Recent Reviews

Magic thrives in the Westlands, as an ancient and unassuming sorcerer crosses an underdeveloped countryside, collecting new talent for an austere centre of enchanted learning known as The Collegium. Silvestrus’ three young recruits are Thaddeus, an unworldly bee-keeping rustic; Anders, a pampered scholar; and Rolland, an urban street thief.

Pixie single mom Sophia Larkspur has returned to the fae haven of Devashire and rekindled her old flame with handsome Seven Delaney. Seven is one of the wealthiest leprechauns, and the most powerful fae in Devashire, aside from Godmother. A relationship between a pixie and a leprechaun would elicit frowns across the fae class divide.

The Near Distant
Brett Armstrong, Erin Howard,
C. Kevin Thompson

ANTHOLOGY/SCI-FI: “The Near Distant” is a collection of three novellas that explore life on other worlds through the eyes of three humans from Earth. “By Far and Away” by Brett Armstrong: Tyler journeys to Zan, a planet where he is introduced to his life mate Kayli-Zan. He must decide if life with her is worth sacrificing his humanity.

Moral Code
Lois and Ross Melbourne

SCI-FI: Dr. Kiera Stetson is doing an experiment with children and AI robots when the area is hit with an earthquake. Trapped in the rubble, she is certain they are all going to die until her personal AI discovers an unknown network—a network that leads to everyone being saved. Curious, Kiera asks just enough questions to get involved with Roy Brandt’s nanite technology.

Coup de Grâce
Paul L. Centeno

SCI-FI: The world is dying. Machines and industry are taking over and polluting the land. The ways of the old gods and nature are dying off too with this dramatic change. Kaimo, an optometrist who doubles as a miner to get by, has never known another life despite often dreaming for one.

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