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LibraryThing 5-star review for A Method to the Madness

The following 5-star review of the madcap collection of articles known as A Method to the Madness: a Guide to the Super Evil, appeared on LibraryThing October 23.  This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Book Info: Genre: Short story anthology/Self-help parodyReading Level: MG on upRecommended for: Those who want to be a super villain, or a supervillain for that matter… My Thoughts: Okay, this was just hilarious. A series of articles including advice on all…

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Oct 2013
By Lorina StephensA Method to the Madness, Jeffrey Hite, Michell Plested, ReviewsComments Off on LibraryThing 5-star review for A Method to the Madness

Buy your favourite author a latte

Five Rivers’ editor, Robert Runte, recently posted the following very cogent article on his blog at SFeditor.ca. We’re reprinting it here with his permission. Reading a “review” of Five River’s new Dave Duncan release on Amazon, I was taken aback by someone rating the book was one star because it was priced at $4 for a novella. The reviewer made it clear that he hadn’t actually read the book, but was merely incensed at the price.Leaving aside…

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23
Oct 2013
By Lorina StephensDave Duncan, Newsletter, Publishing, rants, The Runner and the WizardComments Off on Buy your favourite author a latte

New collection of short horror from J.W. Schnarr

When J.W. Schnarr presented us with a second collection of short horror stories we were more than intrigued, given his dark, eyes-wide-open collection Things Falling Apart, which we published in 2012. This collection, A Quiet Place, marks a distinct development in Schnarr’s very aggressive style, yet demonstrates a growing subtlety into the psychological over the physical. We journey with him through the hazardous discovery of adolescent female sexuality, the imperatives of affordable labour, watch myth become…

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15
Oct 2013
By Lorina StephensA Quiet Place, J.W. Schnarr, Newsletter, Things Falling ApartComments Off on New collection of short horror from J.W. Schnarr

Wasps at the Speed of Sound contest winner

It didn’t take very long for our fans to react to our Wasps at the Speed of Sound contest. J.R. Johnson, of Ottawa, Ontario, was the first to decode the Morse Code message in the cover designed by Art Director, Jeff Minkevics. J.R. Johnson grew up in the folded Appalachian hills, where she learned to love autumn, blueberries straight from the bush, and the stream beneath the willows near her house. The fact autumn is…

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11
Oct 2013
By Lorina StephensContest, Derryl Murphy, Wasps at the Speed of SoundComments Off on Wasps at the Speed of Sound contest winner