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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Direct Descendant book cover by Tanya Huff

    Entrevista con una autora: Tanya Huff

    Tanya Huff se fue de Nueva Escocia a los tres años y ha vivido la mayor parte de su vida en Ontario, pero aún se considera marítima. En su camino hacia la idílica vida rural que comparte con su pareja…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey

    Entrevista con una autora: Kathleen Kaufman

    Kathleen Kaufman es autora de realismo mágico y terror gótico feminista. Explora al "otro" desde su perspectiva, cómo el horror del pasado se manifiesta en el presente y la inevitable interrelación de…

  • Author Sarah James and her latest novel, Last Stop Union Station

    Entrevista con una autora: Sarah James

    Sarah James se graduó del programa de Maestría en Bellas Artes en Escritura para Cine y Televisión de la USC y de la Licenciatura en Dramaturgia del Fordham Lincoln Center. Actualmente trabaja como…

  • Christopher Shaw Myers and his book, Robert Shaw: An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws and Beyond

    Entrevista con un autor: Christopher Shaw Myers

    Christopher Shaw Myers creció escuchando las historias de su peculiar tío, Robert Shaw, y otros familiares. Nacido y criado en Pensilvania, asistió al Trinity College, donde se licenció en Literatura…

  • Author Lincoln Michel and his latest novel, Metallic Realms

    Entrevista con un autor: Lincoln Michel

    Los libros anteriores de Lincoln Michel incluyen la colección de cuentos "Bestias Verticales" y la novela "El Explorador de Cuerpos", que fue nombrada uno de los 10 Mejores Libros de Ciencia Ficción…

  • Author Randee Dawn and her latest novel, The Only Song Worth Singing

    Entrevista con una autora: Randee Dawn

    Nacida en Virginia y criada en Maryland, Randee Dawn reside actualmente en Brooklyn, donde trabaja como periodista de entretenimiento. Pero tras muchos años de esfuerzo y mucha suerte, su novela…

  • Author Olivia Waite and her latest novella, Murder By Memory

    Entrevista con una autora: Olivia Waite

    Olivia Waite escribe ciencia ficción queer, fantasía, romance histórico y ensayos. Es columnista de novela romántica para el New York Times Book Review. Su última novela corta es Murder By Memory y…

  • Author Anthony Horowitz and his latest book, Marble Hall Murders

    Entrevista con un autor: Anthony Horowitz

    Anthony Horowitz es uno de los escritores más prolíficos y exitosos del Reino Unido, único en su actividad tanto en ficción para adultos como para jóvenes, televisión, teatro y periodismo. Varias de…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Our Hideous Progeny

    Our Hideous Progeny

    • By: Mcgill, C. E.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells the tale of how Victor Frankenstein challenges the “natural order” and explores the secrets of life itself by creating a being made from the pieces of other men. But what if Victor had chosen another direction for his research? What if, instead of choosing to...
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    Going Zero

    • By: McCarten, Anthony
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    We all know that we are constantly being observed and monitored in today’s world. There are security and surveillance cameras on many homes, businesses, and on the traffic lights at intersections. ATMs and now self-check out machines in retail establishments also include cameras. Purchases, whether online or in a brick...
  • Cover image for The Lies of the Ajungo

    The Lies of the Ajungo

    • By: Utomi, Moses Ose
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “There is no water in the City of Lies.”Tutu has lived all of his short life in the City of Lies with his mother. Located in the Forever Desert, the City of Lies used to have water. . .but the inhabitants were vanquished by the fierce Ajungo Empire which required...
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    Hell Bent

    • By: Bardugo, Leigh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    At the end of Ninth House, Galaxy “Alex” Stern solved the mystery of who killed Tara Hutchins and why, uncovering a conspiracy that involved some of the highest offices of Yale University and several of their “secret societies.” At the end of the novel, Darlington, Alex’s advisor in Lethe, the “ninth...
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    The Motion Picture Teller

    • By: Cotterill, Colin
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Supot Yongjaiyut knows he is not living his best life. The year is 1996 and Supot lives in Bangkok. During the day, he works for the Royal Thai Mail Service, a job he loathes and for which he knows he has no aptitude. When he’s not at work, he spends...
  • Cover image for Weyward: A Novel

    Weyward: A Novel

    • By: Hart, Emilia
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    “The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”  From: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence by Adrienne RichAltha is a 21-year-old woman who, in 1619, is accused of, and tried for, witchcraft in her small English village. She is a...
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    Stone Blind

    • By: Haynes, Natalie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    "I only see them for an instant. Then they're gone. But it's enough. Enough to know that the hero isn't the one who's kind or brave or loyal. Sometimes -- not always, but sometimes -- he is monstrous. And the monster? Who is she? She is what happens when someone...
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    The Getaway

    • By: Giles, Lamar
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Karloff Country is a marvel. Modeled on Walt Disney World in Florida, Karloff Country is a slightly smaller theme park/resort complex with a similar number of theme parks as Walt Disney World, but also includes: planned communities for all of its employees, a power plant, vertical farms to provide the...
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    Paperback Jack

    • By: Estleman, Loren D.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The year is 1946. WWII has ended and Jacob Heppleman is one of the many veterans returning home from the European conflict. For Jacob, home is New York City. Before the war, he wrote detective, western, and war stories for the pulp magazines. He even published a novel that was...