Published Reviews

The Melbourne Age, Australia reviews The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes Not many 19th-century textbooks are referenced in the title of a television series. But such is the literary afterlife and continuing medical relevance of Gray's... Read More »	http://www.darkecho.com/JohnShirley/bb_pw.html reviews Black Butterflies by John Shirley Best known as one of the founders of cyberpunk for his novel City Come A-Walkin' (1980) and as principal screenwriter of the cult classic film, The Crow, Shirley (... Read More »
New York Times Review of Books reviews Living Shadows: Stories, New and Pre-owned by John Shirley LIVING SHADOWS (Prime, paper, $14.95), is subtitled “Stories: New and Preowned” because much of it has been previously published: some stories in earlier, out-of-... Read More »	New York Times Review of Books reviews Living Shadows: Stories, New and Pre-owned by John Shirley LIVING SHADOWS (Prime, paper, $14.95), is subtitled “Stories: New and Preowned” because much of it has been previously published: some stories in earlier, out-of-... Read More »
Various reviews Kiss Her Goodbye by Robert Gregory Browne “This debut novel by a successful screenwriter is a fast-paced thriller that you will want to devour in one sitting. Edgy suspense mixed with a touch of the... Read More »	January Magazine reviews Runoff by Mark Coggins "[O]pens with one of the most original action sequences I’ve read ... This creative set piece and the chase that follows through the streets of Chinatown--a... Read More »
Eros Zine reviews Sins of the Sirens: Fourteen Tales of Dark Desire by Loren Rhoads If you've ever been told that dames are into the hearts-and-flowers, caress-my-inner-Goddess brand of eroticism, crack a copy of Sins of the Sirens... Read More »	Salon.com reviews Vulture Capital by Mark Coggins "Coggins is … deftly using the tropes of classic private-eye fiction to give readers a cold, delightfully nasty look at the venture capitalists who rode to... Read More »
The LA Weekly reviews You're Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom by Erika Schickel Schickel has a singular voice and a point of view untrammeled by current parenting bromides. In supple, economical and often very funny prose, she lays out the... Read More »	Publisher's Weekly - starred review reviews You're Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom by Erika Schickel Candid and largely unapologietic, Los Angeles writer and mother of two Schickel indulges herself first, her kids next and arbiters of proper motherhood never in... Read More »

Manic Readers reviews Secrets She Left Behind by Diane Chamberlain Secrets She Left Behind is an eloquently written and insightful novel. The story is seamless and the first person point of view for each character is fresh and... Read More »	The Daily Loaf reviews The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors by Hal Niedzviecki It’s strange not only what we share but how compulsive we have become about sharing. And it goes beyond sharing. In person, we can be private, almost secretive.... Read More »
My reading room reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas An amazing book. It took me to a different culture (it takes place in Venezuela) and through a wonderful cast of characters that will stick with me. I finished... Read More »	Serendipitous Readings reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas Flush with the vivid reenactments of each character as each tells their own personal memories of what happened when they were in a certain place and time and how... Read More »
OurHenHouse.com reviews Our Farm: By the Animals of Farm Sanctuary by Maya Gottfried Continuing with our childlike theme, we will talk with children’s book author and animal advocate, Maya Gottfried, about her new book, Our Farm, which is a... Read More »	The Crowded Leaf reviews The Chimera Seed by Matthew Tully “Upon arriving at the house, he paused to look at the statue of Venus one last time. No rainbow emanated from her shoulders and the cloudy, gray sky seemed to... Read More »
Night Owl Romance reviews Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear This is the fifth installment in Ms. Spear's werewolf stories. These stories keep getting better and better with each one. You will find yourself lusting after the... Read More »	Entertainment Weekly reviews I'm Down by Mishna Wolff All of Wolff's experiences funnel into this buoyant memoir, which is rich in detail but never feels overembellished. Memories about the struggle to fit in can seem... Read More »
The Portand Oregonian reviews Mornings with Mailer by Dwayne Raymond Norman Mailer looked in Dwayne Raymond's grocery basket and read him like a book. Dwayne Raymond and Norman Mailer in 2006.Mailer, then 80 and living in... Read More »	Sunday Times reviews Precious by Precious Williams Telling her own story, she maintains an often pragmatic stance, reflecting the gnawing isolation and emotional separation that she felt as a child. Astonishingly,... Read More »