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Into the Cruel Sea

MicheleLee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:09:52 -0500

Novella and novelette length stories are a fast-fading art, so it's
always exciting to see them show up. Rich Ristow's Into the Cruel Sea
is a fast paced tale set on a military base in Bermuda where Beth, a
teen girl on the cusp of adulthood, is about to face the imaginable.

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future volume 23

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:38:16 -0500

Courtesy of The Fix: http://thefix-online.com/reviews/wotf-23/

Horror Library volume 2

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:36:54 -0500

Courtesy of The Fix Online:

http://thefix-online.com/reviews/horror-library-2/

Grimspace

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:27:46 -0500

Grimspace is in a special class of
science fiction--part fairy tale and part epic. Sirantha Jax is one
of the rare number of people with the J-gene, which allows hyperspace
travel via access to a mysterious, surreal subrealm of the universe.
She faces a life of excitement and fame, until her ship goes down,

Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:25:49 -0500

An anthology of twenty three tales
mirror their subject matter, flavorful as a triple burger and fries
and as dangerous as hot grease Fried! is the first project from
horror genre newcomer Graveside Tales.

No Further Messages

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:23:15 -0500

Courtesy of The Fix Online: http://thefix-online.com/reviews/no-further-messages/

The Man on the Ceiling

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:18:55 -0500

This
not an average horror novel, in fact its connection to horror is a
delicate one. This is the semi-memoir of a family, built out of the
common background of abuse and the methods they use to deal with
their pasts together and individually. Told in a flowing, beautiful

Witch Fire

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:11:27 -0500

First, take Witch Fire for what it is.
This book has no aspirations of changing your world view, the author
isn't trying to sneak her message in under the guise of a plot. There
are no sinister fiction-world repercussions for the ills of today.

I Will Rise

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:07:50 -0500

"I Will Rise" is a strange
tale from the beginning. The prose is a jarring mix of common, even
gutter slang ("super cool", "Nothing super wrong",
"soooo") and sheer weight ("ferocity of my
utterance"), as if the writer is undecided on his own voice. The

Monkey Love

MicheleLee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:06:06 -0500

Sandra
Rixx lost her husband in a terrorist bombing. She hides her heartache
by throwing herself into her work, trying to fool herself into
believing she'll survive. But things have a way of creeping out and
Sandra starts to find signs that Richard has kept his promise to come