Dark Roots was the best experience I’ve had with short fiction in long months. It is a collection of three short stories following members of the Reese family through the ages as they match wits, brawn, and steel with an assortment of supernatural foes, from demons to Tory wizards. Each story is a whirlwind of […]
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Dismal Tide gets 5 Stars from Readers’ Favorite!
We got a couple more positive reviews in for our books from Readers’ Favorite. Let’s start with our newest book, The Dismal Tide (get it on sale for $0.99 right now!), which earned a five star ranking (just like After Dark, the previous book in the series, did). Reviewer Stephen Fisher says: The co-authors of this masterpiece […]
New reviews for Dismal Tide, Population of Loss
We received yet another positive review of our introductory book of superhero and Victorian post-apocalyptic short stories, “Population of Loss.” In the Ascension Epoch universe, the War of the Worlds actually happened and it changed the world permanently. Here’s what the reviewer has to say: Great concept, well executed I first stumbled across the “Ascension Epoch” universe while […]
Book Review: Free Spirits by Richard Rohlin and Benjamin Feehan (Grapple Gun Universe)
Free Spirits is a short story (about 28 pages) set in the mid-2000s of the Grapple Gun Universe (GGU). If you’ve been following along in the series that began with Archers and whose most recent installment is The Eye of Horus, this is 30+ years in the future from the characters and events you’re familiar […]
The Irregulars Get Some Love
In a sign of good things to come in 2016, the East End Irregulars series kicked off the year with some love in the review department. First, The Dismal Tide got it’s first review on Amazon, a solid four stars of approval from a reader who also enjoyed After Dark. Here’s what he had to […]
Book Review: War of the Worlds: The Anglo-Martian War of 1895
This book is part of Osprey’s ‘Adventure’ imprint, an expanding line-up of reference books for fictional and mythological struggles, ranging from Atlantis to King Arthur to the Cthulhu Mythos. I have read quite a few of them, including an excellent book on the Nazi occult program written by horror RPG ace Kenneth Hite, a tome […]
Book Review: The Truth Is Out There, by Brannon Hollingsworth
Title: The Truth Is Out There Author: Brannon Hollingsworth Publisher: Four Fools Press Price: $0.99 Format: ebook (Kindle) The author of this book gave me a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. I liked it, and it was cheap, so I bought it anyway. I’ve been a fan of other Four […]
Book Review: Night’s Nadir by Corey Blankenship
Title: Night’s Nadir Author: Corey Blankenship Publisher: Four Fools Press Price: $0.99 Format: ebook (Kindle) I am a longtime fan of weird fiction, especially when that mystery and paranormal menace crosses paths with teeth-gritting military ops and desperate conspiracies. You can blame games like Delta Green or Conspiracy X, or literary gems like Tim Power’s […]
OnlineBookClub.org reviews “Copper Knights and Granite Men”
Following on the heels of the review of After Dark, OnlineBookClub.org also reviewed Copper Knights and Granite Men. Here are some of the highlights: It starts off sounding like some kind of groan-worthy joke – three superheroes walk into a museum – but the result is anything but terrible. Any adults who are fans of […]
OnlineBookClub.org reviews “After Dark”
Speaking of reviews… The first East End Irregulars novel, After Dark, was reviewed over at OnlineBookClub. I’m happy to say it’s a positive review! Here are some highlights: …the reader not only meets a cast of compelling characters but also encounters a futuristic dystopia* complete with hovercraft, the future’s smartphone, and variant political divisions across […]