine. The hunter has become the hunted. I am in a blackness unlike any other. The velvety […]
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Book Review- Ash and Silver by Carol Berg
****This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review**** “You are not a murderer. The curious fact had been served to me that morning like cold fish on a platter, to be digested as I took my daily run.” ~Ash and Dust, Carol Berg With this masterful opening, we are introduced […]
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From Forensics to Fiction Author: How Turning Down a Buckle Changed My Life Path
Sometimes, in losing something, you gain far more, even when it is such an intimate loss as an arm or a leg. Or an eye. Like redwood forests that need the cleansing destruction of Wildfire to burn out strangling undergrowth in order to properly flourish, so might the human spirit need a similar destruction to […]
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Dinner with Lucifer
Dinner with Lucifer ©Aislynn d’Merricksson, 2015 Dedicated to Mark and Tracy Pellegrino, and to the other four wonderful dinner companions that night. We are a motley group, the five of us, come together to dine with the Prince of Hell and his lovely lady. What a noble cause it is that has brought us […]
