Elementary: All New Tales of the Elemental Masters includes 19 short stories all woven around of themes of elemental magic-–Earth, Fire, Air, Water. The timeframes of the stories range from early Greece to Great Britain’s steam-age. Read More »

Urban Green Man: An Archetype of Renewal is a collection of short stories and poems centered on the folklore character The Green Man. According to the introduction by Charles De Lint, the Green Man goes by many names in urban myth, and may be mischievous, gentle, or dangerous in his efforts to protect nature and reclaim what was once the domain of Gaia. Read More »

Figures of Fear is a collection of eleven short stories by Graham Masterton. They range from the slightly-disturbing to the I-now-have-a-new-nightmare-that-will-haunt-me-the-rest-of-my-days category. Masterton states that the stories in this collection are a few of the things that haunt his imagination, and now after reading some will haunt mine. Read More »

Everyone knows of Santa Claus, but have you ever heard of Krampus? He is horned, hoofed, dark and demonic looking, usually pictured with a furry body and tail. Instead of coal delivered to bad boys and girls, Krampus delivers justice to those spoiled, rotten brats with his twigs or branches, maybe even a trip down to Hell. Read More »

Jane Yellowrock is a force to be reckoned with now, but before she was the Enforcer, Jane was just a girl breaking into the private security field. Snafu is a glimpse of Jane at the beginning. A bad neighborhood and some sketchy characters force Jane to use her newly-discovered Beast magic to save herself.
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Fans of the ground-breaking Otherworld series will appreciate this return visit with some of the characters via six stories and two novellas.

“Demonology” opens with Talia Lyndsay in a waiting room with her young son, Adam, there to see a doctor who may be able to help her understand Adam’s fascination with fire, and how he can almost burn things or people with his touch. Read More »

The fun anthology Undead and Underwater contains three novellas featuring some of the author’s most beloved characters (Betsy, Fred, Derik) and their friends, but also presents readers with a completely new personality to get acquainted with. Read More »

Shifting Shadows, a superb collection of two novellas (one new, one previously-released) and several stories (three new) covers a wide-range of characters within the world of Mercy Thompson.

“Silver” introduces Samuel, relating the story of how he came to be a werewolf, and his encounter with the fae in the woods near where he was held in the thrall by the person responsible for his Change. Read More »

“Mr. Scratch’s Murder Circus” - Poem by Jeremy Gooch
This is a very well-written poem with circus elements as the theme. Even though the word “clown” was never used, I could hear the music in my mind and the mantra that kept running through my head was “scary clown, scary clown, scary clown.” This poem ain’t for sissies. Read More »

Tales of the Hidden World contains seventeen short stories by Simon R. Green. They range in age from some of his newer work, to some he did from the late 70s, early 80s. Some of these stories do correlate with a few of his series, giving just a hint at some of his work. Read More »

Mad Tales is a collection of four short stories and an absolute jewel of a read. The author shows his versatility and skill by covering four different genres of the paranormal with exquisite style, ironic humor and fiendishly clever twists and turns. Each story holds surprises and unexpected conclusions, all done exceptionally well. Read More »

A Tale for all Seasons is a collection of short stories centered on each of the four seasons beginning with spring, moving into summer, fall, and ending with winter. Read More »

The Wild Invitation is an anthology that I have been looking forward to; I loved all the small stories that we finally get together in one book. I’ll try to make the plot summaries brief.

“Beat of Temptation” This is Tamsyn and Nathan’s tale. It’s a fantastic backstory to not just Tammy and Nate’s story but also Lucas’s parents’ history. It’s bittersweet, and I loved seeing the strong couple and how they got their roots. Read More »

Trio of Sorcery contains three short novels, two of which bring back the strong heroines of Ms. Lackey’s early work in Urban Fantasy. These are old school tales of magic, the fight between good and evil and simple storytelling. If you are a fan of Mercedes Lackey, then you will be Read More »

Do you like reading stories about faeries, otherwise known as “The Good People”? Do you like reading stories about militant faeries? Then add Bad-Ass Faeries 3 to your reading list. This fantastic collection has over three hundred pages of faerie story goodness, all with a theme of fae creatures involved in military actions. And better yet, these aren’t your “Tinkerbell” kind of faeries—they truly live up to the name of this volume.
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George Mann and thirteen other authors offer a series of original stories about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his sidekick, Doctor John Watson, in this anthology. The detective is given a variety of cases to solve in a surprisingly diverse series of stories. Read More »

“V is for Vamp Woman” by Kerrelyn Sparks
Prim and proper Pamela has decided to put her fearful past behind her and fight against the Malcontents. Unfortunately, Mikhail sees through her clever disguise and wants to send her packing. But is it out of machismo or fear for her safety? Read More »

No Safewords is a collection of ten stories set in the Marketplace—the secret world that exists just under our own “soft” world, a place where dominance and submission, true service and surrender are the path that so many choose to walk. As creator of the Marketplace, author Laura Antoniou does something a bit different in No Safewords she has invited other authors to come and share their visions of the denizens of the Marketplace. Read More »

He thought this would finally be the assignment he could prove himself on. When Doug Pinkham heads out to interview Dr. Martin at the local lunatic asylum, he thinks it will be a routine interview that hopefully might shed some light on the murder it is connected with. What happens, instead, is beyond his wildest dreams…and nightmares. Read More »

This is a series of short stories written by Philip Jose Farmer. Science Fiction stories, they concern humans and their interaction with aliens set in futuristic settings.

In The Lovers Hal Yarrow hates his life. He is a Jack Of All Trades in the discipline of linguistics, following various master’s work so he can share important information with those to Read More »