Who doesn’t know someone who deserves some payback? Add in some good authors, and this anthology had promise. What to Expect Short stories, all about someone getting their just deserts – and with a paranormal angle. This may be the perpetrator, the victim, or the one delivering retribution. Scope varies from nuisance to murder to […]
Urban Fantasy
Book Review: Twelve Months (Dresden Files #18), by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files have been going on since 2000, and I’ve been reading them since ~2017 when fans said there was a lot in common between the early books and my writing. So I’m invested, and keep reading despite some unevenness. What to Expect After jumping the shark in the previous book (Battle Ground, 2020), […]
Series Review: The Witch’s Bestiary, by Evangeline Hunter
I came across the introductory novella on StoryOrigin, and it looked like fun – a humorous take on urban fantasy. I’ve read that story, and proceeded to the novels. What to Expect Amusing modern urban-fantasy where the protagonist is a vet for magical creatures and has loose attitudes towards law and order. Together with rescuing […]
Book Review: Demon Net, by Cavan Matthews
The premise of a detective dealing with the boundary between tech billionaires and the occult covers a couple of areas I knew I’d be interested in. What to Expect An interesting case that starts with bodies mutilated with arcane symbol, a former-police-currently-private detective with a shady past, tech moguls with Rampant AI, ancient demons, and […]
Book Review: Stone and Sky (Rivers of London #10), by Ben Aaronovitch
I’ve been following this series for a while (mainly the novels), and it’s pretty decent. What to Expect Another police-procedural case for Peter Grant, working for the “Special Assessment Unit” – London’s Met police unit for cases involving ‘strange bollocks’ (the occult). This time Grant is trying to vacation in Scotland, and we get many […]
Book Review: In Deep Coprolite, by Douglas Lumsden
Readers of my reviews and blog know I love Lumsden’s noir modern alt-history fantasy world. What to Expect A new adventure for Shade the Collector and his buddy Dwayne. This time a river spirit entrusts him with a coprolite (petrified excrement) to hide and guard. Naturally, the shadowy intelligence agency that employs him on occasion […]
Poor Dead Larry
This is the first short case from DI Jack Finkel (back when he was still a DS), while I’m working on his first full length novel. There are a few more shorts to come — though fear not, I haven’t abandoned Felix😉 DI Jack first appeared on my mailing list back in October, and there […]
Books Review: Black City Tales and Black City Angel, by Richard A. Knaak
What’s not to love about this series? Roaring 20’s, mythological creatures, and a hard-boiled noir gumshoe. What to Expect Black City Angel is the fourth full-length novel in the series (and it’s been a while since the previous). This one sees Nick dealing with an increasing number of refugees from Feirie. Trying to investigate affairs […]
Book Review: Fated, by Benedict Jacka
The Alex Verus series of urban fantasy has been recommended to me repeatedly, so finally got around to it. What to Expect Expect a well-written, original take on urban fantasy themes. TRhe story is told from the point of view of Alex, a mage living in London. While he’d like nothing more than to run […]
Book Review: Something from the Nightside, by Simon R. Green
A bit of a twist on the paranormal detective, a genre which I generally like. What to Expect What starts as a noir detective quickly moves into a bizarre world, more Alice in Wonderland on a bad acid trip than your typical paranormal detective. As the blurb says, John Taylor isn’t really a detective, just […]
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