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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Cassandra Khaw and their latest novel, The Salt Grows Heavy

    Entrevista con una autora: Cassandra Khaw

    Cassandra Khaw es la autora superventas de USA Today, Nothing But Blackened Teeth, y una galardonada escritora de videojuegos, autora nominada a premios y exguionista de Ubisoft Montreal. Su trabajo…

  • Author Susanna Hoffs and her first novel, This Bird Has Flown

    Entrevista con una autora: Susanna Hoffs

    Con una de las voces más queridas del pop, Susanna Hoffs se graduó en Arte en la Universidad de California en Berkeley. En 1981, cofundó The Bangles, con quienes grabó y lanzó una serie de sencillos…

  • Author Christopher Huang and his latest novel, Unnatural Ends

    Entrevista con un autor: Christopher Huang

    Christopher Huang creció en Singapur, hijo único en un árbol genealógico que se expande drásticamente en la generación de sus padres. Se mudó a Canadá después del Servicio Militar Nacional, estudió…

  • Author Rose Wilding and her debut novel, Speak of the Devil

    Entrevista con una autora: Rose Wilding

    Rose Wilding es una escritora de novela negra del norte de Inglaterra. Estudió en la Universidad de Manchester, la Universidad de Sunderland y la Universidad de Towson. Cuando no está asesinando…

  • Author J.R. Dawson and her first novel, The First Bright Thing

    Entrevista con un autor: JR Dawson

    JR Dawson (ella/ellos) ha publicado obras cortas en revistas como F&SF, Lightspeed y The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Vive en Omaha con su esposo y tres perros en medio de un parque…

  • Author Meg Shaffer and her debut novel, The Wishing Game

    Entrevista con una autora: Meg Shaffer

    Meg Shaffer es profesora de escritura creativa a tiempo parcial y candidata a tiempo completo a un Máster en Bellas Artes en Televisión y Guion en Stephens College, Columbia, Misuri. Encuéntrala en…

  • C. E. McGill and their novel Our Hideous Progeny

    Entrevista con un autor: CE McGill

    CE McGill tiene 23 años, nació en Escocia y creció en Carolina del Norte. Sus relatos cortos han aparecido en Fantasy Magazine y Strange Constellations, y ha sido dos veces finalista del Premio Dell a…

  • Author Colin Cotterill and his latest novel, The Motion Picture Teller

    Entrevista con un autor: Colin Cotterill

    Colin Cotterill es autor de quince libros de la serie Dr. Siri Paiboun. Su obra de ficción ha ganado un Premio Dilys y un CWA Dagger in the Library. Vive en Chumphon, Tailandia, con su esposa y varios…

  • Marjorie McCown and her book

    Entrevista con una autora: Marjorie McCown

    Marjorie McCown ha dedicado toda su vida profesional al mundo de la narración, aunque comenzó en el ámbito visual. Pasó más de veinticinco años en Hollywood trabajando como miembro clave de los…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Devil and the Dark Water

    The Devil and the Dark Water

    • By: Turton, Stuart
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a "locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery, a crime, or series of crimes, is committed under circumstances that appear, at least initially, impossible for said crime to have been enacted. Those same conditions will also seem to preclude the criminal entering or exiting the crime scene.The first “locked-room” mystery was...
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    The Eighth Detective

    • By: Pavesi, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In the early 1940s, a Scottish professor of mathematics devises a mathematical definition of the murder mystery story and writes seven provocative stories as proof of his theory. He publishes a journal article regarding his ideas and then self-publishes his seven stories in a small volume, entitled The White Murders.Decades...
  • Cover image for Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    Crossings : consisting of three manuscripts

    • By: Landragin, Alex
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Crossings, Alex Landragin’s debut novel is as difficult to define as it is to describe. At its most elemental, Crossings is a collection of three novellas that collectively tell a story. There are elements of several different genres present: historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, and romance. And, perhaps most surprising, the...
  • Cover image for Before She Was Helen

    Before She Was Helen

    • By: Cooney, Caroline B.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Helen Stephens lives a quiet life in Sun City, a retirement community in South Carolina. She regularly plays cards in the clubhouse with other residents of the complex, including her neighbors Joyce and Johnny. While she is mostly retired, she continues teaching some Latin classes at a local high school...
  • Cover image for It Came From the Sky

    It Came From the Sky

    • By: Sedoti, Chelsea
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sixteen-year-old Gideon Hofstadt prefers an orderly life and an orderly future. In his schoolwork, he excels in the sciences, but struggles with the vagaries of the humanities. It is the same way he struggles with his relationships with his family, friends, and his maybe boyfriend, Owen. Gideon cares about Owen...
  • Cover image for The Operator

    The Operator

    • By: Berg, Gretchen
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a world where most people walk around with a telephone on their person that can allow them to contact someone anywhere in the country, or the world, easily and directly, it may be a bit of a shock to realize that as little as 50 years ago many people...
  • Cover image for The Darwin Affair

    The Darwin Affair

    • By: Mason, Timothy
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It probably goes without saying that when Charles Darwin published his revolutionary theories regarding evolution, and their supporting evidence, in The Origin of Species in 1859, there was controversy. Even today, 160 years later, Darwin’s theory of species evolving over time still engenders strong feelings of resistance to his ideas...
  • Cover image for The Ghosts of Sherwood

    The Ghosts of Sherwood

    • By: Vaughn, Carrie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The earliest references to Robin Hood date back to the 14th century, and the earliest surviving copies of the story are from the 15th century. The details may change, but the core of the legend concerns a nobleman turned outlaw with a band of followers known as the Merry Men...