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Universal Harvester

March 28, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: It’s the late 1990s and Jeremy’s working for a small video store in Nevada, Iowa. He’s thinking, slowly, about his future – but then customers begin to complain of strange scenes spliced into their VHS tapes. He starts to look into it… but some mysteries are, perhaps, never possible to explain. The Review: It shouldn’t come as any surprise, to those who know John Darnielle’s work (either his fiction or his music), that reading Universal Harvester conjures a particular […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, John Darnielle, Literature, review, Reviews, Universal Harvester

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Sirens

January 6, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: Novelist Joshua Mohr turns his attentions to non-fiction, specifically an account of both his years of substance abuse – and his discovery, after getting sober and having a daughter, that he has a literal hole in his heart. All before he turns 40. It’s complicated, complex, funny, and brimming with life – just like Josh. The Review: I started this book in a warm tub with a Glencairn glass of single malt scotch, my second of that particular night. […]

Categories: Memoir, Non-Fiction • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Joshua Mohr, Memoir, Non-Fiction, review, Reviews, Sirens, Two Dollar Radio

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Thunderbird (Miriam Black #4)

December 5, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Miriam Black wants out. She wants out of her curse and to have a live that might, in some circles, be considered “normal” – or at least something more normal than the one she’s living. But when the woman who might be able to help her turns out to be working with domestic terrorists, shit takes a dark turn even for Miriam – and Fate, it seems, has plans for her whether she likes it or not. The […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Chuck Wendig, Fantasy, Fiction, Miriam Black, review, Saga Press, Thriller, Thunderbird

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“The Dancer” & “The Speckled God”: Two from Unsung Signals

December 2, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Penelope D’Silva is a world-famous dancer, perhaps the best alive. But attendance at her performances is dropping, even as her filmed performances continue to sell out. What can be done to recapture the magic of live performance – and how far will Penelope go to find it? The Review: This short is an episode of Black Mirror waiting to happen. I don’t mean that to say the story reads like a film treatment – it doesn’t, at all – […]

Categories: Fiction • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Horror, Marc Joan, Rab Ferguson, review, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Speculative, The Dancer, The Speckled God, Unsung Signals, Unsung Stories, Weird Fiction

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The Fate of the Tearling (The Tearling Trilogy, Book Three)

November 11, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Queen Kelsea has given herself up to the Red Queen, leaving the Mace as regent – but forces are massing, some with power beyond imagining, that will tear the Tearling apart with or without her. As Kelsea continues to see visions of the past, she discovers the true power of the Tear sapphires and must make a choice that could change the very fabric of the world. The Review: Ending a trilogy – and actually doing it […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Erika Johansen, Fantasy, Fiction, review, Reviews, The Fate of the Tearling, The Tearling, The Tearling Trilogy

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Fifty Feet of Trouble

October 24, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Nick Moss, last human PI in Los Angeles, goes from having no cases to several in the blink of an eye. But what could two missing girls, a missing familiar, and a mysterious vampiric paramour have in common? Knowing this town, more than Nick can handle – and with a fifty foot woman and a Kong involved, boy is that ever the case. The Review: Sometimes, a simple concept is all you need to make something downright brilliant. […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Noir • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Advance Review, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Candlemark and Gleam, Fiction, Fifty Feet of Trouble, Horror, Justin Robinson, Mystery, Nick Moss, Night War, Noir, review, Reviews

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The Wangs vs. the World

September 28, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Charles Wang came to America with next-to-nothing and turned himself into a makeup mogul. Two wives, three children, and a few decades later, he wakes up to find he’s lost everything in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis. So he packs up the car, picks up two of the kids, and drives across the US to meet the third – with the intention of, eventually, making his way back to China to reclaim the ancestral […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, America, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, China, Family, jade Chang, review, Reviews, The Wangs vs. the World

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Hag-Seed

September 19, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Felix Phillips, reeling from the death of his daughter, has been deposed as artistic director of the Makeshewig Theater Festival by his unscrupulous associate. After years in exile, he emerges with a plan to get his revenge – a plan that involves teaching theater to prisoners and creating a real-life version of The Tempest. For the play’s the thing wherein he just might catch the conscience of those who wronged him… and maybe his own as well… The […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Hag-Seed, Hogarth, Hogarth Books, Hogarth Shakespeare, Literature, Margaret Atwood, review, Reviews, The Tempest, Theater

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The Tengu’s Game of Go (The Tale of Shikanoko, Book 4)

September 14, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The endgame approaches as Aritomo attempts to solidify his grasp on the power behind the Lotus Throne, the true Emperor confronts his destiny, and Shikanoko is called to bring order into the world. The future hangs in the balance… The Review: Coming out of the third volume in the Tale of Shikanoko, I was tremendously excited to see where things would go – it felt like we were building up nearly unstoppable momentum, in a rush towards the […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, FSG Originals, Japan, Lian Hearn, Literature, review, Reviews, The Tale of Shikanoko, The Tengu's Game of Go

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