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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author S.L. Coney and her debut novel Wild Spaces

    Entrevista con un autor: SL Coney

    SL Coney obtuvo una maestría en psicología clínica antes de abandonar la academia para dedicarse a la escritura. La autora tiene vínculos con Carolina del Sur y raíces en San Luis. Su obra ha…

  • Author Fulton Ross and his debut novel, The Unforgiven Dead

    Entrevista con un autor: Fulton Ross

    Fulton Ross es un escritor y periodista de las Tierras Altas de Escocia. Licenciado en Literatura e Historia Escocesas por la Universidad de Glasgow, ha trabajado en periódicos nacionales durante más…

  • 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…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    • By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
  • Cover image for Conventionally Yours

    Conventionally Yours

    • By: Annabeth Albert
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
  • Cover image for Under the Rainbow

    Under the Rainbow

    • By: Celia Laskey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.”  The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
  • Cover image for Upright Women Wanted

    Upright Women Wanted

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther.  Beatriz’s death was a...
  • Cover image for Oona Out of Order

    Oona Out of Order

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
  • Cover image for Heart of Junk

    Heart of Junk

    • By: Geddes, Luke
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
  • Cover image for Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    • By: Swanson, Peter
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
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    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
  • Cover image for Riot Baby

    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
  • Cover image for Made things

    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...