Book Review
Sage’s Multiverse Mini-Series
by Mike Good
A multilayered text that revels in creation, speculation, and critique, "Sage’s Multiverse Mini-Series" is a challenging and delightful science fiction collection. Written with flair, Karima Vargas Bushnell’s speculative novel...
Book Review
A Healthy Interest in the Lives of Others
by Mike Good
The eleven linked stories in Teresa Carmody’s novel focus on women engaging in creative writing and processing their traumatic pasts. The central character in the linked stories is Marie, who appears in all but one piece. Marie...
Book Review
Blue Futures, Break Open
by Mike Good
Zoë Gadegbeku’s lyrical hybrid novel "Blue Futures, Break Open" draws on colonialism in the Americas and Africa in addition to the history of the African diaspora to create a slant mythological response to some of the greatest...
Book Review
The Butterfly Disjunct
by Mike Good
Stewart C Baker’s "The Butterfly Disjunct" is an intriguing short story collection in which characters navigate futuristic worlds and fight to survive unjust and tyrannical systems. The collection makes intriguing use of story forms,...
Book Review
Fly-Fishing with Leonardo da Vinci
by Mike Good
In a compelling, conversational style that brings together two unlikely subjects, David Ladensohn’s book explores fly fishing alongside the life and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci. The book follows da Vinci’s life with admiration,...
Book Review
Of Blood and Lightning
by Mike Good
Micki Janae’s novel "Of Blood and Lightning" sizzles with excitement as a diverse group of high schoolers are swept into a world of myths. Seventeen-year-old Ophelia is a recent orphan following the death of her father. She moves to...
Book Review
An Open-Ended Run
by Mike Good
Canadian actor Layne Coleman’s "An Open-Ended Run" is a reflective memoir-in-essays. From the vantage of his sixties, Coleman grapples with childhood trauma, the death of his wife, and how loss shaped his and his daughter’s lives....
Book Review
The Last Refuge
by Mike Good
A girl comes of age via resistance, trespassing into a magical world, in the epic fantasy novel "The Last Refuge". In Christina Bacilieri’s fantasy novel "The Last Refuge", a damaged world is overseen by an autocratic government that...