A well-placed kick into Kanti’s stomach dropped him back to the deck, grasping his gut and gasping for breath. “If you ever utter the phrase ‘skeleton crew’ again, I promise that I will find out,” Captain Ateri said calmly. “And when I do, I will rip chunks of you out with my bare paws … … Continue reading REVIEW: Skeleton Crew by Gre7g Luterman
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REVIEW: Whispers from the Deep by Erika Chappell
In the dead of night, Isabelle Morganthau flees the only home she's ever known, taking her boyfriend Arren, an old rickety biplane, and a handful of gold coins. They leave behind their families, the sea, and their gods lurking in the depths, in hopes of finding somewhere safe to figure out who they really are. … Continue reading REVIEW: Whispers from the Deep by Erika Chappell
REVIEW: Body After Body by Briar Ripley Page
Three indentured, memory-wiped laborers at a crumbling storage facility make some unexpected discoveries about the genetically engineered mutant bodies they tend each day. Sex, drugs, violence, cannibalism, psychic powers, a catgirl (sort of)…Body After Body is the lurid, dreamlike, amoral queer/trans sci-fi trash literature at least four or five people have been waiting for.Warnings: self … Continue reading REVIEW: Body After Body by Briar Ripley Page
REVIEW: The Chronicles of Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth … Continue reading REVIEW: The Chronicles of Dune by Frank Herbert
REVIEW: Fledgling by Octavia E Butler
Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted—and … Continue reading REVIEW: Fledgling by Octavia E Butler
REVIEW: Docile by KM Szpara
Elisha Wilder’s family has been ruined by debt, handed down to them from previous generations. His mother never recovered from the Dociline she took during her term as a Docile, so when Elisha decides to try and erase the family’s debt himself, he swears he will never take the drug that took his mother from … Continue reading REVIEW: Docile by KM Szpara
Roses And Thorns 