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October 2, 2013

REVIEW: One Thousand and One Nights by Ruth Browne

WillafulB- 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 >

August 3, 2012

REVIEW: Running for Cover by K.C . Murdarasi

JayneB 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 >

Sunita
May 10, 2012

What Sunita was reading in March and April

SunitaReading 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 >

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December 21, 2011

REVIEW: You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

JaneB+ 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 >

All Is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen
February 17, 2011

REVIEW: All Is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen

JaneB 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 >

January 4, 2010

REVIEW: Wages of Sin by Alex Beecroft

SarahFB- 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 >

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