Category Archives: Small Press Book Reviews

Dead Star: Tri-Star Empire Book 1 by Simon Kewin Selene Ada is rescued, unconscious, from her homeworld. The planet had been condemned to death by the brutal, galaxy-spanning Concordance: their sunlight slowly being blocked by a planetary shroud. Someone breaks through … Continue reading →

Here, There Be Monsters (Dark Quest) by John L. French I first met the book’s protagonist in a collaborative book done by John L. French and Patrick Murphy – part of the Hell’s Detective series, and I asked for more … Continue reading →

Forgotten Sidekicks (Grimbold Books, Kristell Ink) Edited by Peter Sutton and Steven Poore   This themed anthology is a lot of fun, and I think you’ll enjoy it. The first story, “The Bardic Guide to Disobedience” is about a Hero … Continue reading →

Goddess Rising by Jay Hartlove The resurrected Desiree Macklin and Dr. Sanantha Mauwad are back in this third book in the Goddess Rising trilogy. In a previous tale, Sanantha – a psychiatrist and a practitioner of her homeland Haiti’s religions, … Continue reading →

Common Source by Bryan Thomas Schmidt Detective John Simon and his android partner Lucas George are back. Something is causing androids to cause property damage, and worse. What was the cause? Simon and his partner are assigned to the first … Continue reading →

Shift by C.N. Lesley In this standalone paranormal romance/mystery/thriller C.N. Lesley (the pen name of A&A Flash Editor Elizabeth Hull) chronicles the life of Lily, woman who’d been in the Witness Protection Program – and it failed her. People she … Continue reading →

Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles (Fantastic Books) Edited by Michael A. Ventrella and Randee Dawn Reading the introduction by Nancy Holder felt more like work than a non-serious Beatles fan like me was expecting. This book, she warns … Continue reading →

The Hunchback’s Captive and Others: Stories and Poems of the Darkly Fantastic (Fairy Thrush Press) by Jay Sturner Jay Sturner’s collection—The Hunchback’s Captive and Others: Stories and Poems of the Darkly Fantastic (Fairy Thrush Press, 2019)—is comprised of 24 pieces. … Continue reading →

The Sideman (John Simon book 2) by Bryan Thomas Schmidt I love this series I requested an ARC of this book because I enjoyed the first book in the series, Simon Says, so much. I was not disappointed. How could … Continue reading →

Netwalk: Expanded Edition (The Netwalk Sequence Book 1) by Joyce Reynolds Ward It’s the middle of the 21st century and Melanie’s got family trouble. Her mother, Diana, runs one part of the split-up United States: the New Federalized United States … Continue reading →