THE LOVER: Silvia Moreno-Garcia THE TIGER CAME TO THE MOUNTAINS: Silvia Moreno-Garcia HER HEART BEATS FOR ANCIENT BEASTS: Calvin Demmer OPEN HOUSE: Nico Bell BLACK VAULT : Alma Katsu MANDY: Stephanie Sparks THROUGH THE BLUR: Yolanda Sfetsos HELENA: Claire L. Smith TRUE CRIME: Samantha Kol…

Well, it's time to grab the goals list I put together/posted back in January, to see how I went. This year turned out to be a very strange one. Lots of cool stuff happened, and some not-very cool stuff happened as well. Some shitty people revealed themselves and some disappointing cra…

Hey! How are you today? I hope you're all having an awesome and safe festive season. We're now in the middle of that liminal time between Christmas and New Year's, which always feels a little strange. Something about this particular time of the year seems... unreal. But unlike…

Hey there! How are you today? As I mentioned in the title, this week was a busy one. Last Saturday we got the latest Covid booster (finally available in Oz) and had to take it easy over the weekend because of the usual side effects: headache, sore arm, tired, sleepy. We had plenty of snac…

Reap, Sow by S.H. Cooper My rating: 5 of 5 stars This week, I got the chance to read an ARC of this awesome novelette, and I was hooked instantly. When Lucky finds herself inside a long corridor with closed doors that have no handles and faceless people who hunt her down, she doesn'…

The other day, Cemetery Gates Media  revealed the cover for my debut short story collection, MELANCHOLY DELUSIONS , and I think it's time to post it here. Take a look at this beauty:  Isn't it AMAZING? I think it's fantastic! This gorgeous piece of art captures the essence of …

Yep! So, how are ya on this fine Friday the 13th? I didn't think I'd be writing a blog post this week because December is supposed to be my mental break month. I mean, it's the end of the year and I'm usually exhausted by this point, so I prefer to spend my time reading an…

Trog by Zachary Ashford My rating: 5 of 5 stars Firstly, I want to thank Zachary for sending me an ARC of his upcoming novella. After a traumatic ordeal in the city, Aisha's parents decide to relocate to a property in the middle of nowhere to keep her out of danger. What they don&#…

Hey, how's it going?  December is here and for us, that means that the temperature is heating up. That's right, our festive season is in the middle of summer, so we've been having some super hot days this week. And that leads to a bunch of storms. It's actually raining tod…

Now or Never by Janet Evanovich My rating: 5 of 5 stars A few weeks ago, we went to K-Mart and my husband found this book on the shelf. I was so excited and couldn't wait to get stuck into it, but I was busy writing a book of my own during November and decided this would be my rewa…