Down These Strange Streets by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This anthology gathers stories from authors who normally write in various genres. The commonality is that each story is a mystery, and there’s a fantastic twist to each. Martin’s introduction calls such stories the “bastard stepchild” of mystery and horror. Charlaine Harris’ […]
Review: The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance edited by Trisha Telep
The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance by Trisha Telep My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI’m extremely surprised by how much I enjoyed this anthology! I picked it up intending to just read the stories by authors I know I like—Kelley Armstrong, Ilona Andrews, Carrie Vaughn, Holly Lisle, Jeaniene Frost, Maria V. Snyder. I had […]
Review: Hotter Than Hell
Hotter Than Hell, the latest “Hell” anthology is edited and has an introduction by Kim Harrison. I don’t know if the sexier trend is her choice, a response to market demands, or something else again. The anthology is thicker than most, with longer pieces–short novellas?–by each of the 13 authors. I read a copy from the […]
Happy Wednesday!
Sam and I had a very nice date night while Katie was out with her beau. He had started making chili last night, finished it tonight, and added corn muffins. I’m not a big fan of chili (I won’t eat it if Sam didn’t make it), but it was a very satisfying meal. The girl is […]
More Fun Reading from Carrie Vaughn
I really needed another fiction author to follow, right? But I’ve seen this series of books about a werewolf named Kitty, and I finally got a chance to read them. I finished the first, Kitty and the Midnight Hour, today and jumped right into Kitty Goes to Washington. I have Kitty Takes a Holiday all […]