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Daryl M.

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Posts by Daryl M.

  • book cover of the clockwork dynasty and photo of the author Daniel H. Wilson

    Interview With an Author: Daniel H. Wilson

    Daniel H. Wilson is a New York Times bestselling author of 10 novels, including Robopocalypse. He holds a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife…

  • book cover of Tropic of Kansas and author photo of Christopher Brown

    Interview With an Author: Christopher Brown

    Christopher Brown has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award and his short fiction has been published in a number of magazines and anthologies. He lives in Austin, Texas where he practices…

  • book cover of punch escrow and author photo of Tai M. Klein

    Interview With an Author: Tal M. Klein

    Tal M. Klein was born in Israel, grew up in New York, and currently lives in Detroit with his wife and two daughters. When his daughter Iris was five years old, she wrote a book called I’m a Bunch of…

  • Theodora Gross picture and book cover for strange case of the alchemist's daughter

    Interview With an Author: Theodora Goss

    Theodora Goss is a World Fantasy Award–winning author of short stories, poetry and essays. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the…


Reviews by Daryl M.

  • Cover image for Brokeula

    Brokeula

    • By: Seidlinger, Michael J.
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    James  Sugre is a vampire. He has lived for centuries, but has made some questionable choices. Bad choices, when it comes to investments. Now, he is broke. He has no money and is deep in debt. He can’t even afford his own reflection (they are available for a fee from Vampire Nation, an international conglomerate that both governs and provides for the world’s vampire population).

  • Cover image for Mazywood

    Mazywood

    • By: Due, Tananarive
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.

    Wishes. We all make them, either silently to ourselves or possibly as a breathless whisper as we drop a coin in a fountain. The reason behind them can range from whimsical to deadly serious. And, in the "real world," they are, to quote Douglas Adams, "mostly harmless." In the world of fiction, however, wishes are entirely different. 

  • Cover image for Another Fine Mess

    Another Fine Mess

    エヴァンス葬儀場は、その所在地であるテキサス州南東部の町が誕生したのとほぼ同じくらい長い歴史を持つ。代々受け継がれてきた事業であり、エヴァンス家の女性たちによって運営されている。現在の家長であるデューシーは、18年前に謎の失踪を遂げたパイの娘である。
  • Cover image for Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    • By: Schwab, Victoria
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    2020年、VE・シュワブは読者に、18世紀初頭のフランスで望まない結婚を避けるためにファウスト的な取引をする若い女性、アディ・ラルーを紹介した。『アディ・ラルーの見えない人生』で、シュワブはアディが自身の狡猾さと強い意志によって、数世紀にわたって人生を形作っていく様子を追っていく。
  • Cover image for Good Dirt

    Good Dirt

    • By: Wilkerson, Charmaine
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    エボニー・“エビー”・フリーマンが10歳の時、彼女は自宅に押し入った強盗未遂事件の唯一の目撃者となった。この事件で15歳の兄バズが射殺され、かけがえのない家宝が破壊された。エビーは著名な黒人一家の娘であるという事実は…
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    But Not Too Bold

    メイドがタイプライターで打たれたメモを見つけた朝、ダリアの人生は一変した。メモには「鍵の新しい管理人を雇え。緊急。夜明け前まで」と書かれていた。カプリシャス・ハウスの住人全員が、そのメモの意味と誰が書いたのかを知っていた。その作者は、カプリシャス・ハウスの女主人、巨大な蜘蛛と人間のハーフであるアナテマ夫人だった…。
  • Cover image for The Murder of Mr. Ma

    The Murder of Mr. Ma

    • By: Nee, John Shen Yen, Rozan, SJ
    • Reviewed By: Daryl M.
    1924年のロンドン。内気な若き学者、老舎は数学者バートランド・ラッセルの家に呼び出される。到着すると、ラッセルは友人であり同僚でもあるディー・レン・ジエ判事が、中国人の扇動者グループと共に誤って逮捕されたと説明する。ラッセルは、ディーの身元が明らかになれば…