I’m packing. Retirement is coming up fast. Someone asked me, “How do you feel about retiring?” and I answered, “I don’t know. I’ve never done it before.” I’ve quit jobs, yes. Took time off between jobs, yes. I’ve always had … Continue reading
New Worlds, Year Two: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding by Marie Brennan Explore a world of your own . . . Science fiction and fantasy are renowned for immersing their readers in rich, inventive settings. In this follow-up … Continue reading
Ten members of Book View Cafe are now publishing short story reprints and other features on Curious Fictions. All stories at Curious Fictions can be read for free and you can follow any authors you choose. However, Curious Fictions also … Continue reading
At first I thought the current fashion of dark, gritty fantasy – fantasy noir – is just that, a recent shift in popularity, like the explosion of angsty teenage vampire stories. If we take the long view, it’s an established … Continue reading
Azure Secrets Crystal Magic 5 by Patricia Rice After a childhood of being tossed from foster homes for claiming she can detect liars by their scent, Fiona Malcolm McDonald does her best to conceal her secret these days. But when … Continue reading
Because of the great response of our fantastic readers to the BVC Book Blast, the sale has been extended through Sunday, March 24. Every book in the bookstore remains 20 percent off. You don’t have to do anything to get the … Continue reading
Because it’s pie day today! This pie was actually a veal and ham pie, so very British. But I assert with confidence that this Chinese-American girl makes a mean one! … Continue reading
Never After by Marie Brennan Forget perfect princesses, handsome princes, and “happily ever after.” In this collection of thirteen flash-length fairy tale retellings, award-winning author Marie Brennan introduces you to a world of manipulative mirrors, treacherous pigs, and candy houses … Continue reading
The Jani Kilian Chronicles Books 1-3 by Kristine Smith A three-volume omnibus containing Books 1-3 of the Jani Kilian Chronicles: Code of Conduct: Jani Kilian has been on the run for 18 years. But when Interior Minister Evan van Reuter, … Continue reading
What is time travel good for? Well, you need never lose. Redo that failure, rerun that war, reboot that relationship, until it flies. You can do and be whatever you desire. No one will know — no one can know, if you’re rewriting history out from under them. But what does that do to the time traveler?
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