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[themify_box ]Michelle Michiko Sagara is a Japanese-Canadian author of fantasy literature, active since the early 1990s. She has published as Michelle Sagara, as Michelle West and as Michelle Sagara West. She lives in Toronto and is employed part-time at Bakka.[/themify_box] Kameron Hurley wrote an interesting post here: “Someone once ... more >
When I saw Dear Author’s call for authors to review book that haven’t gotten enough attention, my mind immediately jumped to Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers. The novel came out in 2008 and I had picked it up off the new book shelf because of the absolutely ... more >
Solace Ames is a Japanese-American writer with roots in the Southeast US, although her heart lives somewhere along the Pacific coast of Mexico. She’s worked in restaurants, strip clubs, academia and the corporate world and studied everything from the philosophy of science to queer theory to medieval Spanish literature. Rejecting neat ... more >
It’s probably not a secret by now that I love novellas. There’s a grace and compactness to them that, when done well, makes for a beautiful gem of a story. And that’s what we have here: a beautiful gem of a story. I was utterly charmed from the first ... more >
A lot of bad things happened to Beverly last year. Now she’s living a life without friends. It’s a lot easier that way. Then Derek comes into her life, just by chance. Bit by bit, Beverly opens up to Derek and begins to trust him. She can tell him anything. ... more >
From Author Amber Lin: A book appeared on my Kindle one day. I have no memory of one-clicking it and the cover doesn’t do much for me. But I peeked inside and I’m so glad I did, because right on the first page, I was captivated. The voice was compulsively ... more >