Playing catch-up on book and story reviews as quickly as I can. This entry contains reviews of three interconnected short stories. (Goodreads counts separately e-published short stories as "books," and so I include them in my counts here and in my database as well.)

All three of these short story / novellas are part of seanan_mcguire's Incryptid universe, which ( Read more... )

Putting up all these reading posts, and haven't really talked about my writing in 2015. Well, I sort-of did, with the link to my first website post of 2016, but some of you who are interested may not have clicked on that link ( Read more... )

A bit of a hodge-podge catch-up post here.

I've been slowly catching up on my book reviews here (see past several posts) and my short story reviews over on 365shortstories. Got a few more on each to fill in (some book reviews from 2014 as well as the current year, and a small handful of story reviews still to go), but progress is progress ( Read more... )

It's time again for one of my occasional posts in which I attempt to signal-boost for friends and family who have fundraisers or creative projects that are crowd-funding, as well as projects I just believe in. This is under the assumption that there are people who read my livejournal who don't also follow me on Twitter or Facebook, where I signal- ( Read more... )

Book 48: Tales of Jack the Ripper edited by Ross E. Lockhart,  isbn: 9781939905000, Word Horde, 245 pages, $15.99

The Premise: (from Goodreads page) 1888: A killer stalks the streets of London’s Whitechapel district, brutally-some would say ritualistically-murdering women. With each slaying, the killer grows bolder, his crimes more extreme. So far ( Read more... )

Book 92: Second Thoughts: More Queer and Weird Stories by Steve Berman, isbn 9781590210284, softcover, 211 pages, Lethe Press, $13.00

The Premise: (from the Goodreads page): In author Steve Berman's second collection of stories and essays, he once more guides readers through the dark paths of his imagination. In these tales of regret a scent of ( Read more... )

Oh, and did I mention the TOC for Volume 10 of TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN has been posted to the Black Coat Press website?  http://www.blackcoatpress.com/talesshadowmen10.htmhttp://www.blackcoatpress.com/talesshadowmen10.htmMy story "So Much Loss," which focuses on Doctor ( Read more... )

Book 34: The DemiGod Diaries by Rick Riordan, isbn: 9781423163008, Hyperion, 242 pages, $12.99

The Premise: (from Goodreads) What dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy and Annabeth up to the task of rescuing stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take kindly to intruders? How ( Read more... )

Book 16: Bodies of Water by Rosanne Cash, isbn 9780786860838, hardcover, 133 pages, Hyperion, $19.95

The Premise: (from the inside cover): These stories are a series of portraits of the inner lives of women seeking self-forgiveness, resolution and freedom in the face of the familiar betrayals of everyday existence. A mother spends a comically ( Read more... )

I'm including magazine issues in my book count IF Goodreads.com counts the issue as a book, to keep all of my reading counts matched up. Also, I am the proofreader of the ebook editions of Lightspeed, so I actually read this back in mid-January.

Book 15: Lightspeed Magazine, March 2013 edited by John Joseph Adams, isbn: none, online/ebook, ( Read more... )