An interview with Chris Wimpress
My novel ‘Joe is Online’ is probably the first piece of fiction in the world which was written FOR e-readers. It works on a Kindle – in fact it looks great on a Kindle and an iPad. ‘Joe is Online’...
View ArticleSpec Fic Writer Searches For Utopia
For all the weirdnesses in my book of linked stories New Sun Rising—e-beasts who rule the world from within Networld, witchcraft, ghosts, and a human warehouse—I couldn’t have written the stories...
View ArticleB The EXXtinction by Santiago Mantilla
B The EXXtinction by Santiago Mantilla is a dystopian science fiction novel proposing the provocative question: what would happen if men go extinct? Despotic ruler Queen Estevez starts a civil war to...
View ArticleReview: Free Will Odyssey by Larry Kilham
★★★★ In Free Will Odyssey, author Larry Kilham imagines a not-too-distant future where humans are able to have complete control of their lives. By enhancing one’s free will, and preventing one’s body...
View ArticleReview: Sundown by Carl H. Mitchell
★★★★½ When the world stops working and the oil runs out, no one is exactly sure what sort of chaos will unfold, but author Carl H. Mitchell has a pretty good idea. Sundown: Engineering Gives the Devil...
View ArticleThe Matriarch Matrix by Maxime Trencavel
The Matriarch Matrix by Maxime Trencavel is an epic work of science fiction spanning the distant past to the near future. The book takes place in various time periods and locations, from Siirt to San...
View ArticleReview: Reaper Town (Rented Souls Book 2) by Eirik M. Dahll-Larssøn
When the fabric of reality breaks down, there’s no telling what terrors might begin to creep out from the shadows. With that sinister mood in mind, author Eirik M. Dahll-Larssøn welcomes readers back...
View ArticleReview: Profit Wars by Mac Whitesides
Sometimes the near future can be far more terrifying than some far-distant dystopian hellscape, and in Profit Wars, author Mac Whitesides hits close to home with a tale set only a stone’s throw ahead...
View ArticleReview: Julia’s Memories and The Interflow of Things (Amor Mundi Books 1 & 2)...
Reading a novel doesn't always mean one should trust the narrator, and in Julia's Memories and The Interflow of Things, an omnibus of the Amor Mundi series, this complex challenge comes to the...
View ArticleReview: Twilight’s Last Glory by Stephen C. Perkins
If you have ever suspected that professional sports may be slightly more engineered than people understand, Twilight's Last Glory by Stephen Perkins is a perfect, conspiracy-laden read. Sometime in the...
View ArticleReview: The Yin and Yang of an Electrical Conductor by Jose Scaramanga
A wild, mind-bending tale, The Yin and Yang of an Electrical Conductor proposes a fascinating world where one can have a chat with an eminent scholar from the Age of Reason, or a holy man from...
View ArticleThe Request for Lambency by ileso DMC
Although there are many different belief structures surrounding religion in the world, one underlying theme remains quite constant: "You can't take it with you." However, what if some greater power...
View ArticleReview: Colors by J.M. Ferreira
Colors, J.M. Ferreira’s stunning literary debut, paints a startling picture of race and sexual discrimination in a not-so-distant future Hawaii. The year is 2026. Thirty-six-year-old Pualani “Pua”...
View ArticleReview: Deleted Dreams by Ren Ellis
Author Ren Ellis releases a bold and visionary novella with Deleted Dreams, a YA speculative fiction novella that delicately pulls from multiple genres and demonstrates exceptional storytelling skill....
View ArticleReview: Song of All Songs by Donna Dechen Birdwell
Donna Dechen Birdwell has crafted an immersive and visceral vision of the future with Song of All Songs, a novel that begs to be savored like few others in recent memory. In an unspecified future...
View ArticleReview: The Venus World by Hywel Richard Pinto
A femme-dominated future falls into fracture and peril in The Venus World by Hywel Richard Pinto, a sprawling slice of post-apocalyptic and speculative fiction. Men are reduced to reproductive...
View ArticleReview: Utopia? by R.A. Rowlingson
Author R.A. Rowlingson launches readers into an eerily familiar dystopian world with Utopia? The titular megacity may be a last bastion of humanity bulging behind massive walls, but there are dangerous...
View ArticleThe Pystead Group by James Pryor
A twisting, near-future novel about freedom, destruction, and the existential struggle for survival, The Pystead Group by James Pryor is both a chilling and thought-provoking dystopian read. Philip's...
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