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The Cat Did Not Die

by Leia Menlove

Swedish writer Inger Frimansson is back with a new thriller, "The Cat Did Not Die". After absorbing this psychological descent into madness you may want to rethink how private that summer cottage is. You may even hide your ax. "The Cat... Read More

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Futuredaze

by Leia Menlove

Fiction for young adults (YA if you are pub-geeky) is taking the world by solar storm. We have seen the novels and the movies, now Underwords Press brings us an anthology of YA shorts. True to trend, "Futuredaze" features both space... Read More

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Opcit at Large

by Leia Menlove

John Barr, writer of epic poems or poetic epics (the poetry-illiterate may not draw a distinction), has returned with Book II of The Adventures of Ibn Opcit. This second volume, "Opcit at Large", mires our eponymous poet-hero in more... Read More

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Red-Inked Retablos

by Jennifer Williams

Rigoberto González will listen to your poem and say, “It’s the most beautiful poem I’ve heard in a long time.” That is, he’ll say it if you’re his Tía Marta or his brother Alex, part of the special group of family and... Read More

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The Crystal Scepter

by Alan Couture

The land of Elysiel is under a curse of bitter ice, its king dead, its denizens frozen in time. Treacherous Pythius, the tyrant of distant Paladya, has stolen the magical Crystal Scepter and is determined to master its charms, no matter... Read More

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The Sense of Touch

by Michael Beeman

In his debut collection, Ron Parsons mines the northernmost region of the American Midwest, mapping the lives of those bound to the beautiful and hard area by love, family, duty, and sometimes simply by snow. Parsons is concerned with... Read More

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Ashes Rain Down

by Shoilee Khan

"Ashes Rain Down" is a collection of linked short stories set in a dismal, pre-apocalyptic world where environmental disasters wreak havoc on disparate communities scattered across the country. The world is embroiled in The Forever War,... Read More

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