Publications: Non-Fiction
Reviews of Fiction: (alphabetical by author/editor) (last updated March 28, 2024)
A
Review of A Family Matter, by Ox Aaronson (Lightning Cellar Publications, 2019).
Review of Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures, by Alex Acks (Queen of Swords Press, 2018).
Review of Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures, by Alex Acks (Queen of Sword Press, 2019).
Review of The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, edited by John Joseph Adams (Tor, 2013).
Review of The Book of Three, by Lloyd Alexander (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964).
Review of Clockwork Fairytales, edited by Stephen L. Antczak and James C. Bassett (Rok Books, 2013).
B
Review of Claiming T-Mo, by Eugen Bacon (Meerkat Press, 2019).
Review of Danged Black Thing, by Eugen Bacon (Apex Book Company, 2023).
Review of Solid-State Shuffle, by Jeffrey A. Ballard (New Rochester Publishing, 2006).
Review of Iron Edda: Sveidsdottir, by Tracy Barnett (Exploding Rogue Studios, 2015).
Review of Tower of Mud and Straw, by Yaroslav Barsukov (Metaphorosis Publishing, 2021).
Review of To Another Abyss!, by Zach Bartlett (Spaceboy Books, 2018).
Review of As Told By Things, edited by E. D. E. Bell (Atthis Arts, LLC, 2018).
Review of Broken Sky, by Morgan K. Bell (2022).
Review of Wistful Ascending, by JCM Berne (The Gnost House, 2020).
Review of Bikes Not Rockets, edited by Elly Blue (Microcosm Publishing, 2018).
Review of Never Now Always, by Desirina Boskovich (Broken Eye Books, 2017).
Review of Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance and Other Stories, by Tobias S. Buckell (Apex Book Company, 2023).
Review of Tea Leaves, by Jacob Budenz (Amble Press, 2023).
Review of City of the Saints, by D. J. Butler (WordFire Press, 2015).
C
Review of Magnificent, by Novae Caelum (2020).
Review of Benedict Hall, by Cate Campbell (Kensington, 2013).
Review of The Hacienda, by Isabel Cañas (Berkeley, 2022).
Review of The Sparrow in Hiding, by J. Kathleen Cheney (2016).
Review of The Dragon Stone Conspiracy: A Strowlers Novel, by Amanda Cherry (Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, 2021).
Review of Robotic Ambitions, edited by Lesley Conner and Jason Sizemore (Apex Book Company, 2023).
Review of Mermaids Never Drown, edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker (Feiwel and Friends, 2023).
Review of Ink Calls to Ink, by Nathan Crowder (CHBB Publishing, 2015).
Review of Of Rooks and Ravens, by Nathan Crowder (Razorgirl Press, 2017).
Review of Why Didn’t Someone Warn You About Prince Charming?, by Jameson Currier (Chelsea Station Editions, 2019).
Review of Thornwood, by Leah Cypess (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2021).
D
Review of Weird Dream Society, edited by Julie C. Day (Reckoning Press, 2020).
Review of The Red Scholar’s Wake, by Aliette de Bodard (JABberwocky Literary Agency, 2022).
E
Review of The Witches of St. Petersburg, by Imogen Edwards-Jones (Harper Paperbacks, 2019).
Review of The Great Faerie Strike, by Spencer Ellsworth (Broken Eye Books/Stinkeye Books, 2019).
Review of Daughter of Maat, by Sandy Esene (Blue Benu Press, 2018).
F
Review of Awaken the Daughter, by Jeremy Flagg (Brave New Worlds, 2020).
Review of Long Hidden, edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older (Crossed Genres Publications, 2014).
G
Review of The Shattered Queen & Other New Mythologies, by Jaym Gates (Falstaff Books, 2016).
Review of Bones and Bourbon, by Dorian Graves (Ninestar Press, 2018).
Review of Corpse and Cognac, by Dorian Graves (2021).
Review of The Hand of the Sun King, by J. T. Greathouse (Gollancz, 2021).
Review of The Devil Walks in Blood, by David Green (Eerie River Publishing, 2021).
H
Review of Against the Grain, by Melanie Harding-Shaw (2021).
Review of Full Throttle, by Jon Hartless (Accent Press, 2017).
Review of The Imaginary Corpse, by Tyler Hayes (Angry Robot, 2019).
Review of Alice Payne Arrives, by Kate Heartfield (Tor, 2018).
Review of Serpent’s Sacrifice (Book 1), by Trish Heinrich (Beautiful Fire, 2017).
Review of Serpent’s Rise (Book 2), by Trish Heinrich (Beautiful Fire, 2017).
Review of Mirror Bound, by Rhiannon Held (2018).
Review of Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen, by Jim C. Hines (2020).
Review of The Warlock’s Curse, by M. K. Hobson (Demimonde, 2012).
Review of Resurrections, by Ada Hoffmann (Apex Book Company, 2023).
Review of The Kiminee Dream, by Laura McHale Holland (WORDforest, 2020).
Review of The Red Palace, by June Hur (Feiwel and Friends, 2022).
Review of The Silence of Bones, by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends, 2020).
J
Review of Magic or Die, by J. P. Jackson (NineStar Press, 2018).
Review of The Language of Roses, by Heather Rose Jones (Queen of Swords Press, 2022).
Review of Mask of Silver, by Rosemary Jones (Aconyte Books, 2021).
Review of Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria, by George Jreije (Harper Collins, 2022).
Review of High Noon on Phobos, by Jude K. Justice (2020).
K
Review of Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water, by Vylar Kaftan (Macmillan, 2019).
Review of Caytee, by Suzanna Kanto (Caudex Books, 2022).
Review of Among the Red Stars, by Gwen C. Katz (Harper Teen, 2017).
Review of Illuminae, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015).
Review of The Bathwater Conspiracy, by Janet Kellough (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2018).
Review of Brambles: A Thorn Short Story, by Intisar Khanani (Purple Monkey Press, 2020).
Review of The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales, by Alex Kingsley (2023).
Review of Hybrid Heart, by Iori Kusano (Neon Hemlock, 2023).
Review of Ghost Pirate Gambit, by Jessie Kwak (2022).
Review of Starfall, by Jessie Kwak (2016).
L
Review of The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004).
Review of Weave the Lightning, by Corry L. Lee (Solaris, 2020).
Review of Moth and Spark, by Anne Leonard (Viking, 2014).
Review of Transmigrations, by Eddie Louise (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2018).
Review of Unfinished Business, by Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press, 2019).
Review of Embroidered Worlds, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko (Atthis Arts, 2023).
M
Review of The Key of Astrea, by Nicholas Marson (Maple and Pine, 2019).
Review of Hollow Skulls and Other Stories, by Samuel Marzioli (JournalStone, 2021).
Review of Powered Personnel: The Big Startup, by K. A. Maxwell (2021).
Review of The Travelling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus, by Alanna McFall (Atthis Arts, LLC, 2019).
Review of An Aberrant Mind, by Ken McGregor (Sirens Call Publications, 2014).
Review of Flower and Thorn, by Rati Mehrotra (MacMillan, 2023).
Review of Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove, by Rati Mehrotra (Wednesday Books, 2022).
Review of Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging Volume Blue, edited by Atlin Merrick (Improbable Press, 2021).
Review of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey 2022).
Review of She Walks in Shadows, edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles (Innsmouth Free Press, 2015).
Review of Gunsmoke and Dragonfire, edited by Diane Morrison (Aradia Publishing, 2019).
Review of The Bone Orchard, by Sara A. Mueller (Tor Books, 2022).
Review of Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Macmillan, 2019).
Review of Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom, 2022).
O
Review of Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep, edited by Peter Öberg (Affront Publishing, 2015).
Review of It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility, edited by Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin (Speculatively Queer, 2021).
Review of Beasts Made of Night, by Tochi Onyebuchi (Razorbill, 2017).
P
Review of Skin Thief, by Suzan Palumbo (Neon Hemlock, 2023.
Review of The Awakening, by Dusk Peterson (Love in Dark Settings Press, 2021).
Review of Cassilda’s Song, edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Chaosium, 2015).
R
Review of Carpe Glitter, by Cat Rambo (Meerkat Press, 2019).
Review of You Sexy Thing, by Cat Rambo (Tor Books, 2021).
Review of Planet Fleep, by Sherry D. Ramsey (2018).
Review of The Goddess of Nothing at All, by Cat Rector (Tychis Media, 2021).
Review of Behind the Mask, edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Richardson (Meerkat Press, 2017).
Review of Terra! Tara! Terror!, edited by Juliana Rew (Third Flatiron Publishing, 2018).
Review of Tales from the Campfire, edited by Loren Rhoads (Tomes & Coffee Press, 2019).
Review of Dragon Whisperer, by Vanessa Ricci-Thode (2nd edition, 2023).
Review of Broken Metropolis, edited by dave ring (Mason Jar Press, 2018).
Review of Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die, edited by dave ring (Neon Hemlock Press, 2020).
Review of Power and Majesty, by Tansy Rayner Roberts (2019).
Review of Jack Jetstark’s Intergalactic Freakshow, by Jennifer Lee Rossman (World Weaver Press, 2018).
S
Review of The Flight Girls, by Noelle Salazar (Mira, 2019).
Review of Lost in the Archives, by E. Saxey (Lethe Press, 2022).
Review of The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Henry Herz (Blackstone Publishing, 2023).
Review of Sea of Souls, by N. C. Scrimgeour (Alcruix Press, 2023).
Review of To Climates Unknown, by Arturo Serrano (2021).
Review of Everfair, by Nisi Shawl (Tor Books, 2016).
Review of The Atrocities, by Jeremy C. Shipp (tor.com, 2018).
Review of Apex Magazine: 2021, edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner (Apex Book Company, 2022).
Review of Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas, by Emily C. Skaftun (Fairwood Press, 2020).
Review of Darkling Dreams, by Addison Smith (Shacklebound Books, 2024).
Review of Parallel Worlds: Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Addison Smith (2023).
Review of The Crane Moon Cycle, by J. C. Snow (2023).
Review of The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes book 1), by Nancy Springer (Penguin Young Readers Group, 2007).
Review of Legacy, by Jesikah Sundin (Forest Tales Publishing, 2014).
T
Review of Rosalind’s Siblings, edited by Bogi Takács (Atthis Arts, 2023).
Review of Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, edited by Wole Talabi (Android Press, 2023).
Review of A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic, edited by Anna Tan (Teaspoon Publishing, 2023).
Review of The Marauder’s Island, by Tristan J. Tarwater (Back That Elf Up, 2016).
Review of The Killing Grounds, by Joan Tierney (Neon Hemlock, 2023).
Review of Once Upon a Fact, edited by Katherine Tomlinson (Wildside Press, LLC, 2018).
Review of The Map and the Territory, by A.M. Tuomala (Candlemark & Gleam, 2022).
Review of Triangulation: Dark Skies, edited by Diane Turnshek and Chloe Nightingale (Parsek Ink, 2019).
U
Review of Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ulibarri (World Weaver Press, 2018).
V
Review of Chilling Effect, by Valerie Valdez (Harper Voyager, 2019).
Review of The Refrigerator Monologues, by Catherynne Valente (Saga Press, 2017).
Review of Six-Gun Snow White, by Catherynne Valente (Subterranean Press, 2013; reprinted by Saga Press, 2015).
Review of Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Sage Press, 2018).
Review of Paper Girls, Vol. 1, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image Comics, 2016).
W
Review of Into Bones Like Oil, by Karron Walker (Meerkat Press, 2019).
Review of Cry Your Way Home, by Damien Angelica Walters (Apex Publications, 2018).
Review of Be the Sea, by Clara Ward (Atthis Arts, 2024).
Review of The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (book 1), by Cynthia Ward (Aqueduct Press, 2017).
Review of The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum (book 2), by Cynthia Ward (Aqueduct Press, 2018).
Review of Hamlet, Prince of Robots, by M. Darusha Wehm (in potentia press, 2023).
Review of Unnatural Order, edited by Lyss Wickramasinghe and Alis Franklin (CSFG Publishing, 2021).
No Author
Review of Call of Cthulhu: The Coloring Book (Chaosium).
Review of Distaff (2019).
Review of Glittership (Winter 2017).
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Non-Fiction Editing:
(assistant to the editors) John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, and William D. Pederson, editors, The Lincoln Forum: Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, and The Civil War (Da Capo Press, 1999).
(assistant to the editors) John Y. Simon and Harold Holzer, editors, The Lincoln Forum: Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln (Fordham University Press, 2002).
John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, and Dawn Vogel, editors, Lincoln Revisited: New Insights from the Lincoln Forum (Fordham University Press, 2007).