“The raw, ugly, mottled things you fear about yourself in your most private moments – what happens when someone says them aloud to you? The feeling like your skin slipped from your body, showing everything, red and veined.” As teens, Kit and Diane were bonded by ambition; working hard to attain a scholarship offered by…
Marcos Inaros and The Free Navy are wreaking havoc in an aggressive power play for control of the solar system. Having dealt Earth a devastating blow at the conclusion of Nemesis Games, they now turn their attention to the Gates and the many colony ships venturing to new and undiscovered worlds. As time is running…
On a winter’s night in New Brunswick, mysterious green snow begins to fall. As it coats and corrodes all living things it becomes clear that nothing is safe. It isn’t long until images flood in from around the world as it’s revealed this isn’t a localized problem for those in the Maritimes. To be honest,…
2017 will go down as a year in which I read a very small number of books. I guess my lack of reading could be due to a number of things; my obsession with US politics, the purchase of a nifty Nintendo Switch, my on-again-off issues with depression/anxiety or the one I’ll use as a…
Ways to Die in Glasgow follows a handful of characters as they maneuver around the disappearance of gangster-turned-acclaimed-true-crime-author Rab Anderson. I caught the author, Jay Stringer, at this year’s Bouchercon during the Best Paperback Original panel and not only was he hilarious, he was one of the few authors that impressed me so much that…
Wrestle Maniacs is a collection of dark, often humorous fiction based in the world of professional wrestling. I received a free copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Many of the stories are inspired by behind-the-scenes events, veteran performers or storylines that happened in the past. That’s not to say all the…
LIGHTNING MEN picks up two years after the events of DARKTOWN as those left standing continue with their lives in 1950s Atlanta. Officer Denny “Rake” Rakestraw’s neighborhood – an implied “whites only” neighborhood – is beginning to see the arrival of several black families. A group of residents, including Denny’s wife Cassie, pool their money…
Following a mandate from the Mayor’s office, Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith are two of the first round of black men hired as policemen to serve the Atlanta Police Department in post-war America. Despite being officers of the law, Boggs and Smith are painfully limited in what they’re authorized to do. Sure they can carry…
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