Western

She Returns From War by Lee Collins: A Paranormal Western

When we reviewed The Dead of Winter by Lee Collins last Fall, I could hardly wait for the sequel to be published. Cora is one of those characters who just grabs you, and I needed to know what happened to her after she left Leadville. Thankfully Angry Robot didn’t wait a full year to publish [...]

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The Six Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher: Is It a Steampunk Western?

Fantasy & Supernatural

I was immediately drawn to the book cover for The Six Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher and, once I read the publisher’s description, I knew I had to read it. This is a genre bending novel that is being promoted as a Steampunk Western. Chinese mysticism, Mormon and creation mythology, the Civil War, the paranormal, [...]

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Albert of Adelaide by Howard L. Anderson: Book Review & Giveaway

Children

Sometimes my attention is caught by a book cover out of sheer curiosity, and that was the case with Albert of Adelaide by Howard L. Anderson. I’d never seen a book cover featuring a platypus and wasn’t sure what to make of it, so I decided to check it out. After reading the publisher’s description, [...]

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Portlandtown by Rob DeBorde: Book Review & Giveaway

Events

When I saw Portlandtown: A Tale of the Oregon Wyldes by Rob DeBorde, I knew it would make a great Halloween giveaway. Normally we show the book cover at the left; however, I found this poster for the novel on the author’s web site and knew we had to include it instead. Doncha love it? [...]

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Dead Reckoning: The Wild West Has Been Invaded by Zombies

Fantasy & Supernatural

I was intrigued when I saw the book cover for Dead Reckoning by bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill. It looked like a Western and I couldn’t imagine Mercedes Lackey writing a Western. I used to read a lot of her novels so, once I had read the publisher’s blurb, I knew I had [...]

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Mercury’s Rise: Was Taking the Cure at a Colorado Spa Deadly?

Fiction

I’m very interested in the spa and holistic cure phenomenon that has overtaken this country periodically over the last couple of centuries so, when I saw Ann Parker’s new book Mercury’s Rise, my curiosity was peaked. This is the 4th novel in the award-winning Silver Rush mystery series; however, it stands quite well on its [...]

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