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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Lavie Tidhar and his latest novel, Neom

    Entrevista con un autor: Lavie Tidhar

    Lavie Tidhar (Un hombre yace soñando, Tierra impía), autora ganadora de los premios British Science Fiction, British Fantasy y World Fantasy, es una aclamada escritora de literatura, ciencia ficción…

  • Author Kris Waldherr and her latest novel, Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women

    Entrevista con un autor: Kris Waldherr

    Entre los numerosos libros de Kris Waldherr se incluyen El Libro de las Diosas, Princesa Malvada y Reinas Condenadas. Su novela debut, La Historia Perdida de los Sueños, recibió una reseña destacada…

  • Author Kiersten White and her debut horror novel, Hide

    Entrevista con una autora: Kiersten White

    Kiersten White es la autora número uno en ventas del New York Times, ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker y aclamada por la crítica, con numerosos libros, entre ellos la trilogía "Y yo me oscurezco", la…

  • Author Sallt Thorne and her latest novel, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

    Entrevista con una autora: Sally Thorne

    Sally Thorne es la autora de "El Juego del Odio", éxito de ventas del USA Today. Pasa sus días explorando mundos ficticios de su propia creación. Vive en Canberra, Australia, con su esposo en una casa…

  • Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer A Krampus Story novel by M. Rickert

    Entrevista con un autor: M. Rickert

    Antes de obtener su maestría en Bellas Artes en el Vermont College of Fine Arts, M. Rickert trabajó como maestra de jardín de infantes, barista en una cafetería, vendedora de globos en Disneyland y…

  • Author Marion Deeds and her latest novel, Comeuppance Served Cold

    Entrevista con una autora: Marion Deeds

    Marion Deeds nació en Santa Bárbara, California, y se mudó al norte de California a los cinco años. Ama las secuoyas, el océano, los perros y los cuervos. Le fascina lo inexplicable y siente…

  • Author Gillian McAllister and her latest book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Entrevista con una autora: Gillian McAllister

    Gillian McAllister lleva escribiendo desde que tiene memoria. Se graduó en Literatura Inglesa antes de ejercer como abogada. Vive en Birmingham, Inglaterra, donde ahora escribe a tiempo completo. Es…

  • Author Lamar Giles and his latest book, The Gateaway

    Entrevista con un autor: Lamar Giles

    Lamar Giles escribe para adolescentes y adultos en diversos géneros, y su obra aparece en numerosas listas de los mejores cada año. Es miembro fundador de We Need Diverse Books y reside en Virginia…

  • Author Lee Geum-yi and her first novel, The Picture Bride, to be translated into English

    Entrevista con un autor: Lee Geum-yi

    Lee Geum-yi nació en 1962 en casa de su abuela, en el pequeño pueblo montañoso de Chungcheongbuk-do, Corea. Desde muy joven, se sintió cautivada por el encanto de la narración, tras haber pasado su…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for A Master of Djinn

    A Master of Djinn

    • By: Clark, P. Djèli
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Cairo in the 1870’s, an inventor and investigator of mysticism named al-Jahiz made a literal breakthrough unlike any other. He pierced the boundaries between our world and other worlds, allowing magic to bleed into ours. In the process, al-Jahiz was lost to another dimension before the rupture between worlds...
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    The Dictionary of Lost Words

    • By: Williams, Pip
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to their website, the Oxford English Dictionary “is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.” Serially published in portions, or fascicles, the first fascicle, covering “A to...
  • Cover image for Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    • By: Willberg, T. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine the following:  A chilling murder, a secret detective agency with offices located in a myriad of tunnels located beneath London, and a young apprentice determined to find the killer in order to clear one of her closest friends of the murder. In her debut novel, which is the beginning...
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    The Narrowboat Summer

    • By: Youngson, Anne
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Eve has spent the last 30 years working for an engineering/manufacturing company managing various projects and climbing the corporate ladder. Suddenly, she has been “released” from her position. She is a corporate scapegoat for systemic problems within her company and, as the only woman at her management level, the seemingly...
  • Cover image for Good Neighbors: A Novel

    Good Neighbors: A Novel

    • By: Langan, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The first season of The Twilight Zone in 1960 included an episode written by show creator Rod Serling entitled “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.” Serling presented a block of homes, filled with “typical” American families, on a summer evening. There is a bright flash of light, whose origin...
  • Cover image for N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law

    • By: Armour, Jody David
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Jody Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. He studies issues of race and legal decision-making as well as torts and tort reform movements. He also studies and teaches on the intersections of language, the law and ethics. His latest book directly...
  • Cover image for The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

    The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne

    The year is 1704 and Lady Cecily Kay has returned to London from her husband’s posting as a consul in Smyrna. Upon learning of her imminent return to the British Isles, Cecily sent a letter to Sir Barnaby Mayne, a renowned collector in London with one of the most expansive...
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    Hella

    • By: Gerrold, David, 1944-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    David Gerrold is speculative fiction royalty. His career spans six decades, over which he has won the Hugo and the Nebula awards. He has written more than 50 novels, worked on numerous television series and created cultural touchstones like tribbles (from Star Trek) and the Sleestak (from The Land of...
  • Cover image for The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

    The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

    • By: Zapata, Michael
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A pirate, a refugee, two pre-teen boys in love with speculative fiction stories, and two adult men who are friends and are each searching for what seems to be missing in their lives. Over the course of nearly a century, these disparate individuals will orbit the missing manuscript of a...