Alauddin Update

Work has started on this rewrite of something I wrote in my teen years. Initially, it was meant to be a padding out of the original with some more character work and plot. However, as these things go, it’s kind of become a full rewrite. The original was good for a teen project. I was […]

When Folk Tales Collide

Western fantasy fiction is heavily influenced by Greco-Roman and Norse mythologies. From pantheons of fickle deities to mischievous fae folk, from great dragons to tunnel crawling wyrms. Over the decades, since fantasy’s emergence as a genre, more and more European folklore has made its way into fantasy fiction. Orcs, goblins, elves, dwarfs, etc., are well […]

Book Review: Raven Oak’s Amaskan Blood

A long lost princess turned assassin returns to her kingdom to protect her sister. The Amaskan Order is an ancient and secretive society of assassins, trained from childhood to serve justice to those who are beyond the law. Master Adelei is the Order’s best assassin, but she is plagued my memories of a stolen childhood […]

Book Review: Undercaffeinated and Overexposed by Andrew G Schneider

Undercaffeinated and Overexposed: The Tale of a Coffee Shop Princess by Andrew G. Schneider My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Fair Folk have walked straight out of the pages of fiction into the real world. Now they are struggling to survive in the modern world, under threat from immigration officers, each other and would […]

Book Review: Shawn Mihalik’s Flute Player

My rating: 2 of 5 stars The Flute Player is a whimsical fairytale set during the bombing of France during WWII. The story is split between a hospital and a village situated in a magical land that exists between reality and dreams. A young lady has had an accident and lies in a coma, whilst […]

Book Review: Nightingale by David Farland

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nightingale is the first in a series of urban fantasy books by David Farland, bestselling author of the Runelord fantasy series and mentor to a whole new generation of bestselling genre writers. Nightingale is about a changeling boy named Bron Jones who has been raised through the social welfare […]

Book Review: Shianshenka, the Rise and Fall of the Perfect Creation by Rowen Sivertsen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars This isn’t my normal reading fare. What initially piqued my interest was the author’s ambitious attempt at creating a multimedia experience by linking in animated videos, pictures, lyrics and musical notes and performances. So I took a chance and accepted the request for a review. The art direction for […]