So, once upon a time there was this middle-aged writer/author/editor kind of schmuck who had just received his Kindle. After fiddle farting around a bit and converting some stories of his own into MOBI form just so he could see how the devil device worked, he thought to himself, “I wonder how this ‘instant download’ [...]

I’d like it to be known that I’m a fan of Dave Freer’s writing.  His humor and layered nuance make all of his books a joy to read. The latest of his works to become available is “Crawlspace“, wherein he and some guy he co-wrote with are publishing a set of stories related to the [...]

Kevin Wasden, an artist and creator who I have been blessed to work with on occasion, has kicked off a new illustrated YA venture with author Julie Wright entitled “Hazzardous Universe“.  There’s a really neat video available off their blog site that captures the spirit of adventure and excitement that the book brings to life. [...]

We are proud to present this novelette-length short story by Sarah Hoyt set in the same universe as her recently released “Dark Ship Thieves” novel. *** Before the first burner singed the air, I had jumped. I didn’t know why. Perhaps I wasn’t truly asleep and heard strange steps in the hallway. Or perhaps a [...]

I’d sworn off Ringo’s Aldenata universe. Really, I had.  You see, though, I was at the library with my son as he pulled references for a college project and there, on a shelf of new arrivals, was The Tuloriad.  “Okay,” I told myself, “I’ll just check out a page or two.  It can’t do any [...]

In the opening of her new space opera novel, Darkship Thieves, author Sarah Hoyt immediately introduces us to her heroine, Athena Hera Sinestra, who is in the opening stages of a very bad day.  She wakes to the certain knowledge that someone has jimmied the door to her stateroom aboard her father’s.  This can only [...]

There’s no better cure for a bad case of Weber than a good dose of Czerneda. Rift in the Sky is the concluding third book of Julie Czerneda’s Stratification trilogy which is the second trilogy in her Clan Chronicles series (the first trilogy being The Trade Pact Cycle, a noteworthy collection of novels that not-so-coincidentally [...]

So, there I was, stuck in Rockford, Illinois. Not that much of a hardship, mind you, considering that I was sucking down a mocha while meandering through the science fiction and fantasy section of the local Borders.  In any event, the book whose cover caught my eye and whose jacket copy eventually opened my wallet [...]

Click. The question is always how far you’re willing to go to get what you want. Kill or be killed? Betray or be betrayed? Win or lose? At each step, you place your bets; you take the result. You don’t cry about it. There’s no one to cry to. Click. If there were anyone to [...]