The Art of Lenormand Reading by Alexandre Musruck takes a look at a form of card divination from France. Though named for a famous French cartomancer, the author notes that it is unknown what card set up Mademoiselle Lenormand used. Covered in this book are general meanings and associations for each of the 36 cards. […]
Spinner, by Michael J Bowler, introduces us to a most unusual young man. Alex, a boy confined to a wheelchair, suffering from a debilitating condition known as spina bifida. He’s been in and out of foster homes, and his current foster mother is exploiting his unique gift. See, Alex is a Spinner, with the ability […]
***This book was reviewed via Chapter by Chapter Book Tours Will Winchester has a gift, or curse depending on how you look at it. He can see the dead, whom he calls the Missing. A chance encounter with a group of ghost hunters opens his eyes to a whole new way of working. The Black […]
Here’s a snippet from my current work in progress. The chapter has no title yet. ? “Who’s there?” My voice was sharper than intended. More rustling, coming from behind a stack of wooden crates, and a towheaded boy no older than five tumbled into view. “What’cha lookin’ for?”, he asked. “You first, whelp. […]
This book was reviewed for Troubadour Publishing Limited via Netgalley Daughters of Carrawburgh is a first-rate psychological thriller that you simply can’t put down! I lost myself in this book, and finished it in a single day, so engrossing was it. Sam Layton is a spiritualist. Not the cold reader, the charlatan psychic who is […]
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review What do you get if you toss hard-boiled detective fiction, and lore of the Great Old Ones into a blender? The answer is Cassandra Khaw’s Lovecraftian noir Hammers on Bone. When John Persons is approached by a kid who wants to hire him to kill […]
Earthbound by Mari Collier is the first of the Maca books. Set in America’s Old West, it is certainly not my typical fare, and I’ll admit to being more than a little sceptical at first. Even though I read fantasy, adore Star Trek, and write in an arcanepunk realm where the inhabitants would technically be […]
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Do the dead still walk amongst us, sharing their old homes, or jobs, with coworkers. John Klann has set about to explore that very question. Skeleton Keys is a collection of terrifying, true tales of workplace hauntings. Most are recounted from the person to whom they happened. […]
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Alex Gordon’s Jericho is a gripping paranormal mystery reminiscent of Preston and Child’s works, with a hearty dash of Lev Grossman and Stephen King thrown in the mix. Lauren Reardon nee Mullins is now Mistress of Gideon. As a Child of Endor, she is […]
This book was reviewed for Crooked Cat Publishing via Netgalley The Helland Reckoning, by Adrian Martin, begins on a frigid winter’s night with a car making its slow lonely way to Bowannack, in Helland. In the car is a fretful mother and her twin daughters. A collision with a deer is the start […]