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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Jon Wiener and his latest book, Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties, co-authored with Mike Davis

    Interview With an Author: Jon Wiener

    Jon Wiener is a longtime Contributing Editor at The Nation and host and producer of “Start Making Sense,” the magazine’s weekly podcast. He is an Emeritus Professor of U.S. history at UC Irvine, and…

  • Author Chelsea Sedoti and her latest novel, It Came From The Sky

    Interview With an Author: Chelsea Sedoti

    Chelsea Sedoti fell in love with writing at a young age after discovering that making up stories was more fun than doing her schoolwork. (Her teachers didn’t always appreciate this.) She now focuses…

  • H.G. Parry and her new novel, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

    Interview With an Author: H.G. Parry

    H.G. Parry lives in a book-infested flat on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand, which she shares with her sister, a cat, three guinea-pigs, and two overactive rabbits. She holds a Ph.D. in English…

  • Playwright and screenwriter, Byron Lane and his first novel, A Star is Bored.

    Interview With an Author: Byron Lane

    Byron Lane is a playwright and screenwriter. He's also worked as a journalist and as a personal assistant to celebrities, including Carrie Fisher. He's originally from New Orleans and lives in Los…

  • Author Carrie Vaughn and her latest book, Ghosts of Sherwood

    Interview With an Author: Carrie Vaughn

    Carrie Vaughn is best known for her New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. She's…

  • Author TJ Kline and his book, The Extraordinaries

    Interview With an Author: TJ Klune

    TJ Klune is a Lambda Literary Award-winning author and an ex-claims examiner for an insurance company. His novels include, Into this River I Drown and The House in the Cerulean Sea. His latest novel…

  • Author Gretchen Berg and her first novel, The Operator

    Interview With an Author: Gretchen Berg

    Gretchen Berg was born on the East Coast, raised in the Midwest, and spent a number of years in the Pacific Northwest. She has taught English in South Korea and in Northern Iraq and has traveled to…

  • Author Grady Hendrix and his latest book, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

    Interview With an Author: Grady Hendrix

    Award-winning author Grady Hendrix has written about the confederate flag for Playboy magazine, covered terrible movie novelizations and ninja death swarms for outlets ranging from Slate to the…

  • Author Elizabeth Little and her latest book, Pretty as a Picture

    Interview With an Author: Elizabeth Little

    Elizabeth Little is the author of Dear Daughter, which won the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel, and two works of nonfiction, Biting the Wax Tadpole and Trip of the Tongue. She lives in Los…

  • Author and chemist, Dr. Kathryn Harkup and her latest book, Death By Shakespeare

    Interview With an Author: Kathryn Harkup

    Dr. Kathryn Harkup is a chemist and author. She completed a doctorate on her favorite chemicals, phosphines, and went on to further postdoctoral research before realizing that talking, writing, and…


Reviews by Daryl M.

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    Brokeula

    • By: Seidlinger, Michael J.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    James  Sugre is a vampire. He has lived for centuries, but has made some questionable choices. Bad choices, when it comes to investments. Now, he is broke. He has no money and is deep in debt. He can’t even afford his own reflection (they are available for a fee from Vampire Nation, an international conglomerate that both governs and provides for the world’s vampire population).

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    Mazywood

    • By: Due, Tananarive
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    Wishes. We all make them, either silently to ourselves or possibly as a breathless whisper as we drop a coin in a fountain. The reason behind them can range from whimsical to deadly serious. And, in the "real world," they are, to quote Douglas Adams, "mostly harmless." In the world of fiction, however, wishes are entirely different. 

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    Another Fine Mess

    エヴァンス葬儀場は、その所在地であるテキサス州南東部の町が誕生したのとほぼ同じくらい長い歴史を持つ。代々受け継がれてきた事業であり、エヴァンス家の女性たちによって運営されている。現在の家長であるデューシーは、18年前に謎の失踪を遂げたパイの娘である。
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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    2020年、VE・シュワブは読者に、18世紀初頭のフランスで望まない結婚を避けるためにファウスト的な取引をする若い女性、アディ・ラルーを紹介した。『アディ・ラルーの見えない人生』で、シュワブはアディが自身の狡猾さと強い意志によって、数世紀にわたって人生を形作っていく様子を追っていく。
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    Good Dirt

    • By: Wilkerson, Charmaine
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    エボニー・“エビー”・フリーマンが10歳の時、彼女は自宅に押し入った強盗未遂事件の唯一の目撃者となった。この事件で15歳の兄バズが射殺され、かけがえのない家宝が破壊された。エビーは著名な黒人一家の娘であるという事実は…
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    But Not Too Bold

    メイドがタイプライターで打たれたメモを見つけた朝、ダリアの人生は一変した。メモには「鍵の新しい管理人を雇え。緊急。夜明け前まで」と書かれていた。カプリシャス・ハウスの住人全員が、そのメモの意味と誰が書いたのかを知っていた。その作者は、カプリシャス・ハウスの女主人、巨大な蜘蛛と人間のハーフであるアナテマ夫人だった…。
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    The Murder of Mr. Ma

    • By: Nee, John Shen Yen, Rozan, SJ
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    1924年のロンドン。内気な若き学者、老舎は数学者バートランド・ラッセルの家に呼び出される。到着すると、ラッセルは友人であり同僚でもあるディー・レン・ジエ判事が、中国人の扇動者グループと共に誤って逮捕されたと説明する。ラッセルは、ディーの身元が明らかになれば…