Reviewed by Duane Cure Moneymaker (Brown Hound Publishing 2024) by Josh Boldt is set in the late 1990s. As the story opens, Mack Abbott is tasked with the job of watching after a drug shipment in the port in Savannah, Georgia. From the beginning, Josh Boldt impresses with attention to detail, as he paints a […]
“Mechanize My Hands to War” by Erin K. Wagner
May 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Josiah Brown Mechanize My Hands to War (DAW 2024) by Erin K. Wagner is an intense and thought-provoking novel that dives into the complexities of war, identity, and the struggle between humanity and mechanization. Mechanize My Hands to War takes place in the near future as a science fiction story, between 2056 and […]
“A Tissue of Lies” by Mike Nemeth
May 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Na’Yel Camper Mike Nemeth’s A Tissue of Lies (Historium Press 2025) is an exciting mystery set in 1966 about family secrets and the impact of lies. This story follows Eddie, a 15-year-old boy who finds himself caught in a web of deception that changes everything he thought he knew about his family. Fast-paced, […]
“Scorched” by Don Silver
May 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Noemi Martin Scorched (Holloway Press 2025) by Don Silver is set in 1974 in Lakeside, a little town near Philadelphia. The story revolves around fifteen-year-old Jonas Shore, who can be a little troublemaker when he needs to make some money. The novel teaches how letting go can bring peace instead of holding onto […]
Read of the Month: “The Bright Years” by Sarah Damoff
April 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The Bright Years (Simon & Schuster 2025) by Sarah Damoff shimmers as an exquisite, poignant portrait of a family crumbling as their painful pasts push their way into the present. It is a story of addiction and recovery. Of love and loss. Of forgiveness and redemption. Set in Texas, The Bright Years takes readers on […]
“Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South” by Thomas Helling, MD.
April 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Sickly Vapors: Disease and Doctoring in the Old South (UMiss Press 2024) by Thomas Helling, MD., is a carefully researched academic book examining illness, medicine, and medical training in the South from the 1600s to the late 1800s. Helling’s book includes a preface and thirteen chapters. Distinctive to Helling’s book, is his 1) careful attention […]