Published Reviews

Smashwords.com reviews Beautiful Lies by Rob Loughran "Beautiful Lies" a hard-boiled crime novel by Rob Loughran is a carefully written and ingenious glimpse into the mind of a thrill killer, what he is thinking,... Read More »	Poetry International/ Issue 18/19/ 2012 reviews "Beautiful Soon Enough" by Margo Berdeshevsky Beautiful Soon Enough "The stories in this prize-winning collection are all about sex. They’re tactile, explosive, hilarious, rueful, and knowing. They’re... Read More »
aethlon reviews Final Fenway Fiction: More Short Stories from Red Sox Nation by Matthew Michael Hanlon Although the term "fan fiction" might strike some as praise that is as faintly damning as "journeyman pitcher" or "utility infielder," the stories in Final... Read More »	Amazon Reviews reviews Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World by Aberjhani From the strong, eye-catching cover showing two black angels, male and female, designed by Luther Vann, to the last page of "Christmas When Music Almost Killed... Read More »
Amazon Reviews reviews ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love by Aberjhani Elemental is an excellent collaboration between poet and artist. Aberjhani constructs beautiful visions through the creative task of placing words in a most... Read More »	Amazon Reviews reviews The American Poet Who Went Home Again by Aberjhani The American Poet Who Went Home Again will make me do something I never do--I will re-read this soul-exploring book again and maybe again. Going home is never easy... Read More »
Amazon Reviews reviews The American Poet Who Went Home Again by Aberjhani I love this marvelous book and recommend it, with pleasure, to one and all. Mr Aberjhani's voice should be heard around the world... Read More »	Goodreads reviews The River of Winged Dreams by Aberjhani What I particularly noticed was the commentary on historical events, such as 9/11. There were also tributes to figures in American life past and present, figures... Read More »
Goodreads reviews I Made My Boy Out of Poetry by Aberjhani This little volume, Aberjhani's first, is brash, bold and daring. The structure is, for me, unusual as it offers a mixture of genres. There are several clusters of... Read More »	Red Room reviews The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009 by Aberjhani 'To continue one's journey in the darkness with one's footsteps guided by illumination of remembered radiance is to know courage of a peculiar kind – the courage... Read More »

Chicosol.com reviews Birds of Paradise Lost by Andrew Q Lam By Lindajoy Fenley © chicoSol posted April 5 Andrew Lam's short story collection, "Birds of Paradise Lost," lured me into a labyrinth of past and... Read More »	Contemporary Literature - Volume 47, Number 4, Winter 2006, pp. 570-600 reviews The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan Although the name Yan Geling may mean very little to U.S.-based academics, Yan is often commended by scholars in mainland China and Taiwan as one of the most... Read More »
High Country News reviews THE CRYING TREE by Naseem Rakha Even though The Crying Tree is her debut novel, Rakha entwines these twists into her plot with expert timing. Lucid scenes reveal the complex grief and enduring... Read More »	Kirkus Reviews reviews A Place Far Away by Vahan Zanoyan “Zanoyan illuminates the seedy world of sex trafficking in the newly independent states of the former USSR. … The rarely discussed subject matter from a... Read More »
Amazon Reviews reviews Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World by Aberjhani From the strong, eye-catching cover showing two black angels, male and female, designed by Luther Vann, to the last page of "Christmas When Music Almost Killed... Read More »	Blog reviews Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, & Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, & Sex by David Henry Sterry & RJ Martin by David Henry Sterry Sterry and Martin have managed to bring together a crazy quilt of essays, and work the fabric of the anthology into a rich tapestry. Their successful collaboration... Read More »
Romantic Times reviews THE BRO-MAGNET by Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted "an absolutely charming, feel-good read. Lauren Baratz-Logsted writes genuine characters, killer comedic timing and romantic blunders that are truly something... Read More »	City Pages reviews White Snake and Other Stories by Geling Yan In Yan's stories it is the small kindness, the brief, tender moment, that surmounts the walls. At these times her characters, no matter how recalcitrant, breathe... Read More »
The Economist reviews The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan There is no single authentic voice of Chinese fiction. And that may very well be a good thing. ONE clear fact emerged from the controversy over Gao... Read More »	The Guardian (UK) reviews The Banquet Bug aka The Uninvited by Geling Yan Isabel Hilton is entertained by Geling Yan's satirical take on contemporary China... ...Yan is not nostalgic for the years of socialism: her earlier work has been... Read More »