SO WHAT IS A BETA CRITIQUE? IT IS NOT A ROMAN ARENA FOR A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. Agents… Read more HOW TO BE A BETA READER: pun intended
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GAIA: 5 STAR BOOK REVIEW
NOVACENE: THE COMING OF AGE OF HYPERINTELLIGENCE BY JAMES LOVELOCK (with Bryan Appleyard) Penguin, London, 2019 Let me begin by… Read more GAIA: 5 STAR BOOK REVIEW
Nature Tweets
Snowflakes articulated in dust, water, and cold, a crystalline language of elegant design and utter indifference. Compacted on the pond… Read more Nature Tweets
ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HORATIO: Copyright and art by Cecily Winter Dec. 2019 “Anything is possible,” Hamlet used to say as… Read more ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
9. Putting on the Wellies / SUSPENSE
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE IN NARRATORS NOTES FROM “The Unreliable Narrator,” a lecture by Carol Goodman Crime Bake, MA. 2019 Narrator fallibility… Read more 9. Putting on the Wellies / SUSPENSE
A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
A 150 word crime-flash using 10 prompts from the titles of Anne Cleeves’ novels. CORPSE WITH GANNETS by Susan B.… Read more A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
FIVE STAR NON-FICTION: RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
As a tailgater of genetic and epigentic advances in medicine, I was fascinated by this somewhat anecdotal and jumpy narrative… Read more FIVE STAR NON-FICTION: RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL
This stunning short fantasy is published in an anthology titled in LITTLE GIRL LOST, Mannison Press, 2019. It is a… Read more FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL
FIVE STAR: REVIEW OF SALMAN RUSHDIE’S QUICHOTTE.
A mesmerizing single-sitting read if you’re up for it. QUICHOTTE is yet another sample of Rushdie’s prose-magic–or “metaphoric roguery”–a serpentine… Read more FIVE STAR: REVIEW OF SALMAN RUSHDIE’S QUICHOTTE.
FIVE STAR: A STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF THE SCI-FI SHORT STORY “STORY OF YOUR LIFE.”
TED CHIANG’s amazing imagination together with his knowledge of math, science, mechanics, and linguistics has gifted us with a volume… Read more FIVE STAR: A STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF THE SCI-FI SHORT STORY “STORY OF YOUR LIFE.”