How has the loneliness become somehow ingrained into our way of life? The solitary cowboy on the range... the laugh-tracks that keep us watching our favorite shows "with an audience..." and now a pandemic that kept us in four walls for an entire year. Radtke's book is far-reaching and gives the reader a great range... Continue Reading →
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
Publisher's Blurb: Katrell doesn’t mind talking to the dead; she just wishes it made more money. Clients pay her to talk to their deceased loved ones, but it isn’t enough to support her unemployed mother and Mom’s deadbeat boyfriend-of-the-week. Things get worse, when a ghost warns her to stop the summonings or she’ll “burn everything... Continue Reading →
Plague Birds by Jason Sanford
Thousands and thousands of years in the future... humankind has already tried to colonize space and has been defeated... living in tribal hamlets protected by all-seeing AI units, people have changed, physically. Most are made up of a genetic hybrid of animals and humans... fur, whiskers, enhanced senses... and instinct. The draw of the hunt...... Continue Reading →
The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine Graphic Novel by Ryan North and Derek Charm
THE MYSTERY OF THE MEANEST TEACHER: A JOHNNY CONSTANTINE GRAPHIC NOVEL is a comedic middle grade graphic novel about two kids with developing magical powers trying to figure out if their schoolteacher is really, secretly, a witch. After angering a number of hostile spirits in England, 13-year-old magician John Constantine has to find a way... Continue Reading →
The Timepiece and the Girl Who Went Astray by Oliver R. Simmonds
If you have been on the blog in the past, you know how hard I am on time travel narratives... Right away, I will let you know: there was no dizziness felt while reading this book... no nausea, no bad dreams. Only a strong pull to follow the action! I was impressed with Simmonds rendering... Continue Reading →