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Walter Mortinson is a young man who is destined for something. No one is sure just what. He has it in his genes. Inventing, that is. Parts and pieces litter his room and he is always scavenging for more. Yet, his mother tries to pull him away, back down to earth. Back to the basement... Continue Reading →
The Nameless City: Kai travels to the Nameless City to reconnect with his father and be trained as a warrior like all the other sons of the Dao elite. He finds a palace that has high walls, sheltering its people from the natives outside. Kai is curious of what lies in markets and alleys and... Continue Reading →
Clark does it again! I loved The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark, and his worldbuilding in this novella does not disappoint. He creates an alternative Cairo circa 1912. Here is a story he wrote couple years ago that takes place in that same world: A Dead Djinn in Cairo. But don't worry; I did not... Continue Reading →
Contemplative, quiet, yet gripping and moving. A deformed man is born, raised, and living in a lighthouse. He's never left. Never set foot on land. His only link to the outside world are the boxes of supplies a couple of fishermen bring to the dock every week. The keeper stays out of sight, and spends... Continue Reading →
I can hear the grainy echos and the high screech of the shifting chairs on the cement floor. The claustrophobic walls of the interview room closing in on the prisoner, yet his lies and manipulations always trying to pick their way out... The Last Stone tells the story of a forty year old disappearance of... Continue Reading →
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