Welcome to the Inferno by Daniel Parme Genre: General Fiction / Satire / Restaurant ISBN: 9798867605490 Print Length: 169 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Melissa Suggitt An explosively funny take on the classic seven deadly sins As a former server with a deep love for people getting their dues and the Food Network, I […]
If you had given 13-year-old me a choice whether to move to Hong Kong or stay in Toronto, chances are I would have said, “No way I’m going to Hong Kong! Why leave everything I know and love to start over somewhere so completely new and different?” Well, we moved anyway, and like any kind […]
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James on October 4, 2022 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Historical, Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural, Fiction / Women Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads “I don’t have an opinion about ghosts. It’s people I don’t believe in, I suppose.” 1920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, […]
Australian authors have produced some incredible books over more than a hundred years, including well-known classics that are household names, all the way through to contemporary masterpieces. Enjoy 12 Best Australian Books to Read. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. 12 Best Australian Books […]
Searching for John Dewitt by John Chase Genre: Memoir / WWII Print Length: 257 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Peggy Kurkowski A heartwarming work of narrative nonfiction about a grandson exploring his grandfather’s letters from WWI In 2020, author John Chase learned about a cache of eighty perfectly preserved letters from his grandfather John […]
The Grandmaster’s Gamble by Paul G. Zareith Genre: Science Fiction / Horror ISBN: 9798329948547 Print Length: 198 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen An ancient evil rises, a ruthless senator seeks revenge, an empire senses a threat to its power, and Norman is stuck in the middle. Grandmaster’s Gamble starts with a powder […]
The Happy Unfortunate by Robert Silverberg was published in Amazing Stories in 1957 and explores the angst caused when the human race reaches into space but at the cost of needing to breed a new species. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Happy […]
Synopsis: Join three time-traveling, universe-hopping, interdimensional storytellers as they share stories of life, death, love, and despair in Jamal Barbari’s debut short story collection, Shades of Mortality. Each story features a unique illustration by one of 9 different artists and draws the reader into a mixture of profound, touching, and comic tales unlike any you’ve […]
The Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells was first published in the April 1904 issue of The Strand Magazine and included in a 1911 collection of Wells’s short stories, The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to […]
The Bronze Door by Karin Ciholas Genre: Historical Fiction ISBN: 9798891323391 Print Length: 396 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Jadidsa Perez A fortitude of imaginative prose—an immersive historical atmosphere Simon returns from The Lighthouse as a primary character in The Bronze Door, but this time we also get […]