(This post was originally published on my previous blog and includes an affiliate link to DriveThruRPG where you can buy the Genesys Core Rulebook) Some of you know that I not only write fiction, but also material for tabletop role-playing games (including a 5e one-shot you can buy here). I only have the one-shot at…
Reflections on The Art of Insubordination
So. Protests, civil disobedience, and acts of “disorder” are once again on the public’s mind. And that brings me to this book which I first saw randomly on my library shelves and was very curious- both by the title and in the incongruous cover art. So, after simmering for a while, I eventually borrowed the…
Book Review: Gogmagog by Jeff Noon & Steve Beard
(Image includes an affiliate link to Bookshop.org) I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for honest feedback. And in the name of honesty, I’ll start with a warning- this is a very, very weird book. If you don’t like Weird fiction, this is probably not the book for you. The same is true if…
Book Review: Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi
(Image includes an affiliate link to Bookshop.org) A strong and promising debut introduces Special Agent Alex Martel- FBI special agent, former sniper, and Army combat medic– as as a routine raid and an unexpected email set her on the path of a deeply complex plot involving a stolen nuclear weapon, a murdered intelligence officer, and…