News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Random Word Stories: Volume 1 is a collection of short stories written by Eli Goldfarb. Throughout this book the author chooses a single word, defines it, and writes a story based around it. This provides the perfect opportunity for an author to show their diversity, creativity, and imagination. The words chosen are often little used,… Continue reading Book review: Random Word Stories: Volume 1 by Eli Goldfarb
Infertility Cured Naturally: Get Pregnant Now by Janie Lee Barlow is a short but interesting read addressing the many causes of infertility and ways it can be addressed. Divided into sections it first introduces and discusses female problems which result in infertility and difficulty conceiving and then male, shedding the forced illusion that a majority… Continue reading Book review: Infertility Cured Naturally: Get Pregnant Now by Janie Lee Barlow
Speared by a Merman by Shady Fae is an erotic short story. Jacee was a pop sensation, desperately seeking a moment of respite from her adoring fans. They, like the paparazzi, hounded her relentlessly, her most private moments on display for the world to see. She had to get away, take time for herself or… Continue reading Book Review: Speared by a Merman by Shady Fae
Venators: Through the Arch is a supernatural / epic fantasy written by author Devri Walls There's no such thing as vampires, and werewolves are a tale spun from the imagination of authors. The supernatural does not exist. At least that is what Rune thought, hoped. Yet every time she saw something portraying this mystical nature… Continue reading Book review: Venators: Through The Arch by Devri Walls
Chakra: The Quest (The Pha-yul Trilogy Book 3) is a fantasy/ sci-fi by Jan Raymond Within the seemingly random rambles of an ancient text, written in a forgotten dialect and protected, held in secret for the coming of the Phyag-Ide, lies the key to the world's salvation. Or so it is believed. Sam, having discovered he… Continue reading Book review: Chakra: The Quest by Jan Raymond
Dog Training the American Male is a romantic comedy written by L.A. Knight Nancy Beach hosts a relationship counselling show called 'Life's a Beach', but with two failed engagements and little success in making her own relationships work her listeners are losing faith. Her ratings are plummeting, her job is in danger. Then her sister… Continue reading Book review: Dog Training the American Male by L.A. Knight
A Shadow in Doubt is a time travel, Sci-fi written by Roari Benjamin Samantha Marquet, or Sam as she is generally known, has a decision to make. One which could shape the very future itself. An alarming thought given the fact her actions need to preserve the timeline, not alter it. As the protector of… Continue reading Book review: A Shadow in Doubt by Roari Benjamin
Countless races live within the universes, some by design, others forced to flee from war and then there are those who intruded on lands by sheer accident, touching relics of the past left behind. The Power of the Stones by Aidan Stone is a story of one such world, Aelfyce, a place where humans and… Continue reading Book review: Power of the Stones by Aidan Stone
Morium by S.J. Hermann is an urban fantasy focusing on bullying and supernatural elements. For a long time Lexi and Nathan have been the focus of the popular students' hatred. Once an outgoing girl after the death of her mother Lexi became withdrawn, and those who should have helped her, her so called friends, saw… Continue reading Book review: Morium by S.J. Hermann
Imagine a world where you can change anything at whim, your eyes, hair, let's say you want to mirror the phosphorescent glow of the animal kingdom, it can be done. Now forget about your looks, what do you want to be able to do, lift heavy objects, leap over a building in a single bound,… Continue reading Book review: The God Gene by Dean C Moore
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