It's been ten years since the event enveloped a large swath a Philadelphia killing hundreds of thousands of people. It left a wasteland that has since been cordoned off and memorialized for the lives lost. Scientists worked to develop technology to cross over into Oblivion, and spent several years saving the displaced from the beasts... Continue Reading →
Mandelbrot the Magnificent: A Novella by Liz Ziemska
An alternative-history of Benoit Mandelbrot, a famed Jewish mathematician who survived the Nazi occupation of France during WW2. This is a story woven with religion, coming of age, and magical calculations. Mandelbrot's family is pushed west by the advancing German army, from Warsaw to Paris to Tulle. His once-mentor uncle is able to escape with... Continue Reading →
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
The bifurcation of time and love. The ache of the longing to help a child. Mike Chen's Here and Now and Then is an excellent time-travel novel that is a contemplation of memory disguised as a page-turner. Kin is a Tempural Crimes agent whose job is to weed out corruption in the timeline. But a... Continue Reading →
Victor LaValle’s Destroyer by Victor LaValle, Dietrich Smith (Illustrations), Joana Lafuente (Colorist)
A grieving African-American scientist uses the inspiration of Dr. Frankenstein's monster to piece together her son, who has been killed by a police officer while walking home with a baseball bat that is mistaken for a gun. The real monster emerges from his centuries sleep from the Arctic ice to go on a killing rampage...... Continue Reading →
The Night Window – Jane Hawk #5 by Dean Koontz
Jane Hawk has fallen into traps and escaped. She has been separated from the ones she loves. And she has discovered the true meaning of an ally. One who she can trust with her son's life, and one who will stand next to her in the battle to take down the Techno Arcadians. Their nuero-web... Continue Reading →