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Independent Publisher: Review of Deros by John A. Vanek
Review by Anita Lock. Rising mystery author, John Vanek, spins a chilling tale in Deros, the first of the Father Jake Austin Mystery series. The year is 2002. Father Jake Austin accepts a temporary assignment at Sacred Heart Church in the quaint town of Oberlin, Ohio one year after his ordination. Jake, who is also a doctor, takes on hours at a hospital north of Oberlin. …
Characters’ Playlist for Wildcat: An Appalachian Romance by Jeffrey Dunn
In my novel Wildcat: An Appalachian Romance, travel back with New Kid to his roots, lured to the once-shuttered Hotel Wildcat, now revitalized as a collective endeavor. Now a retired English teacher, he ventures through this transformed community, a new world unfolds before his eyes. The former mine, once a site for tragedy, now thrives […] More
2024 Locus Awards Winners
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners in each category of the 2024 Locus Awards on June 22, 2024, during the Locus Awards Weekend. Henry Lien MCed the awards ceremony with Cory…
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Full List of 2023 Foreword INDIES Winners
These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The full list of winners for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Playlist for A Lie For a Lie by Jane Buckingham
By Jane Buckingham In the movie of my book A Lie For a Lie that runs in my head, this is the soundtrack that plays on repeat. In fact, whenever I needed to really get in the head of the characters these are the songs I listened to. I created A Lie for a Lie […] More
Playlist for Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph
By Ari Rosenschein I began writing Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph in the dank, dark depths of November 2020 in Seattle, when the pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew what our collective future would hold. The thought of creating a book set anywhere near the current moment was abhorrent. Masks, temperature checks, Zoom […] More
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Kirkus Reviews: The Strange Beautiful by Carla Crujido
Crujido’s surreal, romantic stories about an apartment building’s residents offer a dash of magical realism and wonder to their Pacific Northwest settings.
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Playlist for “The Emporium” from Calvaria Fell: Stories
by Kaaron Warren As “The Emporium” is set in a shopping mall, I knew I needed a soundtrack, both to write to and as part of the story. I asked social media for suggestions and got lots of great ideas, many of which I ignored for my own favourites! While I wanted a ‘classic’ mall […] More
Publishers Weekly: Grey Dog by Elliott Gish
Starred Review: Gish’s seething, gorgeous horror debut centers on 29-year-old schoolteacher Ada Byrd, whose tarnished reputation—the cause of wh…
Foreword Reviews: The Scrolls of Deborah by Esther Goldenberg
The Scrolls of Deborah: An unheralded descendant of Abraham honors the vibrant women of her tribe in “The Scrolls of Deborah”, Esther Goldenberg’s quiet triumph of biblical fiction. “Everybody has a story to tell, a song to sing, a life that makes a difference,”…