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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • Brent Spiner and his debut novel Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir

    Entrevista con un autor: Brent Spiner

    Brent Spiner es actor, comediante y cantante, conocido por interpretar al androide Teniente Comandante Data en Star Trek: La Nueva Generación (1987-1994). Ha aparecido en numerosos papeles de…

  • Author TJ Klune and his latest novel, Under the Whispering Door

    Entrevista con un autor: TJ Klune

    TJ Klune es el autor más vendido del New York Times y USA Today, ganador del Premio Literario Lambda, de La Casa en el Mar Cerúleo, Los Extraordinarios y más. Siendo queer, Klune cree que es…

  • Author Mallory O’Meara and her latest book, Girly Drinks

    Entrevista con una autora: Mallory O'Meara

    Mallory O'Meara es la galardonada y exitosa escritora de La Dama de la Laguna Negra. Cada semana, copresenta el podcast literario "Lectura de Gafas". Vive en las montañas cerca de Los Ángeles con sus…

  • Author Ellen Datlow and her latest book, Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror

    Entrevista con una autora: Ellen Datlow

    Ellen Datlow es una de las editoras de terror más importantes, exitosas y aclamadas. Ha ganado múltiples premios Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus y Shirley Jackson, y ha recibido premios a la trayectoria de…

  • Eric J. Guignard and his book Exploring Dark Short Fiction

    Entrevista con un autor: Eric J. Guignard

    Eric J. Guignard es escritor y editor de ficción oscura y especulativa, y trabaja desde las sombrías afueras de Los Ángeles, donde también dirige la pequeña editorial Dark Moon Books. Ha ganado dos…

  • Author Alix E Harrow and her latest book, Spindle Splintered

    Entrevista con una autora: Alix E. Harrow

    Alix E. Harrow, exacadémica y profesora adjunta, es una escritora ganadora del premio Hugo que reside en Virginia con su esposo y sus dos hijos, que viven en la naturaleza. Es autora de "Las diez mil…

  • Selected novels by Simon R. Green

    Entrevista con un autor: Simon R. Green

    Simon R. Green es el autor más vendido del New York Times, con más de sesenta novelas de ciencia ficción, fantasía y misterio. Simon vendió su primer libro en 1988 y al año siguiente recibió el…

  • Author Cadwell Turnwell and his latest novel, No Gods, No Monsters

    Entrevista con un autor: Cadwell Turnbull

    Cadwell Turnbull se graduó de la Maestría en Escritura Creativa de Ficción y de la Maestría en Lingüística Inglesa de la Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte. Turnbull también se graduó de…

  • Author Sara Nisha Adams and her debut novel, The Reading List

    Entrevista con una autora: Sara Nisha Adams

    Sara Nisha Adams es escritora y editora. Vive en Londres y nació en Hertfordshire, de padres indios e ingleses. Su primera novela, "La lista de lectura", está inspirada en parte por su abuelo, quien…

  • Author Catherynne M. Valente and her latest book, The Past is Red

    Entrevista con una autora: Catherynne M. Valente

    Catherynne M. Valente es autora bestseller del New York Times, con más de dos docenas de obras de ficción y poesía, entre las que se incluyen Palimpsest, la serie Orphan's Tales, Deathless, Radiance y…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

    • By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A young noblewoman is betrothed by her parents into an unwanted, arranged marriage. A young pirate struggles to survive and protect his brother from the dangers inherent in the life they have been forced to live. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death because her blood, when drunk, allows...
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    Conventionally Yours

    • By: Annabeth Albert
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    A common theme in novels, motion pictures and television is the fine line between love and hate. One only has to look at William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (or it’s modern reincarnation 1999’s Ten Things I Hate About You) for an example of supposed loathing turning to love...
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    Under the Rainbow

    • By: Celia Laskey
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    In a recent survey, the small town of Big Burr, Kansas has earned the title of “most homophobic town in the U.S.”  The non-profit that conducted the survey, Acceptance Across America (AAA), determines that the appropriate response to their findings is to send a task force to Big Burr. They...
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    Upright Women Wanted

    • By: Gailey, Sarah
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Esther just watched her best friend die. Beatriz was found to be in possession of “inappropriate” materials, and for that she was hanged in the town square. Esther’s father spoke from the podium about the dangers of “deviance” all the while keeping his eyes locked on Esther.  Beatriz’s death was a...
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    Oona Out of Order

    • By: Montimore, Margarita
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Imagine it is New Year’s Eve, 1982. Oona is 18 years old and will be 19 at midnight as the year changes to 1983. She has her whole life ahead of her, including the type of life altering “big decisions” that face everyone at that age. But, when Oona opens...
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    Heart of Junk

    • By: Geddes, Luke
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Hmm, what could the following all have in common: an aging antique mall in Wichita, Kansas, where well established and novice sellers are struggling to keep the doors open in the age of online shopping; a child beauty pageant queen who has mysteriously vanished; and the hosts of a phenomenally...
  • Cover image for Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel

    • By: Swanson, Peter
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    The owner of a Boston bookshop specializing in mysteries posts a list of books on the store’s blog. It is entitled “Eight Perfect Murders” and it lists the novels he feels have described unsolvable murders. These are murders in which the killers cannot be connected with their crimes. Years later...
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    Ormeshadow

    • By: Sharma, Priya
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    It is often stated that “The meek will inherit the earth.” While that is a nice sentiment, it is not affirmed by history. More often than not, those who hold their tongues and think before speaking, as well as those who avoid confrontation and violence to resolve conflict are the...
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    Riot Baby

    • By: Onyebuchi, Tochi
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Ella has what she refers to as her Thing. It allows her to see things that have not yet happened. As a young girl growing up in Compton, California, this is more of a curse than a blessing. Ella is rarely happy by the future she sees. And, as she...
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    Made things

    • By: Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    Coppelia is not quite a thief and not quite a con-artist. What she is, or could be if she were living a different life, is an artist. A builder who could create function and beauty from raw materials, but only in a different life. A life where her parents hadn’t...