By Aliya Whiteley ** Publication Date 16 March 2021 ** 3.5 stars Skyward Inn is a locals bar run by Jem, a local Protectorate born, and Isley, a Qitan. Jem met Isley when she was enlisted and stationed on Qita to spread a message of peace. When Jem’s time served had ended, Isley returned home …
By Jeremy Robert Johnson ** Publication Date 29 September 2020 ** 4.5 stars Turner Falls is a perfect little ski town in the high desert of eastern Oregon. Quaint, friendly, as long as you’re not Lucy or Bucket. Lucy and Bucket are “brown” and outcasts from most of the Turner Falls students. Spring Meadows High …
By David Sosnowski ** Publication Date 28 January 2020** Pandora lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with her dad, Roger. Pandora has a highly expressive face, similar to Jim Carrey. Because of her face, people tend to make fun of and pick on Pandora. Not to mention she was homeschooled for many years, and her house has …
By Sam Hooker, Seven Jane, Alcy Leyva, Laura Morrison, Dalena Storm, Cassondra Windwalker ** Publication Date 5 November 2019 ** A Midnight Clear is a book of six short stories, all themed around the winter holidays. But these aren’t your “Hallmark” style of holiday stories. These are more likely to end up on Twilight Zone …
By Stephen Oram ** Publication Date 12 April 2019 ** I picked this one up because I had read Fluence by Stephen Oram. I was curious to see/read some other work by this author. Also, this is a book of short stories, so quick reads. I wasn’t disappointed. Stephen Oram has the ability to transport …
By Erika Swyler ** publication date 7 May 2019 ** Do not wait to read this one. This is a book that kept me fully engaged from start to finish. I finished wanting more! Florida 1986 and the start of the Space Shuttle program. Meet Nedda. 11 years old and far smarter than her years. …
By Aubrey Hadley ** Publication Date 16 July 2019 ** What would happen if you found yourself all alone in a quarantined neighborhood where all your neighbors were dying of sleeping sickness, and your mother and brother and sister had escaped prior to the quarantine? What if you started noticing glowing creatures out in the …
By MA George Meet Perry, one teenage girl with a vivid dreamlife. Until the reality hits that her dreams aren’t really dreams at all, but alternate realities in which she lives. M.A.George hits it out of the ballpark with this fantasy/scifi book that brings into question all of our realities. Are we really dreaming or …
by Will Ross, Christopher Wiig, and Aaron Sailors (originally posted 4-July-2014) A different twist on zombie fiction. What I first found interesting is that this book was written by three people. There is a foreword from the leader of the “Zombie Research Society,” which I suppose is a glowing review from that sector. It’s a …