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The Scaevola Conspiracy by Timo Bozsolik-Torres (Book Review #1871)
Timo Bozsolik-Torres’s “The Scaevola Conspiracy” is a thrilling ride through the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, blending high technology and intense drama in a narrative that grips the reader from the first page. As a firsthand participant in the tech industry, Bozsolik-Torres brings an authenticity that enriches the novel’s portrayal of a landscape where innovation is both a currency and a weapon.
Read MoreThe Silvery Path: The Underworlds by Dennis Scheel (Book Review #1872)
Dennis Scheel’s latest entry in his fantasy series, “The Silvery Path: The Underworlds,” plunges readers into a dark and intricate world where manipulation and destiny intertwine with the supernatural. In this complex narrative, Scheel crafts an intense battle of wits, wills, and warfare among a diverse cast of characters, from gods to mortals, all bound by one enigmatic figure’s ominous prophecy.
Read MoreChasing the Muse by Sharon Curcio
Many writers complain about feeling “writer’s block” from time to time. But essentially, I don’t believe in writer’s block. I would ask each author to reflect on a story idea that compelled him or her to write, that bubbled up from the subconscious, downloaded itself into memory and flowed out on the keyboard. Surely, many of us recall those moments as we sat down and wrote until that wellspring stilled.
Read MoreUnveiling 11 Relationship Styles: Secrets Nobody Told Youby Ahmad Aljazeeri (Book Review #1867)
“Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles: Secrets Nobody Told You” is a pioneering exploration that delves into the multifaceted nature of human connections, offering a fresh and comprehensive perspective on both romantic and platonic relationships. The book introduces readers to the ‘PICCK A SPICE’ framework, which categorizes relationships into 11 distinct styles: Playful, Intellectual, Creative, Culinary, Kind, Adventurous, Spiritual, Physical, Inspirational, Caring, and Empathetic. This innovative approach provides a detailed map for understanding and navigating the diverse ways people connect with each other.
Read MoreA Character in the Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Universe of Lost Messages’ Speaks Out by Janet Stilson
Hey. My name’s Cheeta Lucida LaVera. You’ll find me inside a new book by Janet Stilson called Universe of Lost Messages. She asked me to explain a few things.
Read MoreFive Questions with Mark Doyon about Deep Fried
In the forthcoming novel Deep Fried by Mark Doyon, Americanized millennial Arjun Chatterjee is a food-truck chef working in a parking lot outside the nation’s capital. He dreams up multiethnic recipes and pursues a young woman toiling in a Kafkaesque office nearby. Building a clientele, he faces life with a sly optimism.
Read MoreInterview with Richard Walter
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
I came to California in the mid-60s for what I thought would be a short visit, but I enrolled at USC’s film school on a whim. Members of my class would eventually own Hollywood, except for George Lucas, who owns Marin County. I wrote my first screenplay in a class taught by the late and legendary Irwin R. Blacker. Though it never sold, it won me top representation and a slot on the writing staff at a major studio. I never looked back.
Read MoreAn Unexpected Novel – AFTERMATH BOY by Robert E. Honig
For twenty years, I’d stayed away from the Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum. Their repository of SHOAH Foundation testimonies and video recordings of survivor interviews included contributions by my two surviving aunts. Their older sister, my mother, had died at age 53 when I was a young man. Forty years later, this survivor’s only child, a transfer trauma recipient with history engrained in my DNA, had finally prepared himself to discover what the whispers of childhood were all about. Of course, I already knew quite a bit, whispered references to Dachau, Bergen Belsen, and ‘death marches’ peppered my ears when I eavesdropped from the top of the stairs in my childhood home.
Read MoreInterview with Ellis Shuman
Iva Dimitrova is author of this interview. Here is a link to the review of her book. Click here.
- In June of this year, you published your short story collection Rakia, which is set in Bulgaria. However, this isn’t the first time you’ve chosen my homeland as the backdrop for your stories. I’m referring to The Burgas Affair, which was also published in Bulgarian in 2016. What is it about my country that has held your interest for so long? Why is it special to you?
As part of my efforts to market my new book, Rakiya – Stories of Bulgaria – I ask people ‘When was the last time you read a book set in Bulgaria?’ The response is nearly unanimous – they have not read any books using Bulgaria as a setting. Add to this the fact that very little Bulgarian literature has been translated into English. The exception to this is the novel Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, which won the 2023 International Booker Prize, but even with that award, not too many people have read anything remotely connected to Bulgaria.
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