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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Terry Pratchett and his biography of Terry Pratchett

    Entrevista con un autor: Rob Wilkins

    Rob Wilkins trabajó con Terry Pratchett durante más de veinte años, primero como su asistente personal y luego como su representante comercial. Actualmente gestiona el patrimonio literario de…

  • Author Peter Blauner and his latest novel, Picture in the Sand

    Entrevista con un autor: Peter Blauner

    La carrera de Peter Blauner abarca varias generaciones de narradores neoyorquinos y diversos medios. Originario de Manhattan y residente en Brooklyn, comenzó como asistente del legendario periodista…

  • Author Lavie Tidhar and his latest novel, Neom

    Entrevista con un autor: Lavie Tidhar

    Lavie Tidhar (Un hombre yace soñando, Tierra impía), autora ganadora de los premios British Science Fiction, British Fantasy y World Fantasy, es una aclamada escritora de literatura, ciencia ficción…

  • Author Kris Waldherr and her latest novel, Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women

    Entrevista con un autor: Kris Waldherr

    Entre los numerosos libros de Kris Waldherr se incluyen El Libro de las Diosas, Princesa Malvada y Reinas Condenadas. Su novela debut, La Historia Perdida de los Sueños, recibió una reseña destacada…

  • Author Kiersten White and her debut horror novel, Hide

    Entrevista con una autora: Kiersten White

    Kiersten White es la autora número uno en ventas del New York Times, ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker y aclamada por la crítica, con numerosos libros, entre ellos la trilogía "Y yo me oscurezco", la…

  • Author Sallt Thorne and her latest novel, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

    Entrevista con una autora: Sally Thorne

    Sally Thorne es la autora de "El Juego del Odio", éxito de ventas del USA Today. Pasa sus días explorando mundos ficticios de su propia creación. Vive en Canberra, Australia, con su esposo en una casa…

  • Lucky Girl: How I Became a Horror Writer A Krampus Story novel by M. Rickert

    Entrevista con un autor: M. Rickert

    Antes de obtener su maestría en Bellas Artes en el Vermont College of Fine Arts, M. Rickert trabajó como maestra de jardín de infantes, barista en una cafetería, vendedora de globos en Disneyland y…

  • Author Marion Deeds and her latest novel, Comeuppance Served Cold

    Entrevista con una autora: Marion Deeds

    Marion Deeds nació en Santa Bárbara, California, y se mudó al norte de California a los cinco años. Ama las secuoyas, el océano, los perros y los cuervos. Le fascina lo inexplicable y siente…

  • Author Gillian McAllister and her latest book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Entrevista con una autora: Gillian McAllister

    Gillian McAllister lleva escribiendo desde que tiene memoria. Se graduó en Literatura Inglesa antes de ejercer como abogada. Vive en Birmingham, Inglaterra, donde ahora escribe a tiempo completo. Es…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for I'll stop the world : a novel

    I'll stop the world : a novel

    • By: Thoman, Lauren
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Time travel is a staple of fiction. For well over a century writers have imagined different ways to propel their protagonists backwards and forwards through time. Sometimes they are merely observers, allowing the author to speculate on past motivations or future developments. But just as often, the protagonist is sent...
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    Camp Damascus

    • By: Tingle, Chuck
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Rose Darling is a high school senior who has lived her entire life in the small town of Neverton, Montana. She’s also grown up attending Kingdom of the Pine church with her parents. Kingdom of the Pine is a smaller church, compared to some others, but it has an international...
  • Cover image for The Legend of Charlie Fish

    The Legend of Charlie Fish

    • By: Rountree, Josh
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Floyd Betts is a bit of a loner. He lives a solitary existence in Galveston, Texas. He works construction on local building projects and rents a room at Abigail Elder’s boarding house. It’s a quiet life, and Floyd likes it. But all of that is about to change.When Floyd returns...
  • Cover image for The London Séance Society

    The London Séance Society

    • By: Penner, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Lenna Wickes, and her younger sister Evie, are very different people. Lenna is interested in the world and how it works. She has an interest in science, even though she knows that a young lady in Victorian London is not supposed to be interested in such things. Evie, on the...
  • Cover image for The celebrants : a novel

    The celebrants : a novel

    • By: Rowley, Steven, 1971-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Two weeks before their college graduation, a group of friends, who have become family during their college experience, must attend the funeral of one of their own. Alec has died of an apparent drug overdose and it shakes them all, Craig, Jordan, Jordy, Marielle, and Naomi, to their cores. Alec’s...
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    Final Cut

    • By: McCown, Marjorie
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Joey Jessup is very good at her job. And it is a job that she really enjoys. Joey is a key costumer and over her career she has worked on almost every type of film, with a number of A-list actors and directors, along with some of the most talented...
  • Cover image for The Wishing Game

    The Wishing Game

    • By: Shaffer, Meg
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    How many of us have books, or series of books, that provided an escape for us as children and, because of that, we continue to love them as adults? How many of us longed to receive an owl-delivered letter from Hogwarts; find a secret entrance at the back of the...
  • 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...
  • Cover image for Going Zero

    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...