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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Author Jim C. Hines and his latest book, Slayers of Old

    Entrevista con un autor: Jim C. Hines

    Jim C. Hines es el autor de 20 novelas de ciencia ficción y fantasía publicadas, incluidas la trilogía Goblin Quest, la serie Magic ex Libris, la serie de relatos de cuentos de hadas Princess, la…

  • Author Josh Rountree and his latest book, The Unkillable Frank Lightning

    Entrevista con un autor: Josh Rountree

    Josh Rountree es un novelista y cuentista que trabaja en múltiples géneros, centrándose principalmente en el terror y la fantasía oscura. Su novela "La leyenda de Charlie Fish", publicada por Tachyon…

  • Author Eli Frankel and his latest book, Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, The Prairie Heiress, and The Hunter

    Entrevista con un autor: Eli Frankel

    Eli Frankel ha sido propietario de una productora de televisión y documentales, productor ejecutivo nominado al Emmy, ejecutivo de cadena, showrunner, editor, operador de cámara, guionista y director…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, Of Monsters and Mainframes

    Entrevista con una autora: Barbara Truelove

    Barbara Truelove es una autora y diseñadora de juegos australiana que escribe sobre hombres lobo, monstruos, el espacio y, a veces, otros temas. Su novela interactiva, Blood Moon, se publicó en 2023…

  • Author Eric J. Guignard and his book, Scaring and Daring: Terrifying Takes on 15 Classic Tales: A Horror Writers Association Anthology

    Entrevista con un autor: Eric J. Guignard

    Eric J. Guignard es autor y antólogo de ficción oscura y especulativa, y trabaja desde las sombrías afueras de Los Ángeles, donde también dirige la pequeña editorial Dark Moon Books. Ha ganado dos…

  • Author Lindy Ryanand her two novel, Bless Your Heart and Another Fine Mess

    Entrevista con una autora: Lindy Ryan

    Lindy Ryan es una galardonada autora, antóloga y directora de cortometrajes, cuyos libros y antologías han recibido excelentes críticas de Publishers Weekly, Booklist y Library Journal. Varios de sus…

  • Author Kathleen Kaufman and her latest novel, Fiend

    Entrevista con una autora: Alma Katsu

    Alma Katsu es la galardonada y aclamada autora de ocho novelas. Sus libros han sido nominados y han ganado numerosos premios prestigiosos. Ha escrito dos novelas de espías (Viuda Roja y Londres Rojo)…

  • Author Giano Cromley and his latest novel, American Mythology

    Entrevista con un autor: Giano Cromley

    Nacido y criado en Montana, Giano Cromley es autor de dos novelas juveniles y una colección de cuentos. Recibió una beca de artista del Consejo de las Artes de Illinois y fue becario BookEnds de la…

  • Photographer Robert Landau and his visual book, Art Deco: Los Angeles

    Entrevista con un autor: Robert Landau

    Robert Landau es fotógrafo y autor de varios libros visuales, incluyendo el internacionalmente aclamado Rock 'N' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip. Sus fotografías se han exhibido en todo el mundo…

  • Author Arvind Ethan David and his graphic novel, Trouble is My Business

    Entrevista con un autor: Arvind Ethan David

    Arvind Ethan David es un novelista gráfico nominado al Premio Stoker que también ha escrito exitosos audiodramas, series de televisión y obras de teatro. Arvind también es productor de cine y teatro…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Out of Character

    Out of Character

    • By: Albert, Annabeth
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In last year’s Conventionally Yours, Annabeth Albert took readers on a virtual roadtrip, while the country was in lockdown, so that they could join tabletop gamers Alden, Conrad, and Jasper as they made their way from New England to Las Vegas for Massive Odyssey Con West, the annual national gathering...
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    The Final Girl Support Group

    • By: Hendrix, Grady
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Any fan of horror movies knows what the term “final girl” means. A final girl is the person left standing at the end of a horror movie. During the course of the film, she evades the threat, usually losing several friends and family members in the process, long enough to...
  • Cover image for Razorblade Tears

    Razorblade Tears

    • By: Cosby, S. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Two young men, who are deeply in love, married, and fathers to a young girl. Two fathers, who cannot accept their sons as they are nor the life they are creating. Two senseless murders that remove any possibility of reconciliation or the chance to say what should have been said...
  • Cover image for A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    • By: Chambers, Becky
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Centuries ago, on the moon of Panga, the robot workers, who filled the factories and other industrial pursuits of the human civilization, gained consciousness. Rather than be integrated into Pangan culture, as they were offered, the robots chose to leave, en-masse, into the surrounding wilderness. They were never heard from...
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    The Album of Dr. Moreau

    • By: Gregory, Daryl
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The Island of Dr. Moreau was H.G. Wells’ third novel and was first published in 1896. It recounts the experiences of a shipwreck victim who finds himself on an island populated by animals that have been modified by the titular Dr. Moreau, using scientific means, to become human/animal hybrids who...
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    Mother May I

    • By: Jackson, Joshilyn
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It happens in an instant. While Bree Cabbat watches her eldest daughter rehearse a school production of Grease, her infant son, Robert, sleeps in the seat next to her in the balcony of the school’s theatre. One moment he is there, the next he is gone. In his place is...
  • Cover image for A Master of Djinn

    A Master of Djinn

    • By: Clark, P. Djèli
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Cairo in the 1870’s, an inventor and investigator of mysticism named al-Jahiz made a literal breakthrough unlike any other. He pierced the boundaries between our world and other worlds, allowing magic to bleed into ours. In the process, al-Jahiz was lost to another dimension before the rupture between worlds...
  • Cover image for The Dictionary of Lost Words

    The Dictionary of Lost Words

    • By: Williams, Pip
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    According to their website, the Oxford English Dictionary “is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.” Serially published in portions, or fascicles, the first fascicle, covering “A to...
  • Cover image for Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder

    • By: Willberg, T. A.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine the following:  A chilling murder, a secret detective agency with offices located in a myriad of tunnels located beneath London, and a young apprentice determined to find the killer in order to clear one of her closest friends of the murder. In her debut novel, which is the beginning...