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Book Review: Forgotten Lore by Blanket Fort Writers
Rhonda Parrish runs a wonderful virtual hangout for writers and readers on Discord, called The Blanket Fort, and last year she and six other writers put together this anthology of short stories based on the theme of Forgotten Lore. MLD Curelas starts the anthology on a strong note with Nickel-Plated Demon. Ex-cop turned pawnshop owner,…
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Book Review: Blindspots by Rhonda Parrish
In a world of almost exclusively dogs, veteran pilot Ricky is trying to find his place in postwar life. When his brother, Jasper, goes missing, Ricky recruits the old gang for one last mission. The war might be over, but is the world really at peace? Blindspots has the air of a 1940s post WWII…
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Book Review: One in the Hand by Rhonda Parrish
Autumn lives an ordinary life working two jobs, looking after her two fabulous wolfhounds, and chilling with her policeman boyfriend. After her grandmother is attacked in her retirement home, Autumn discovers that her life isn’t so ordinary after all. With magic swords, wings, giants and gods all set to complicate her life, will Autumn ever…
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Book Review: Hear Me Roar Edited by Rhonda Parrish
Sixteen stories of dragons and strong women make up this entertaining anthology. The Princess of Dragons by Aurora B C Donev: An intriguing story about potential war between unicorns and dragons. Light chaser, dark hunter by Joseph Halden: In an intriguing world, where light is hoarded and kept for the elite, two very different women…
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Book Review: Blame It on the Bubblegum by Rhonda Parrish
What’s better than a changeling story? A changeling story set in an algae powered airship, of course. Quinn’s job is to observe the first flight of the Callebaut, humanity’s greatest achievement, and report back to the fairy queen. But when things go awry, observation turns into action in this imaginative, entertaining short story. It should…
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Book Review: White Noise by Rhonda Parrish
A collection of zombie poems – incredible – and it’s even better than it sounds! This slim volume comprises twenty poems, all themed around zombies. The poems are diverse in their scope. Some are like a complete zombie story in a few words. Poems such as Slippery When Wet, Maybe Not, The Hardest Promise I…
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Book Review: Waste Not by Rhonda Parrish
Zombie stories don’t get much better than this, with Rhonda Parrish’s three funny takes on the genre. Waste Not is the most familiar zombie story of the book, with a family trying to survive on their homestead. I loved the characters, and the ending was good, creepy fun. Feeders is a view of the zombie…
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Book Review: The Other Side of the Door by Rhonda Parrish
I love the anthologies Rhonda Parrish edits, but it’s nice to read her own short stories for a change in The Other Side of the Door. This collection of four ghost stories and a spooky poem kicks off with the titular The Other Side of the Door, which is a moving depiction of a child…
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Book Review: Swashbuckling Cats Edited by Rhonda Parrish
A book about pirate cats, conceived on Twitter. Do anthologies get better than this? 14 stories concerning felines of the high seas make up this adorable, imaginative and invention anthology of short fiction, edited by Rhonda Parrish. I am predisposed to love this book. Filled with cats, as well as other animals, cheese (yes, cheese!)…
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Book Review: Hollow by Rhonda Parrish
A magic Polaroid camera spreads the pain of a traumatized teenage girl in this absorbing young adult fantasy from Rhonda Parrish. Morgan has just experienced the most traumatic year of her life, and she isn’t coping well. Neither is her family, who have their own portion of grief and suffering to bear. Hollowed out from…