Music:
Electric cellist Tina Guo plays the theme from Game of Thrones. (Personal note; I had never heard this song except for a parody of it by Weird Al Yankovich, then I heard it twice in one day. This was the second one.)
Awards:
The British Fantasy Award finalists have been announced. While you’re there, check out their logo. That’s a nice take on a Celtic dragon!
This year’s Shirley Jackson awards for horror writing have been announced.
July 19th, 2017. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 3 comments |
Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil
With Graveyard Shift (2017), Michael F. Haspil’s debut novel, readers who enjoy a fair amount of horror and blood mixed into their urban fantasy are in for a rare treat: the primary protagonist is a reanimated mummy, though he’s certainly no bandage-wrapped, shambling thing. Rather, he’s a sophisticated and smooth-talking detective in the sun-drenched Miami-Dade metro area, and he takes protecting his city very seriously.
As Menkaure, he once strode along the banks of the mighty Nile, bending the backs of others to his will as easily as one bends a reed,
July 19th, 2017. Jana Nyman´s rating: 3.5 | Michael F. Haspil | Horror | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
A Ghostly Light by Juliet Blackwell
A Ghostly Light is seventh book in Juliet Blackwell’s HAUNTED HOME RENOVATION MYSTERIES series. Like her WITCHCRAFT MYSTERIES series, each of these novels is a solid cozy paranormal mystery featuring pleasant characters and an enjoyable San Francisco setting. Fans of either series who don’t care that the books follow a formula should be pleased with A Ghostly Light.
This time Mel is renovating a lighthouse on an Island in San Francisco Bay,
July 19th, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Juliet Blackwell | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
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