Dystopian
Dystopian novels are a genre of science fiction. They’re set in societies viewed as worse than the one in which we live. Dystopian fiction exists in contrast to utopian fiction, which is set in societies viewed as better than the one in which we live.
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Fix the World
There's lots of ways to break the world, and plenty of diverse, interesting ways to fix it. There's twelve good examples in this engaging, enjoyable, extremely inclusive, joyously LBGTQ+ anthology
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Crudrat
This charmer of a story highlights relationships between lifeforms, first and foremost. It's a YA story filled with intimate bonds that aren't romantic, family dynamics that are both adversarial and caring, and even…
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Real Sugar is Hard to Find
Real Sugar is Hard to Find by Sim Kern My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s always a good day when I add a new author to my ‘favorite writer’s’ list. Sim Kern’s…
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Deuces are Wild
If you've been following along since book one, The Hands We’re Given, by now you've probably come to think of Base 1407's Wild Cards team as friends, or perhaps they've become your fictional…
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Hard Times
Finishing this book is a great example of "Hard Times". I started it just before Halloween, 2021, and just finished it last night.
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It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over My review title might sound flippant, but honestly? I was still deep in that blissful bookworm state of 'what happens next?' right up to the last pages…
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Ready Player Two
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline My rating: 3 of 5 stars I loved Ready Player One. It hit all the marks for me, so of course—like most fans—I had high expectations for…
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Girl Gone Viral
Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, let’s get the comparison out of the way first – I’m calling this one a mashup of Ready, Player One…
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Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle
Empty Cradle: Shiloh in the Circle by Emmy Jackson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Most of the books I’ve read that deal with shapeshifters present their shifters as uniformly confident, enigmatic, powerful,…
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Draw Out
Fans of the "Aces High, Jokers Wild" series have asked to hear Janice’s story many times. In this novella, her early life is finally revealed.
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Draw Dead
What unfolds is a story that—as sensationalist media might say—is ripped from today’s headlines.
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Come Take Me
Come Take Me: A Celestial Satire by E. M. Skyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Marshall M. Shmishkiss isn’t enjoying his life, but he’s taking steps to change it. He’s eating healthier,…
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Bad Hand
This queer cyberpunk short for Halloween is a thank you from the author to loyal readers.
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Riverland
Riverland by Fran Wilde My rating: 5 of 5 stars I went into the story knowing in advance that aspects of our protagonist’s home life might be difficult to read. Fran Wilde has…
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Aces and Eights
The Wildcards catch wind of the possibility that one of the seed banks established before America collapsed might have survived.
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Call the Bluff
Though this is book #2 in the series, I read it last, having read #3 first and #1 second (I know, I know, it's a long story why).
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The Hands We’re Given
Exceptionally well-told adventure story that manages to highlight all members of a large, complicated cast, each in their own way.
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Raise the Stakes
It's 2156. Corporations now control the people of what used to be the United States. And they've gone way too far.
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Field Guide to the End of the World
This seems to be my month for reading new-old books. “S” by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams looks precisely like a 1949 well-worn library book and is filled with… well we don’t have time…
