Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“We find ourselves constantly in battle in the vast human theaters of conflict.” ― Bryant McGill Title: The Actor & the Thief Author: Edward Kendrick Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 26000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Once they were a couple. Now—they’re far from it. Just out of prison, Craig heads to Denver. At... Continue Reading →
“We find ourselves constantly in battle in the vast human theaters of conflict.” ― Bryant McGill Title: The Actor & the Thief Author: Edward Kendrick Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 26000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Once they were a couple. Now—they’re far from it. Just out of prison, Craig heads to Denver. At... Continue Reading →
“Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope and your courage.” – Doe Zantamata Title: As You Are Author: Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 61000 Words Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Operation Danny…that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on... Continue Reading →
“Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope and your courage.” – Doe Zantamata Title: As You Are Author: Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 61000 Words Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Operation Danny…that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on... Continue Reading →
Title: In the Absence of Monsters Author: J.P. Barnaby Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 146000 Words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jayden Carter knew the path he wanted his life to take. He wanted to get his Master’s Degree in History and teach. But when he answered an ad for a roommate and met mysterious... Continue Reading →
Title: In the Absence of Monsters Author: J.P. Barnaby Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 146000 Words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jayden Carter knew the path he wanted his life to take. He wanted to get his Master’s Degree in History and teach. But when he answered an ad for a roommate and met mysterious... Continue Reading →
In the Absence of Monsters contains one strong recurring theme, that of questioning established definitions. The definitions of sexuality, recovery, and love are examined throughout the book. The relationship between Ethan and Jayden challenges their understanding of their respective sexualities. Ethan comes to terms with his sexuality, he works toward recovery, but the one concept... Continue Reading →
In the Absence of Monsters contains one strong recurring theme, that of questioning established definitions. The definitions of sexuality, recovery, and love are examined throughout the book. The relationship between Ethan and Jayden challenges their understanding of their respective sexualities. Ethan comes to terms with his sexuality, he works toward recovery, but the one concept... Continue Reading →
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”-- Kahlil Gibran Title: Zombie Boyz: Ghoul’s Gym Author: Eric Arvin and TJ Klune Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars **Warning: Review Contains Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser against the door... Continue Reading →
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”-- Kahlil Gibran Title: Zombie Boyz: Ghoul’s Gym Author: Eric Arvin and TJ Klune Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars **Warning: Review Contains Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser against the door... Continue Reading →
“You know that passage in the Bible that says, ‘And the meek shall inherit the Earth?’ Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, ‘And the geek shall inherit the Earth.’” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson Title: Tread Marks & Trademarks Author: S.A. McAuley Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Rating: 5 Stars... Continue Reading →
“You know that passage in the Bible that says, ‘And the meek shall inherit the Earth?’ Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, ‘And the geek shall inherit the Earth.’” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson Title: Tread Marks & Trademarks Author: S.A. McAuley Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Rating: 5 Stars... Continue Reading →
With the release of my latest novel, Pretty Boy Dead, the first in the Kendall Parker Mysteries series, readers have often asked how long it took to conceive the main character, protagonist Kendall Parker, the closeted homicide detective with the Atlanta Police Department (APD). To a writer, such a question can come across as a... Continue Reading →
With the release of my latest novel, Pretty Boy Dead, the first in the Kendall Parker Mysteries series, readers have often asked how long it took to conceive the main character, protagonist Kendall Parker, the closeted homicide detective with the Atlanta Police Department (APD). To a writer, such a question can come across as a... Continue Reading →
“The irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.” ― Isaac Marion Title: Guess Who’s Coming at Dinner Author: Geoffrey Knight and Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 25,000 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser... Continue Reading →
“The irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.” ― Isaac Marion Title: Guess Who’s Coming at Dinner Author: Geoffrey Knight and Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 25,000 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is honored to be participating in Eric Arvin and TJ Klune’s Ghoul’s Gym Blog Tour, organized by JP Barnaby, Geoffrey Knight, and Wilde City Press. The novella first appeared in last summer’s anthology Zombie Boyz, and is now being released as a single along with the other two stories, Surviving Sin City... Continue Reading →
The M/M reading, writing, and reviewing community has banded together to rally around two of its own, in a show of love and support unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed before. As the dollar amount continues to grow to help Eric and TJ offset some of the financial burdens they’re currently facing, we witness an ever-growing... Continue Reading →
The M/M reading, writing, and reviewing community has banded together to rally around two of its own, in a show of love and support unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed before. As the dollar amount continues to grow to help Eric and TJ offset some of the financial burdens they’re currently facing, we witness an ever-growing... Continue Reading →
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do… Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Holy Sexapalooza Batman! Taking A Chance was relatively short, only about 11,000 words. I think approximately 8,100 of them were sex scenes. The sex... Continue Reading →
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do… Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Holy Sexapalooza Batman! Taking A Chance was relatively short, only about 11,000 words. I think approximately 8,100 of them were sex scenes. The sex... Continue Reading →
BLURB: A murdered male stripper. A missing go-go dancer. A city councilman on the hook. Can Atlanta homicide detective Sergeant Kendall Parker solve the vicious crime while remaining safely hidden behind the closet door? When the body of a young man is found in a popular midtown park, police and local media quickly pin the... Continue Reading →
“The murder itself is the end of the story. It's Zero Hour. It's Zero Hour now.” – Agatha Christie BLURB: A murdered male stripper. A missing go-go dancer. A city councilman on the hook. Can Atlanta homicide detective Sergeant Kendall Parker solve the vicious crime while remaining safely hidden behind the closet door? When the... Continue Reading →
“All of us are a culmination of vital parts of our parents and their past. A vital part of the circumstances we were raised with. Everything that happens to us, good and bad, leaves a lasting impression in our souls.”… His head was pounding from trying to digest all of this. “I’m so overwhelmed.” “Most... Continue Reading →
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