Category Archives: Books

Shorts Anthology Review: The Time Travel Chronicles

Posted on November 9, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Hello again. OOOH EXCITEMENT! I am within 35 pages of completing the synopsis! I can almost taste the completion… and can nearly smell the next re-write. Ugh. Anyway, here’s the review I’ve posted to Goodreads and Amazon for “The Time … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Star Wars Aftermath, by Chuck Wendig

Posted on November 7, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I’ve been a bit busy of late (haven’t we all), so I thought I’d roll a bunch of updates and stuff into one post, starting with a brief review of a neato book I read: Chuck Wendig’s STAR WARS Aftermath! … Continue reading →

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I Have no Aversion to Good Novellas. REVIEW: Aversion, by Ernie Luis

Posted on June 23, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

I suddenly remembered that today is the day a particularly rad novella is released, and so here’s my review of same. I’m particularly keen to see more of this author’s work (my reviews for the first two novellas in this … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Heartland, books 1 and 2, by Chuck Wendig

Posted on May 3, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Under the Empyrean Sky. Blightborn. Now, WHERE THE HELL IS THE THIRD BOOK GADDAMMIT!? Ahem. I’m being silly, because I already know the date that the third and final installment The Harvest is due, as it was announced in a cover reveal blog … Continue reading →

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Gamergate has spread into SFF. Time to Don my SJW shiny armoured suit

Posted on April 7, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

So, Gamergate has migrated across mediums and had a go at ruining the Hugos: the world’s premier Science Fiction and Fantasy awards. If you’ve missed the news, read about it all here. Sad Puppies, a bunch of privileged older-generation white … Continue reading →

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Short Story Review: BACKWARDS by Ernie Luis

Posted on March 8, 2015 by D.R.Sylvester

Hey my humans. I’ve just finished reading the second in a series of ace short stories I bought on the ‘ZON, for only a $DOLLAR$ (Value! Cha-ching! Oh, and I didn’t know it was going to be a series when … Continue reading →

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Christmas Book Review! The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree, by S.A. Hunt

Posted on December 25, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Merrrrrry Christmas everyone! Ho Ho Ho! Now if only my beard were white instead of red… Here’s a quick post with a review of a most-excellent indie book. For the bargain price of $0 I’m pretty sure you’ll agree this … Continue reading →

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Cover Art Uncovered

Posted on November 24, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Hurrah! Hurray! Cover art for Last Resort is done! This was drawn and coloured by the uber talented comic book artist, Seijun, and is a dark, broody piece. I’m pretty stoked about it. Makes me want to finish editing and … Continue reading →

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Short Story Review: ALTERNATE by Ernie Luis

Posted on November 19, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Hey my humans. I’ve just finished reading a singularly ace short story I bought on the ‘ZON, for only a DOLLAR (Value! Cha-ching! Oh wait, I think it’s free now…) and would like to share my recommendation. Here’s the amazon … Continue reading →

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Cover Art Soon!

Posted on November 1, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

So, I got through maybe ten pages of editing today. Wahey! only 350 or so to go… Still, I did look at the most epic and amazing wonderment that is the intended cover-art. I’ve included a sneak tiny peek here, because … Continue reading →

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