The Dolphin by Craig Bennett Hallenstein follows Sean Jordan, an aspiring child psychologist who had been labelled a sex offender at age 15. He’s spent years wracked by guilt over the choices of his youth. But is he really a sex offender? Sean moves to New Orleans trying to put the past behind him. Sadly, […]
Monstrum is third in the Fourth Talisman series by Kat Ross. Darius and Nazafareen continue to search for the elemental talismans, accompanied by Herodotus and several of the Maenads. Their travels lead them to Tjanjin, and beyond. Meanwhile, among the Marakai Selk fleet, a young girl with a penchant for getting in trouble become the […]
***Trigger Warning: sexual assault, moments of physical violence graphicness (few and far, but there) Go Home, Afton by Brent Jones is a tense suspense novel told from the point of view of Afton, an introverted young woman working as a children’s librarian at the local Wakefield library. But Afton harbours a dark secret. Deep down, […]
The Day is Ready for You by Alison Malee is a poetry collection divded into three parts: unmoveable things, a restless pause, and prayers like exhales. The entire collection is free-verse, and written in all lowercase text. Part one seems very anger filled, with themes of a wanting for love, the inculcated beliefs of being […]
Oliver Twist: The Mystery of Throate Manor by David Stuart Davies follows what may have become of young Oliver from Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist. Oliver is a man grown now, a junior at the law firm of Gripwind and Biddle, with Jack Dawkins as his clerk. Oliver and Jack are sent to Throate Manor […]
Drawing Dead, by Brian McKinley, is set in 1930s New York, a time when the Mafia ruled supreme in the area. We first meet Faolan O’Connor, a hitman known as ‘the Wolf’, as he is preparing to go out on a job to take out Dutch Schultz. Faolan himself is also marked for death this […]
Nightmare’s Eve by Stephen H Provost is an intriguing collection of poems and short stories focusing on the darker side of life. From waking nightmares, and death, to the haunting madness of the human psyche, these stories and poems run a gamut. There are tales set in the modern or near modern world, tales from […]
Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milan is the first in the series by the same name. It follows several different, sometimes overlapping perspectives. During a ferocious battle at a river, which featured several of our main male protagonists- Karyl, Jaume, Falk, and Rob Korrigan- Voyvod Karyl is betrayed by his comrades and left for dead. To […]
Yellow Locust by Justin Joschko is a far future dystopia where famine and war have decimated the North American continent. Selena and Simon Flood live in the tyrannical country of New Canaan. Following the fall of the tiny, prosperous territory of Niagara, New Canaan sets sights on the Republic of California, far across the Middle […]
Strasser’s Beast of Cretacea is one thrilling ride from start to finish. It was something fresh and innovative, with an unexpected surprise ending. If I could give this captivating read more than 5 stars, it ranks as one of the few books I would do so. Aside from the brilliant story, the cover is absolutely […]