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A Novelist & Poet by Anne Leigh Parrish
I wrote novels, then poetry, late in my career. Up to then, my focus was on short stories. I produced one after another for about nine years until finally, one found a home. It took another seven or eight years before I was regularly publishing them, and my first collection, All The Road That Lead From Home, came into the world in 2011. I’d thought about writing a novel, and some people strongly suggested I should, but it never felt right. Then, writing yet another story, I felt boxed in, confined, and wanted more room to roam. My first novel was published in 2014. Since then four more have been published, two are scheduled for 2022 and 2023, and another one is in-progress, coming in 2024. The floodgates, if you’ll pardon the cliché, seem to have opened.
Read MoreInto the Violet Gardens by Isaac Nasri (Book Review #1084)
Into the violet gardens is a cyberpunk science fiction story set in the year 2024. The story revolves around dealing with a cold-blooded cartel that has taken over Latin America. Levi, a cyborg on the bureau’s virtual team, gets the mission to deal with them, but as successful it is, the social resentment of the aftermath remains against him.
Read MoreTALES FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOLE by David Kingston Yeh (Book Review #1083)
Tales from the bottom of my sole is a gay romantic comedy. It begins when David’s sister shows up as a trans man named Luke and enters Daniel and David’s lives. They are dating and are together.
Read MoreGeckos and Guns – The Pakistan Years by Sharon Bazant (Book Review #1082)
Geckos and Guns is a travel memoir. This book follows her 2019 book titled ‘Nine Years in Bangkok’ and is a prequel to the author’s family breaking from everything they were used to and leaving Canada, their home. The author demonstrates many ups and downs through her travels with her children and begins the story from 1991.
Living in a place with such a rich culture and different social etiquette, you see the author and her family embracing all that there is and more. They spend five years in Pakistan and learn so much from the food, climate, attending weddings and understanding living in a very different way.
With memoirs, I always look for honesty and personal growth. This book tells a fair story of the events and is enjoyable to read. I particularly loved the cover design of the book. It is very well thought out, colourful and represents the content inside.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes authentic travel memoirs and enjoys an adventure.
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Thoughts on Teaching Fiction Online by Michael Backus
Teaching fiction writing online works surprisingly well as a whole, I’ve taught close to 150 classes in the past 18 years for Gotham Writer’s Workshop and Zoetrope Magazine and most of those have been online in the past 10 years.
Read MoreROSWELL, AREA 51, & GOD by RICHARD M EVANS
NOT JUST ANY HANDSHAKE! These are real commanders of the Roswell and Area 51 bases!
I am Richard M. Evans, son of Colonel Ivor Parry Evans, ex-base commander of the Air Force base at Roswell, NM. The photo shows my dad shaking hands with Major General Douglas Nelson, ex-commander of Area 51.
Read MoreWintersfall by Sarah Westill (Book Review #1073)
Wintersfall is a paranormal romance and is the first book in ‘The Guardians of Sziveria series’. It begins with Katrina Nachemir and her personal endeavour to pursue her mother and sister’s killer. She starts working with the Sziverian government and deals with them, including with Sean Blackbain. The adventure then begins as the two intertwine.
Read MorePaladin’s Honor by A. Carina spears (Book Review #1074)
Paladin’s honour is a fantasy romance story and begins with Devon, a paladin from the Order of Rhys. The knights fight against the undead and keep everyone safe. When Devon meets Mirabelle, things change. Mirabelle has been through a lot, and the dynamic of them both shape up the story.
Read MoreTale of the Pack by B. P. Williams (Book Review #1079)
Tale of the pack is a fictional story about Elizabeth Forty, a 10-year-old orphan in the Happydale Home for Parentless and Unwanted Children, located in Tri-Rivers in Western Montana.
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