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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Timothy Janovsky and his latest novel, New Adult

    Entrevista con un autor: Timothy Janovsky

    Timothy Janovsky es un narrador queer y multidisciplinario de Nueva Jersey. Es licenciado en teatro y danza por el Muhlenberg College. Su trabajo como escritor de humor ha aparecido en Points in Case…

  • Author Amiee Gibbs and her debut novel, The Carnivale of Curiosities

    Entrevista con una autora: Amiee Gibbs

    Amiee Gibbs creció en la zona rural de Maryland, donde aún vive en una carretera supuestamente embrujada, pero sueña con escaparse a Irlanda. Ha trabajado para Penguin Random House durante 13 años…

  • Author Mat Osman and his latest novel, The Ghost Theatre

    Entrevista con un autor: Mat Osman

    Mat Osman es músico, compositor, bajista y miembro fundador de la banda británica Suede, además de compositor para cine y televisión. Sus escritos sobre arte y viajes han aparecido en The Guardian…

  • Author Josh Winning and his latest novel, Burn the Negative

    Entrevista con un autor: Josh Winning

    Josh Winning es el autor de la aclamada obra The Shadow Glass. Es escritor de cine sénior en Radio Times, ha escrito para Total Film durante más de una década y es copresentador del podcast de cine…

  • Author Alex Hay and his debut novel, The Housekeepers

    Entrevista con un autor: Alex Hay

    Alex Hay creció en el Reino Unido, en Cambridge y Cardiff, y ha escrito desde que tiene memoria. Estudió historia en la Universidad de York y escribió su tesis sobre el poder femenino en las cortes…

  • Author T. Kingfisher and her latest book, Thornhedge

    Entrevista con un autor: T. Kingfisher

    T. Kingfisher (ella) escribe fantasía, terror y, ocasionalmente, rarezas, como Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead y A House with Good Bones. Bajo seudónimo, también escribe libros infantiles…

  • Author Joe R. Lansdale and his latest book, Things Get Ugly

    Entrevista con un autor: Joe R. Lansdale

    Joe R. Lansdale es el autor de más de cincuenta novelas, éxito de ventas internacional, incluyendo las populares y longevas novelas de Hap y Leonard. Muchos de sus clásicos de culto han sido adaptados…

  • Author Joss Rountree and his debut novel, The Legend of Charlie Fish

    Entrevista con un autor: Josh Rountree

    Josh Rountree ha publicado más de sesenta relatos en una amplia variedad de revistas y antologías, incluyendo Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Realms of Fantasy, The Deadlands, Bourbon Penn, PseudoPod…

  • Author Chuck Tingle and his latest novel, Camp Damascus

    Entrevista con un autor: Chuck Tingle

    Chuck Tingle es una misteriosa fuerza de energía tras unas gafas de sol y una máscara rosa. También es un autor anónimo de novelas románticas, de terror y fantasía. Chuck nació en Home of Truth, Utah…


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...
  • Cover image for The Eighth Detective

    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...