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Hello and welcome to the first post in my SSBA Finalist Series. I will be highlighting a number of the finalists from the Small Spec Book Awards. The SSBA is all about promoting small press and indie speculative authors. More information on the awards can be found here. The first author I am spotlighting is…
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After a brief hiatus due to an unexpected illness, I am back with the last round of SSBA Semi-finalists before I start featuring the Finalists and Winners! Check out the first, second, and third posts! I have two wonderful books/authors left to highlight: More Bugs by Em Reed and Moon Dust in my Hairnet by JR…
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Today is my third post featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards! Check out the first and second posts! I’ve done a feature on horror authors and one on fantasy authors, so in this post, I will be focusing on three of the science fiction semi-finalists: K. C. Aegis, author of Her Gilded Voice, Rosie Oliver,…
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Welcome to the second post featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards! Check out the first post here! Today is Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada and I have had a busy, busy weekend full of food and family. When I think of lots of food, I think hobbits and Lord of the Rings,…
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Welcome to the first of many posts featuring the semi-finalists of the Small Spec Book Awards! Every few days between now and when the finalists are announced, I will be highlighting three semi-finalists at a time. More information on the awards can be found here. The full list of semi-finalists can be found here. Each…
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In February, I announced that I was an official influencer for the Small Spec Book Awards. What are the Small Spec Book Awards? You can check out my post from February, or visit the website for information. Now, the first round of results are in and the semi-finalists have been announced! Between now and when…
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While this is only the second work by Ioanna Papadopoulou that I have read, she has already become one of the authors I keep an eye out for. Her debut was a wonderfully vicious retelling of the Demeter and Persephone myth from the POV of Demeter, Winter Harvest, which I previously reviewed for The Horror…
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I thoroughly enjoy horror stories set in the deep north. There is something about the icy cold isolation that just heightens the tension for me. Even if I am reading the book in the midst of summer, I always feel a chill. We Like it Cherry by Jacy Morris delivers on the chills, for sure.…
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This book is a fever dream of vampires, blood, and toxicity, and I loved it. I devoured it as quickly as my schedule would allow. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is my second V. E. Schwab book (first was The Invisible Life of Addie Larue), and the one that has cemented me as…
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Theatre Macabre is a short collection of speculative poetry all centered on the stage. The book is cleverly laid out like a stage performance itself, beginning with the aptly named “Curtain Up” a poem about anticipating that moment just before the curtain rises and a play begins. I was in a number of productions during…