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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Eli Frankel and his latest book, Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, The Prairie Heiress, and The Hunter

    Entrevista con un autor: Eli Frankel

    Eli Frankel ha sido propietario de una productora de televisión y documentales, productor ejecutivo nominado al Emmy, ejecutivo de cadena, showrunner, editor, operador de cámara, guionista y director…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, Of Monsters and Mainframes

    Entrevista con una autora: Barbara Truelove

    Barbara Truelove es una autora y diseñadora de juegos australiana que escribe sobre hombres lobo, monstruos, el espacio y, a veces, otros temas. Su novela interactiva, Blood Moon, se publicó en 2023…

  • Author Eric J. Guignard and his book, Scaring and Daring: Terrifying Takes on 15 Classic Tales: A Horror Writers Association Anthology

    Entrevista con un autor: Eric J. Guignard

    Eric J. Guignard es autor y antólogo de ficción oscura y especulativa, y trabaja desde las sombrías afueras de Los Ángeles, donde también dirige la pequeña editorial Dark Moon Books. Ha ganado dos…

  • Author Lindy Ryanand her two novel, Bless Your Heart and Another Fine Mess

    Entrevista con una autora: Lindy Ryan

    Lindy Ryan es una galardonada autora, antóloga y directora de cortometrajes, cuyos libros y antologías han recibido excelentes críticas de Publishers Weekly, Booklist y Library Journal. Varios de sus…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, Fiend

    Entrevista con una autora: Alma Katsu

    Alma Katsu es la galardonada y aclamada autora de ocho novelas. Sus libros han sido nominados y han ganado numerosos premios prestigiosos. Ha escrito dos novelas de espías (Viuda Roja y Londres Rojo)…

  • Author Giano Cromley and his latest novel, American Mythology

    Entrevista con un autor: Giano Cromley

    Nacido y criado en Montana, Giano Cromley es autor de dos novelas juveniles y una colección de cuentos. Recibió una beca de artista del Consejo de las Artes de Illinois y fue becario BookEnds de la…

  • Photographer Robert Landau and his visual book, Art Deco: Los Angeles

    Entrevista con un autor: Robert Landau

    Robert Landau es fotógrafo y autor de varios libros visuales, incluyendo el internacionalmente aclamado Rock 'N' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip. Sus fotografías se han exhibido en todo el mundo…

  • Author Arvind Ethan David and his graphic novel, Trouble is My Business

    Entrevista con un autor: Arvind Ethan David

    Arvind Ethan David es un novelista gráfico nominado al Premio Stoker que también ha escrito exitosos audiodramas, series de televisión y obras de teatro. Arvind también es productor de cine y teatro…

  • Gareth Brown and the cover of his book The Society of Unknowable Objects

    Entrevista con un autor: Gareth Brown

    Gareth Brown es el autor del bestseller internacional "El Libro de las Puertas". Desde muy joven quiso ser escritor y completó su primera novela siendo adolescente. Durante los últimos veinte años, ha…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

    • By: Khan, Shubnum
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    Fifteen-year-old Sana has just moved to Durban, a city on the eastern coast of South Africa, with her father. Her mother, a victim of cancer, died a few years earlier and her father believes the move to the once grand, now dilapidated, estate that is an odd type of apartment...

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    The Fox Wife

    • By: Choo, Yangsze
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A detective is approached about discovering the identity of a young woman who is found dead and frozen outside a restaurant. A grieving mother undertakes a search to locate the man she holds responsible for her daughter’s death. As each travels across Manchuria in the early 20th century, it becomes...
  • Cover image for The Book of Doors

    The Book of Doors

    • By: Brown, Gareth
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Cassie Andrews is living a quiet life in New York City. She spends her days and evenings working in a bookshop, and when she goes home each night, more often than not, she curls up with a good book. A set of unusual circumstances in the bookstore result in Cassie...
  • Cover image for The Fragile Threads of Power

    The Fragile Threads of Power

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It’s been seven years since the events at the end of V.E. Schwab’s A Conjuring of Light. In Red London, Lila and Kell have been sailing the seas as privateers on her ship, the Grey Barron (They also secretly perform tasks for Red London’s crown.). Rhy Maresh, Kell’s brother, has...
  • Cover image for Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond

    • By: Winkler, Henry, 1945-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Henry Winkler has worked as an actor, director, producer, and is the author of several series of children’s books. Now, with Being Henry, Winkler tells the story of his own life and it is a fascinating read.Winkler writes his memoir with charm and grace. He describes the difficulties that faced...
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    Unnatural Ends

    • By: Huang, Christopher
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Sir Lawrence Linwood, the Lord of Linwood Hollow and a tyrant of a father, is always pushing his adopted children to meet unreasonable demands. Three adult children, Alan, Roger, and Caroline, have escaped their father and their home, but not unscathed. When Sir Lawrence dies, his children return home, as...
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    The Shadow Glass

    • By: Winning, Joshua
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The line between artistic genius and madness is razor fine and artists often madly dance along, and across, that line while they are working to manifest their vision. Jack’s father, Bob Corman, was no exception. Bob put everything he had into The Shadow Glass, an epic fantasy film done entirely...
  • Cover image for Midnight at the Houdini

    Midnight at the Houdini

    • By: Dawson, Delilah S.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, magic is: 1) the use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural power over natural forces, and 2) the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand. In her new novel, Midnight at the Houdini, Delilah S. Dawson tells a tale filled...
  • Cover image for Kill Show

    Kill Show

    • By: Sweren-Becker, Daniel
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    What is it about true crime that fascinates us? Why, over a century later, are we still fascinated with the brutal murders of five women in the Whitechapel district of London? What draws people to the life and death of notorious bank robbers Bonnie & Clyde almost a century later...
  • Cover image for The Road to Roswell

    The Road to Roswell

    • By: Willis, Connie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    UFO, the mere mention of this acronym (unidentified flying object) conjures images of flying saucers and beings, ranging from short to tall, who are slender, with large dark eyes and green or gray colored skin. Sometimes they wear shiny silver jumpsuits!Since 1947, when debris from the crash of an unidentified...