I just received my contributor copies for the February 2010 Realms of Fantasy and so far, it looks good. Not a fishboob in sight on the cover. In this installment of my column, I cover the following books: Leviathan by … Continue reading
At Meadowbrook Middle School, they don’t come meaner or more popular than Amanda Beeson. What no one knows is that Amanda can’t afford to feel pity or empathy for someone, lest her consciousness inhabit their body for an unspecified period … Continue reading
In this all-new anthology of vampire stories, fourteen authors explore the dangerous relationship between blood and desire, looking at how the romanticized undead interact with their victims, prey, and lovers. Among the stronger stories are Maria Snyder’s “Sword Point,” Holly … Continue reading
Teenage vampire AJ Ashe is having the worst year ever. Her boyfriend is now her stepbrother. She may have accidentally turned her rebound hookup into a vampire. Someone’s framing her for everything from cheating on tests to getting a little … Continue reading
Usually, the worst Margot Jean Johnson has to worry about is her lack of a boyfriend, and the mockery of her nemesis, Amanda Culpepper. But that’s before the vast majority of her high school are turned into brainless zombies, and … Continue reading
For years, a mysterious connection has existed between Grace and the yellow-eyed wolf that once saved her from his own kind as a child. Little does she know that the wolf spends his summers as a human, and that as … Continue reading
Millennia from now, the legacy of Earth lives on, in the form of two warring factions on a distant planet. In the Libyrinth, books are hoarded and protected by those who treasure literacy and knowledge. The Eradicants, who pass their … Continue reading
After the death of her parents, Ash is left in the care of her cruel stepmother, with only the fairy tales of her youth to comfort her. Yearning for the fairies to take her away to their world, she seeks … Continue reading
The following reviews ran in Absolute Magnitude issues #14 (Summer 2000) and #15 (Spring 2001), and currently exist only in print format. What follows is a very brief roundup to serve until they can be retyped. Past Lives, Present Tense, edited … Continue reading
Now archived: almost every science fiction review written for Absolute Magnitude. This consists of 60-some pieces, and covers 2001-2004. Not included: several reviews which have gone missing and only exist in print form at this point. I may retype them, … Continue reading
