There’s been a number of novels that have retold or put a different spin on the legends of King Arthur and the Knights Of The Round Table. And there’s been plenty of stories about supernatural and paranormal detectives. But ...CONTINUE
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Read enough murder mysteries, or watch any cop shows or movies, and you’ll inevitably hear a police officer say that the victim, “Never saw it coming.” But what if no one ever saw it coming because they were blinded ...CONTINUE
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For some readers, the fun of a murder mystery is figuring out who did it. Sorry, whodunnit. But in the following email interview with writer Joan Tierney about her Northeastern Gothic murder mystery novella The Killing Grounds (paperback ...CONTINUE
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When we think of humans colonizing other planets in our solar system, we typically think of the Moon, Mars, or maybe one of the moons of Saturn — something solid. But in her new romantic sci-fi mystery novella The ...CONTINUE
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Having put Dr. Hope Sze through the ringer nine times already in her Hope Sze Medical Crime series, author Melissa Yi is giving her crime solving medical professional a break…by adding paranormal elements to the mix. Which is as ...CONTINUE
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In science fiction, communication between alien races often comes courtesy of a universal translator, which instantly converts one person’s language into another’s. But what if communication has certain unintended consequences…like, say, getting the recipient drunk? Handy for parties; a ...CONTINUE
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With a murder taking place in a very different version of our universe, B.L. Blanchard’s new novel The Peacekeeper (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) certainly sounds like an alt-history murder mystery. But as she explains in the ...CONTINUE
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Usually when I interview the author of a science fiction novel for this site, and get to the questions about influences, they’ll cite other sci-fi novels or movies or TV shows, even occasionally some games. But in the following ...CONTINUE
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As anyone who’s read any non-fiction books about it, Vodou in the real world isn’t like it is in the movies. It’s this stark difference — as well as other things — that prompted author Veronica G. Henry to ...CONTINUE
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