B- Reviewsdebut author / dystopian / kick-ass heroine / short-story / zombies4 Comments
Dear Ms. Browne: This debut short story has a voice that grabbed me — moody and beautiful and intriguing. The story itself left me going “huh?” at times, but the more I think about it, the more I appreciate it. Five years after a zombie plague ended the world as ... more >
B ReviewsContemporary / England / short-story3 Comments
Dear Ms. Murdarasi, With world attention focusing on the Games of the Thirtieth Olympiad, what better time to read your short story “Running for Cover” which is now available for free at Smashwords. Sick of the Olympics already? Isla is with you but might have an even better reason not ... more >
Reading Listsdystopian / m/m romance / m/m/m / mystery / Reading lists / short-story40 Comments
The Starving Years by Jordan Castillo Price This is a dystopian story set in the near past (1960) in New York. A new type of genetically engineered food, Manna, has ended starvation by providing basic nutrition to people all over the world. But something has gone wrong, leading to riots ... more >
B+ ReviewsMilitary / Penguin / short-story7 Comments
Dear Ms. Fallon: I am a romance reader and rarely read non fiction. While this collection of stories are fictional, they are loosely based on men and women that live in military bases probably across the world. I don’t doubt that these stories have been replayed a thousand times in ... more >
B Reviews / B- ReviewsLiterary fiction / short-story1 Comments
Dear Ms. Pekkanen: According to the Amazon bio, you are an acclaimed fiction writer which would be why your name is unknown to me. I rarely read outside the romance genre. Your publicist sent this to me and as I do with all books sent to me, I opened and ... more >
B- ReviewsEighteenth century / featured / ghost-story / m/m romance / mlr press / short-story2 Comments
Dear Ms. Beecroft. I enjoyed, as I always do, your sublime prose and the beautiful love story. I had more reservations about this story than I have for the previous two of yours I reviewed, though, reservations all revolving around the plot. In addition, I’m pretty much paranormaled out, so ... more >