There are many stereotypes of the Irish, and no doubt most of have some antecedent in reality: the policeman with a brogue, the corrupt politician of Tammany Hall, the talker, the fighter, the drunk, the priest. Behind all these figures, familiar and sometimes even comic, shimmers a history of tragedy and of glory. Often this…
Category: Literature
Prism Tours: Dark Minds
On Tour with Prism Book Tours. Welcome to the Release Celebration for Dark Minds By Michelle Diener Dark Minds is book three in the Class 5 Series. Michelle is sharing about the Class 5 world today. If you missed Michelle’s release-day message, go read it HERE, if you missed about the rise of the…
Review: Imbeciles
See if you can follow this chain of logic. Human defects – mental, physical, and moral – are carried through heredity. In order to eliminate these defects from the human race, the genes that cause them must be eliminated from the gene pool. In order to eliminate such bad genes, the carriers of those genes…
Excerpt: The Gladiator and the Guard
An Excerpt From The Gladiator and the Guard written by Annie Douglass Lima cover art by Jack Lin Bensin had been nervous all day. Not just because he was scheduled to fight the Yellows that afternoon. Not just because Ninety-Nine was scheduled to fight too, possibly at the same time. Not…
Good Friday
A Good Friday Excerpt of Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story is like the power of mill-stones; and those who can read them simply enough will feel as if rocks had been rolled upon them. Criticism is only words about words; and of what use…
Review: Dragon’s Rook
A border war is, or should be, a simple thing. Two kingdoms want land, to the point of battles and blood; they fight it out, until one gets the land and the other finally goes home. Tragic, as we all know, but straightforward. But in the war Dissonay and Skarda wage over the unclaimed Territories,…
Story Excerpt: Adela’s Curse
“Adela, would you like to dance?” Rafael asked. “Oh, I don’t…” Adela stammered. “Of course you do,” Lidia said. “Please help me escape him.” Rafael rolled his eyes comically at her and took Adela’s hand, leading her out onto the dance floor. “Did Lidia make your necklace?” he asked. “She’s quite talented,” he continued…
Cover Reveal: Adela’s Curse
A witch and her master capture a young faery and command her to kill their enemy. Adela has no choice but to obey. If she does not, they will force the location of her people’s mountain home from her and kill her. To make matters even worse, the person she is to kill is only…
CSFF Blog Tour: The Shock of Night
Willet Dura has survived a great deal – war, years of pursuing criminals, and (most impressively) the Darkwater Forest. It all helps to explain his uncanny interest in death, but it doesn’t quite excuse it. As the king’s reeve, he is called to investigate murders in the royal city of Bunard; sometimes he arrives at…
CSFF Blog Tour: Bolt
Some time ago – I forget, exactly, how much, or even vaguely how much – the CSFF blog tour reviewed the entire Staff and Sword trilogy, written by Patrick W. Carr. Now Patrick Carr is back, and so are we. His new book is called The Shock of Night, and it is the beginning of…