The Body of This by Andrew McNabb

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published by Warren Machine Company ISBN: 978-1-934866-05-4 reviewed by Debra Murphy The Liturgy of the Hours (Office of Readings), the Seventh Week of Easter contains the following excerpt from a sermon by a sixth century African bishop: The disciples spoke in the language of every nation. At Pentecost God chose this means to indicate the [...]

Inclinations by David B. Harrington

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reviewed by Rae Stabosz I must confess a weakness for fiction about mysticism and spiritual warfare, especially that featuring angels and other such ethereal creatures. This predilection made me eager to read David B. Harrington’s book Inclinations, whose cover blurb promised “… angels and mythical creatures….a strange and allegorical mixture of poetry and prose. Based [...]

Rivals of Dracula, edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Djiemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg.

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reviewed by Rae Stabosz This morning, for the umpteenth time, I looked on the Internet for reviews of the excellent collection of vampire stories Rivals of Dracula. I love this short story collection and want to see what others think. But today, as usual, I found nothing. As close to Nada as it gets. A [...]

Journeys by Celia A. Leaman

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reviewed by Tannia Ortiz-Lopès In her latest book, Journeys, author Celia A. Leaman takes us on an odyssey of emotions while she shares seven well-crafted, profound, and intimate stories based on real life events laced with a touch of fantasy. Contrary to her other two fiction books Who is Margaret, What is she? and Island [...]

Wild Nights! (2008) by Joyce Carol Oates

Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway reviewed by John Murphy Wild Nights! The latest from Joyce Carol Oates, prolific novelist and essayist, is a dizzying hall-of-mirrors where she presides over a literary seance, calling from the deep five legends of American letters: Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, [...]

Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff

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by Tobias Wolff reviewed by John Murphy Our Story Begins collects new and older short-stories by Tobias Wolff, one of America’s acknowledged masters of the genre. Wolff-hounds will recognize canonical works like “Hunters in the Snow,” “Bullet in the Brain,” and “In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,” short-form masterpieces that have long-since established Wolff’s reputation as [...]

Island Stories by Celia A. Leaman

reviewed by Tannia E. Ortiz-Lopes Island Stories is a collection of three previously published fiction stories. Some of the author’s stories and themes repeat from other publications, but the drama and the outcomes take on a different flavour and an interesting end in this humorous collection. Ms. Leaman has the ability to convert common life [...]

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