

New Releases: Bone Rush & The Healer of Tentocht
It’s Novella November! I had two release this month: Bone Rush , a sci-fantasy published by After the Storm Magazine as a standalone, and...
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Book Review: The Hidden Girl and Other Stories, by Ken Liu
You’ve probably read an article (or twenty) about whether and how you should use ChatGPT. But Ken Liu’s The Hidden Girl and Other...
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Book Review: Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic is a skillful blend of romance, history, mystery, and horror. But as I read the book, I found...
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Book Review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
If I’d read Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Road earlier in life, I’m sure the experience would have been affecting. But the...
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Book Review: The Source, by James Michener
In the introduction to the 2013 reprint of James Michener’s The Source, Steve Berry (an author himself), explains why he’s grateful that...
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New Release: The Dead Things Flowers Find
How fun: my short story “The Dead Things Flowers Find” leads off JayHenge Publishing’s new anthology The Back Forty. And the rest of the...
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Book Reviews: Some of My Favorite Random Reads
This is my fourth and final review roundup for the time being, and you probably know the drill by now. First, I pick a genre (like...
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New Release: Witch in the White City Audiobook
Witch in the White City has a narrator! The great Molly Secours was kind enough to lend her voice to the audiobook for my historical...
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Book Review: Lost in the Long March, by Michael X. Wang
A condensed version of this review appeared in the February 2023 issue of The Historical Novels Review. Michael X. Wang’s Lost in the...
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New Release: Colors and Ghosts
Colors and Ghosts is out! This boxed set contains Books 1–3 in my Red Wraith series. You can buy it here. Book 1: The Red Wraith As magic...
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Book Reviews: Some of My Favorite Historical Fantasy Reads
It’s mash-up time! My first review roundup featured some of my favorite fantasy books; the second highlighted historical fiction. For...
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Book Reviews: Some of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads
We interrupt your regularly scheduled browsing to bring you this important announcement: History is rad. Actually, it’s just me with a...
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