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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

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

    Interview With an Author: S.L. Coney

    S. L. Coney obtained a master's degree in clinical psychology before abandoning academia to pursue a writing career. The author has ties to South Carolina and roots in St. Louis. Coney’s work has…

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

    Interview With an Author: Fulton Ross

    Fulton Ross is a writer and journalist from the Scottish Highlands. A graduate of Scottish literature and history from Glasgow University, he has worked on national newspapers for more than a decade…

  • Author Timothy Janovsky and his latest novel, New Adult

    Interview With an Author: Timothy Janovsky

    Timothy Janovsky is a queer, multidisciplinary storyteller from New Jersey. He holds a degree in theatre and dance from Muhlenberg College. His work as a humor writer has been featured on Points in…

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

    Interview With an Author: Amiee Gibbs

    Amiee Gibbs grew up in rural Maryland, where she still lives on an allegedly haunted road, but has dreams of running away to Ireland. She has worked for Penguin Random House for 13 years as a Sales…

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

    Interview With an Author: Mat Osman

    Mat Osman is a musician, songwriter, bassist, and founding member of the British band Suede, as well as a composer for film and television. His writing about art and travel has appeared in the…

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

    Interview With an Author: Josh Winning

    Josh Winning is the author of the critically acclaimed The Shadow Glass. He is a senior film writer at Radio Times, has written for Total Film for over a decade, and is the cohost of movie podcast…

  • Author Alex Hay and his debut novel, The Housekeepers

    Interview With an Author: Alex Hay

    Alex Hay grew up in the United Kingdom in Cambridge and Cardiff and has been writing as long as he can remember. He studied history at the University of York and wrote his dissertation on female power…

  • Author T. Kingfisher and her latest book, Thornhedge

    Interview With an Author: T. Kingfisher

    T. Kingfisher (she/her) writes fantasy, horror, and occasional oddities, including Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead, and A House with Good Bones. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling…

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

    Interview With an Author: Joe R. Lansdale

    Joe R. Lansdale is the internationally bestselling author of more than fifty novels, including the popular, long-running Hap and Leonard novels. Many of his cult classics have been adapted for…

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

    Interview With an Author: Josh Rountree

    Josh Rountree has published more than sixty stories in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies, including Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Realms of Fantasy, The Deadlands, Bourbon Penn, PseudoPod…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Only Woman in the Room

    The Only Woman in the Room

    • By: Benedict, Marie,
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hedy Lamarr was one of the most beautiful people to ever grace the silver screen - but that beauty was a double edged sword. While it opened doors and made her a movie star, it was often the only thing people saw. Lamarr’s beauty was so striking that people often...
  • Cover image for A Gentleman's Murder

    A Gentleman's Murder

    • By: Huang, Christopher.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In Great Britain, the years immediately following WWI were a period of great change. New technologies were finding their way into people’s everyday lives. Women began to voice their dissatisfaction with being essentially second-class citizens and unable to vote. And the men who survived serving in WWI returned to their...
  • Cover image for The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

    The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

    • By: Goss, Theodora
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Many classic horror novels, including Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and The Island of Dr. Moreau, have almost no female characters. If there is a woman included, often she is relegated to being a servant or, more often, a victim. She is rarely featured as...
  • Cover image for A Closed and Common Orbit

    A Closed and Common Orbit

    • By: Chambers, Becky,
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Published last year, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers is a breath of fresh air in the genre of science fiction. Sci-fi has long been languishing in multiple dystopian visions exploring just how wrong our world, and many others, could possibly go. A Long Way...