Beginning: Attendants satiate her lust & dance to her tune, but they all die badly. Middle: Bereft, she scours the… Read more TWEETS FROM THE HEYDAY: 2019
Author: Susan Iwanisziw
FIVE STAR: STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF LOU BERNEY’S NOVEMBER ROAD *****
GENRE: Thriller; 1960s-era picaresque novel. THEME: At one level, Karma; at a deeper level, Free Will as a realization that… Read more FIVE STAR: STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF LOU BERNEY’S NOVEMBER ROAD *****
SERIAL TWEET FEST: 31, 32, 33
The kids who killed Ezz in a prank gone wrong dodged the cops by helicoptering out. From the dorm window,… Read more SERIAL TWEET FEST: 31, 32, 33
FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Emotional Connection
I’d nominate Laini Taylor for one of the spots, particularly in the YA fantasy STRANGE THE DREAMER, for her ability… Read more FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Emotional Connection
SERIAL CHILL
My short, murderous, ghostly story SERIAL CHILL is in the Halloween issue of the Journal of Speculative Fiction (2018), published… Read more SERIAL CHILL
POINT OF VIEW 3: Omniscient
A beautiful rendition of an omniscient narrator who is also an actor within the story is to be found in… Read more POINT OF VIEW 3: Omniscient
Putting on the Wellies Again: 6
How much time is wasted researching agents and wish lists and twitter-stalking fave writers and wishing for facility with one-liner… Read more Putting on the Wellies Again: 6
FIVE STAR SHAKE UPS
LEOPARD SAYS: SHUSH. I’M READING!! Just finished reading Carlo Rovelli’s THE ORDER OF TIME (translated by Erica Segre and… Read more FIVE STAR SHAKE UPS
FIVE STAR SPOOF
I wish wish wish I’d had this idea–and I could have. Didn’t I love Seth Grahame-Smith’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES and ABRAHAM… Read more FIVE STAR SPOOF
FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Childhood
A highly subjective rating of common themes in fiction: Topic A: ADULT AND CHILD INTERACTION (Adult) Author Liane Moriarty… Read more FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Childhood