"Jay Lake was an acclaimed short story writer. In his all too brief career he published more than three hundred works of short fiction. In "Last Plane to Heaven" we have winnowed that down to thirty two of the best of them." ("Last Plane to Heaven", front matter)I knew this collection was coming. I knew I was going to buy it. Jay Lake was my friend ( Read more... )

Read the full thing here.

Their conclusion:

"Midnight at Spanish Gardens is intriguing, frustrating, magical, literary, and slippery when you try to wrap your mind around it... it’s an excellent tale that defies easy classification, and a genuine overlooked treasure. "

Cool. I'll take it. [Big Happy Grin]

So what is Midnight at Spanish Gardens? Psychological metaphysical contemporary fantasy literature?

Nope. :D The book is much simpler than that - it is nothing more nor less than a work of art.

rest here. Go read.

Then go buy a copy, maybe, for yourself or for that reader in your life for whom you've been looking for the perfect book...

New review of Dark Faith Invocations - and it says ( Read more... )

I tripped over a few things concerning one of my older books, "Secrets of Jin Shei".

The first was this delightful review, in lively Portuguese, from a Brazillian reader:

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(I know it's Brazil and not actual Portugal because the original Portuguese editions had different covers on them, and the book she is holding up has the cover that was ( Read more... )

Reader review of "Midnight at Spanish Gardens", here.

Any review that ends with a sentence which implies that the reviewer is now inclined to go and look for other books by the writer of the book being reviewed is a gift. Many thanks!

Fab new review of "Midnight at Spanish Gardens", here! Enjoy!

Story by story. Here's the thing Liam had to say about mine ( Read more... )

It's here.

Quotable quote:
"Tackling a story with multiple time periods can be different. However, Alma manages to skillfully handle it without making numerous time periods difficult to understand or follow. 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens is a fabulous fantasy and time-altering story. Equipped with beautiful writing and compelling characters, ( Read more... )

You can read it here (she picks out some favourite lines to quote! Including one of my own top favourites!!! [grin])