I just discovered this album (thanks, iTunes recommendations!) and I was simply blown away by it on first listen. Haunting instrumentals are topped by Irglova’s soaring voice, which brings the religious and spiritual themes of the songs to life, giving the impression (if I may be forgiven the fancifulness) of an angel come to earth, […]
Read more "“Muna” by Marketa Irglova"If you’re one of the, oh, half-dozen people who read my posts, you’ll know that mostly I do book reviews, with the occasional bout of self-promotion for my own works. And I’ll still be doing that, but it occurred to me that I am currently in the middle of a real-life experience full of drama […]
Read more "In Which I Come Out as a Sick Person"Just a reminder that today is the last day to grab my new release, “Unplanned Parenthood,” for free. I wrote it five years ago, inspired by the threatened government shutdown over (de)funding Planned Parenthood. Then I thought a dystopian story about women in a failing surveillance state determined to take away their reproductive (and other) […]
Read more "Last Day to Grab “Unplanned Parenthood” for free!"“James Clyde” is a fun children’s fantasy about an 11-year-old boy who discovers he’s actually the secret heir of the ruling family of Orchestra, a fantasy world in another dimension. Plots, intrigue, and revelations of secret powers ensue. It’s a bit hard for me to evaluate this as an adult, but I dare say that […]
Read more "“James Clyde and the Diamonds of Orchestra” by Colm McElwain"“The Cutaway” is a fast-paced and exciting story set in the glitz, glamor, and danger of DC. Containing elements of a police procedural, it changes the focus by narrating the action from the point of view of a television reporter covering the story of a young woman’s disappearance.. We are given a view of events […]
Read more "“The Cutaway” by Christina Kovac"Grab it here! And here’s the blurb: “They don’t send guys like us out on rescue missions…People don’t come back alive and get returned to their loving families when we go after them.” Jordan is the best of the best. At killing. But even she can be replaced. When she’s sent on a mission to […]
Read more "“Unplanned Parenthood” is now available and it’s FREE!"Guess what! I’ve decided to release a novelette called “Unplanned Parenthood” this Friday. It’s a dystopian sci-fi little number I wrote a few years ago and then never did anything with. Well, due to recent events, I decided to dust it off and put it out there. If you’d like a free ARC, let me […]
Read more "New Release on Black Friday!"A cute Christmas-time cozy mystery that is so full of vintage British charm it is often in danger of becoming twee. Retired art teacher Miss Seeton stumbles into not one but TWO mysteries, one involving Roman ruins and the other about a gang (no, wait, there are TWO gangs) of bank robbers. There’s also the […]
Read more "“Starring Mis Seeton” by Hamilton Crane"“Off to See the Wizard” is just as madcap and zany as the blurb promises. Also coarse, vulgar, gruesome, and laugh-out-loud funny. In a brilliant display of polyphony, it’s presented as the post facto justifications of a magical party for the disastrous outcome of their failed quest, with each character possessing a distinct (and hilarious) […]
Read more "“Off to See the Wizard” by Clay Johnson"Reading Western fiction set in Russia, or some version of Russia, is always a little off-putting for me, and at first I didn’t know what to make of “Egg and Spoon.” It’s certainly a Western take on Russia, but it’s a gorgeous, multi-layered confection for all that. It’s set sometime shortly before the Revolution, if […]
Read more "“Egg and Spoon” by Gregory Maguire"
E. P. Clark: Author, Book Reviewer, and All-Around Literary Handiwoman 