#FreeBooks! #Giveaways in Contemporary Upmarket Fiction and #NewReleases in #Fantasy

Okay, so I’m done, I’m absolutely, completely done with posting about Arkady Babchenko–for now. No doubt I’ll rant about it further again soon. Someone asked me if I felt personally betrayed or just upset by the situation, and I had to say: both. My personal acquaintance with Arkady is so slight that I certainly don’t […]

Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Giveaway

I’m taking a short break from reviewing other people’s books while I proof my own next release, so in the meantime here’s another giveaway event (at which you can *also* pick up a free e-ARC of The Dreaming Land I, my next book). It’s a fun and eclectic event, which you can find here. And the […]

“The Midnight Sea” by Kat Ross

The Midnight Sea Kat Ross I got this book as part of a free giveaway, and approached it with the the trepidation one always does in these situations. As usual, 50-75% of the books I got in the giveaway were not really worth reading, but a couple of them stood out, with “The Midnight Sea” […]

Once Upon a Time Giveaway

For those of us in the world of higher education, this time of year is best known as May Madness, when we race around frantically trying to finish everything off for the entire year. So I should be preparing final exams and grading final papers. AND I WILL BE. But I’m taking a little break […]

“The Five Daughters of the Moon” by Leena Likitalo

The Five Daughters of the Moon Leena Likitalo It’s exciting to me to see how many authors are out there writing Russian-themed fantasy. “The Five Daughters of the Moon” is a recent addition to this sub-genre. The setting is clearly an allusion to the Russian Empire just prior to the 1917 Revolution, but the setting […]

New Fantasy Book Giveaway

New Fantasy Book Giveaway Another week, another book giveaway…this time it’s the New Fantasy Book Giveaway, which has…actually, I lost count, but dozens, anyway, of fantasy books, and all absolutely FREEEEEE! So come mosey on by and see what’s on offer here. I have to confess that I’ve already snagged a few of these tempting […]

Fantasy Books for Fantasy Lovers Giveaway!

Fantasy Books for Fantasy Lovers Giveaway Round two is here! If you didn’t get enough fantasy books during the first Fantasy Books for Fantasy Lovers giveaway, now’s your chance to get more! Including, of course, a preview of The Breathing Sea. Check out all the awesome books here.

“Armageddon’s Children” by Terry Brooks

Armageddon’s Children Terry Brooks So I have to start off by saying that the post-apocalyptic genre is not my favorite, which has led me to think a lot recently about its current popularity. Why are authors producing so much of, and readers consuming so much of, this rather grim and inherently limited, in that it […]

“The Life and Works of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov” by B.B. Kudryavtsev

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov B.B. Kudryavtsev Without MV Lomonosov, there would probably no Russian literature as we currently know it. And in general, the intellectual landscape of Russian culture would probably be quite different. A fascinating figure, Lomonosov worked tirelessly throughout his life to usher in new ideas in subjects as varied as poetry and phlogiston. […]

My Latest Interview

I promise I will post some reviews soon, I really will, but work reading and home repairs and general illness (as it turns out, the only thing that will make you feel worse than untreated Lyme disease is starting to treat it with high-dose synthetic antibiotics, and I have to spend even more time in […]

E. P. Clark: Author, Book Reviewer, and All-Around Literary Handiwoman

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