Bad Worlds, Bad Language, and Worldbuilding Gone Bad

Recently, I’ve been reading Star Carrier Book One:  Earth Strike by Ian Douglas.  I was intrigued by the epic military SF setting and decided to plow into it.  What begins as a solid piece of action writing, however, quickly dissolves into a linguistic nightmare in the first chapter written from an alien POV.  In this […]

Stina Leicht Auction Winner: Brent Bowen! (a.k.a. @daemonrange )

The title says it all.  Brent Bowen took the winning bid on a signed/personalized copy of Stina Leicht’s amazing second novel, And Blue Skies From Pain, at a very reasonable $40.  That means he gets: Stina’s book A personalized collection of short stories by me A pre-order for Edison Crux’s Tales of the Wisconsin Werewolf […]