Review: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Angel's adjectives: intriguing and intellectual As far as vampire books go, this one ranks among the best I've ever read. It takes a historic/literary approach, giving a detailed look into the world of Vlad the Impaler and the peoples of his time through the eyes of a historian researching the historic character and visiting many of the places he visited.…

Deep Cuts: Mayhem, Menace, and Misery

Genre: horror Year edited: 2012 Year first published: 2013, Evil Jester Press Where You Can Find It Order the paperback edition online. Get the Kindle edition. If you read it, please do take a moment to give it a star-rating or review at either Amazon.com or at Goodreads.com (you can find reviews in both places as well. History Over the…

How to Format a Short Story for Submission

Technology in the publishing industry has changed dramatically in the past twenty years, and yet, I see many submission guidelines out there that haven't changed with it. Old-fashioned typesetting is extinct for all practical purposes, and digital publishing (for the Kindle, for example) imposes requirements that publishing in paper doesn't. To compete and be at the top of your game,…

Tales for Canterbury – Benefit Anthology Wins SJV Award

Editors Cassie Hart and Anna Carro put together a short fiction anthology whose proceeds went to the Red Cross fund to assist victims of the earthquake that caused so much death and destruction in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011. So amazing was this project that it won a 2012 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collection! Try to imagine the…

The New Renaissance – Kickstarter and the Cloud Patron Movement

By Angel Leigh McCoy Government funding for the arts has been wasting away. An article in the Seattle Times (3/27/11) warns of the movement to cut funding in Washington State. As Governor Gregoire’s spokeswoman said, “She absolutely sees the importance of publicly funded art, but it's hard to fund art when at the same time you're eliminating people off of…

Review: KNOCK KNOCK by S.P. Miskowski

Angel's Adjectives: Hoary and honest KNOCK KNOCK comes off the pages with all the menace of an old cautionary tale that has yet to be watered down for a modern, more tender culture. There's nothing tender about Miskowski's treatment of her characters. With bald honesty, she paints a picture of rural America that leaves you shivering. I hesitate to call…
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