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A&A Reviews Postcards from a City of Monsters

Postcards From a City of Monsters (Improbable Press) by Sherri Cook Woosley We rarely review children’s books, but this is a wonderful fantasy that serves a purpose. Toby’s mom and step-mom move halfway around the world with him, to the … Continue reading →

A&A Reviews Dueling Six Demons

Dueling Six Demons (Discus Books) by Jim Geraghty The Dangerous Clique novels have a paranormal edge to them and if you like spy thrillers you’ll love these books. The “Dangerous Clique” is a group of CIA misfits that go into … Continue reading →

A&A reviews Dragons Cats and Formidable Femmes

Dragons, Cats, and Formidable Femmes (Ginger Blue Publishing) by Jean Marie Ward Dragons, Cats, and Formidable Femmes is Jean Marie’s new collection of short stories across the years. I should mention that there’s a lovely introduction by Jody Lynn Nye. … Continue reading →

A&A reviews From Voyages Unreturning

From Voyages Unreturning (Aqueduct Press) by Deborah L. Davitt This poetry chapbook tells the story of an adventurer who leaves earth and travels into the future, on a space voyage, looking for she’s-not-sure-what. Her discovery process and what she finds … Continue reading →

A&A reviews Japanese Robots Love to Dance

Japanese Robots Love to Dance (Double Dragon/Fiction4All) by Margret A. Treiber This is a “fix-up” novel, a series of short stories about the same characters in different situations that tell a larger story. I found it quite entertaining! The main … Continue reading →

A&A reviews Wolf’s Blood by E.L. Johnson

Wolf’s Blood (Azure Spider Publications) by E.L. Johnson This is a fantasy that kept me guessing. Someone came to the abbey asking for help, looking for the Witch Hunter, and for help breaking a curse. And could he find out … Continue reading →

A&A reviews The Wan by Bo Balder

The Wan (Pink Narcissus Press) by Bo Balder And now for something completely different… ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Wan: sentient alien mushrooms and their interactions with a human colony that their world is slowly rejecting like a … Continue reading →

A&A reviews Lost Cargo by P.A. Cornell

Lost Cargo by P.A. Cornell (Mocha Memoirs Press) Lost Cargo is a novella—and is a decent book. Good characters, good plot, good setting. If you want something pleasant to help fill up your eReader, this will fit the bill. Parker … Continue reading →

A&A reviews The Celestial Sea by Jo Boone

The Celestial Sea (The Combined Service Book 3)(Theogony Books/CKP) by Jo Boone The Magnetar, a military space-going vessel of The Combined Service, is in for repairs after nearly being burned up in an intentional failed reentry to protect an octopod … Continue reading →

A&A Reviews The Infinity Trap

The Infinity Trap by Ian C. Douglas (IFWG Publishing International) Zeke is a 15-year-old boy who fakes being psychic to get into an exclusive school for psychics on Mars. This school is used to train people with the potential to … Continue reading →