Where Fiction and Reality Meet
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side. - Emma Donoghue Sometimes the title of a book says it all. Case in point, Josephine Myles’ Blooming Marvelous and Collected Stories, an omnibus of nine short stories all... Continue Reading →
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side. - Emma Donoghue Sometimes the title of a book says it all. Case in point, Josephine Myles’ Blooming Marvelous and Collected Stories, an omnibus of nine short stories all... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Riptide Publishing/Aleksandr Voinov/L. A. Witt blog tour for Unhinge the Universe! Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing for a choice of two eBooks off my backlist (excluding Something New Under the Sun) and a $10 Riptide Publishing store credit. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on July... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Riptide Publishing/Aleksandr Voinov/L. A. Witt blog tour for Unhinge the Universe! Every comment on this blog tour enters you in a drawing for a choice of two eBooks off my backlist (excluding Something New Under the Sun) and a $10 Riptide Publishing store credit. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on July... Continue Reading →
“Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.” George Santayana Quite honestly, at first I didn’t like Mountain Prey. It seemed implausible and not well-thought out. Then, I realized that that was the whole point! Alex’s plan isn’t very well-thought out. And Stunt, poor Stunt. He always seems... Continue Reading →
“Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.” George Santayana Quite honestly, at first I didn’t like Mountain Prey. It seemed implausible and not well-thought out. Then, I realized that that was the whole point! Alex’s plan isn’t very well-thought out. And Stunt, poor Stunt. He always seems... Continue Reading →
“A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.” – Leonard Cohen In this short story we meet Nolan. He's a landlord, taking in tenants to pay the bills after losing his lover three years ago in a drowning accident. He takes in all kinds of tenants over the course of these three... Continue Reading →
“A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.” – Leonard Cohen In this short story we meet Nolan. He's a landlord, taking in tenants to pay the bills after losing his lover three years ago in a drowning accident. He takes in all kinds of tenants over the course of these three... Continue Reading →
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” ― Allen Saunders Matt Sullivan is man who knows exactly what he wants from life. He is going to finish law school, work at a law firm, marry a nice girl and have some kids. He has a girlfriend, Kristin, who is more... Continue Reading →
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” ― Allen Saunders Matt Sullivan is man who knows exactly what he wants from life. He is going to finish law school, work at a law firm, marry a nice girl and have some kids. He has a girlfriend, Kristin, who is more... Continue Reading →
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ― Friedrich Nietzsche The M/M Goodreads Group’s “Love Has No Boundaries” stories are hitting the web, and if I use my first story choice to judge what’s in store, I’d say it’s going to be a... Continue Reading →
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ― Friedrich Nietzsche The M/M Goodreads Group’s “Love Has No Boundaries” stories are hitting the web, and if I use my first story choice to judge what’s in store, I’d say it’s going to be a... Continue Reading →
I wanted to know what happened when two people felt it. Would it divide the hurt in two, make it lighter to bear, the way feeling someone's joy seemed to double it? – Sue Monk Kidd, “The Secret Life of Bees” It was almost a year and a half ago that I first read When... Continue Reading →
I wanted to know what happened when two people felt it. Would it divide the hurt in two, make it lighter to bear, the way feeling someone's joy seemed to double it? – Sue Monk Kidd, “The Secret Life of Bees” It was almost a year and a half ago that I first read When... Continue Reading →
Thanks for being here with us today, guys. I know it’s a big day, what with the release of your book and all, and I know you’re both busy with life and jobs, so we’re thrilled you could stop by for a visit. Let’s get right to it. What would you both say was the... Continue Reading →
Thanks for being here with us today, guys. I know it’s a big day, what with the release of your book and all, and I know you’re both busy with life and jobs, so we’re thrilled you could stop by for a visit. Let’s get right to it. What would you both say was the... Continue Reading →
"Home Let me come home Home is wherever I'm with you." ― Edward Sharpe The old saying goes that "home is where the heart is;" not where your own heart is but where the heart is to which you belong. There is a difference between being home and being in a place that gives you... Continue Reading →
"Home Let me come home Home is wherever I'm with you." ― Edward Sharpe The old saying goes that "home is where the heart is;" not where your own heart is but where the heart is to which you belong. There is a difference between being home and being in a place that gives you... Continue Reading →
We couldn't be happier to welcome Edmond as our guest today to help celebrate the release of his latest novel King Mai. In honor of Mai's coronation, Edmond is offering one lucky reader the chance to win an Ecopy of the book! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment right here,... Continue Reading →
Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart longs for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. – W.B. Yeats I have dubbed him the Storyteller King—the king of all things. The one who owns the... Continue Reading →
Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart longs for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. – W.B. Yeats I have dubbed him the Storyteller King—the king of all things. The one who owns the... Continue Reading →
Angels around us, angels beside us, angels within us. Angels are watching over you. – Angel Blessing Having never read anything by this author before, I didn't know what to expect. After learning it was about a rocker and an angel, two of my favorite themes, I immediately got excited about reading Angel's Redemption. The... Continue Reading →
Angels around us, angels beside us, angels within us. Angels are watching over you. – Angel Blessing Having never read anything by this author before, I didn't know what to expect. After learning it was about a rocker and an angel, two of my favorite themes, I immediately got excited about reading Angel's Redemption. The... Continue Reading →
Without music, life would be a mistake.” Friedrich Nietzche I absolutely loved The Nothingness of Ben, Brad Boney’s first novel. I was looking forward to The Return from the moment I finished "Ben". Mr. Boney certainly didn’t disappoint. Not only did he follow up with the major and minor characters from “Ben”, he introduced a... Continue Reading →
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