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QUICKIE: Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
Stranger Things Happen By Kelly Link Review by Allie Marini Batts “You were going to travel for love, without shoes, or cloak, or common sense. This is one of the things a woman can do when her lover...
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QUICKIE: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That by Jesse Bering
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? And Other Reflections on Being Human Jesse Bering Review by Lara Little This conjuring ability to create fantasy scenes in our heads that literally bring us to orgasm...
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QUICKE: Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb
Delusion in Death By J.D. Robb Review by Erica Greco Always something new, she thought. Always something just a little more terrible than even a cop could imagine. There was always something worse....
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QUICKIE: Lip Service by M.J. Rose
Lip Service M.J. Rose Review by Kate Jones About an hour later, I took my second call from a client who, in a polite and sophisticated voice, introduced himself as Arthur. “Do you have a fantasy?” I...
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QUICKIE: Passion Play by Beth Bernobich
Passion Play By Beth Bernobich Review by Lacy LeBlanc ”Four a night,” she whispered. “More after I got used to the work. Thirty men could have me, and they did. Mornings. Nights. When they rested the...
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QUICKIE: The Naked Pint by Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune
The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer By Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune Review by Lacy LeBlanc Beer loves you. Do you love beer? Of course you do. Like every niche market, the world...
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QUICKIE: Fable: Edge of the World by Christie Golden
Fable: Edge of the World By Christie Golden Review by Erica Greco The Shadows moaned and cackled, and occasionally, and gratifyingly, screamed in what sounded like annoyance as they died. They had...
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QUICKIE: Stiff by Mary Roach
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers By Mary Roach Review by Erica Greco The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had the occasion to...
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QUICKIE: The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
The Fire Rose By Mercedes Lackey Review by Erica Greco ”Mister Cameron—I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love-poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great many texts in Greek and...
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QUICKIE: The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
The Devil in Silver Victor LaValle Review by Dawn Nikithser “The food makes us fat. The drugs make us slow. We’re cattle. Food. For it.” First things first. This is a horror novel. I realize there is...
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QUICKIE: The Neighbors by Ania Ahlborn
The Neighbors Ania Ahlborn Review by Kate Jones He inhaled the scent of lilacs and honeysuckle before grabbing a box from the bed of his truck, then began his trek toward the white picket gate....
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QUICKIE: Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Tell the Wolves I’m Home Carol Rifka Brunt Review by Dawn Nikithser My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich. I was actually...
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QUICKIE: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
Pirate Cinema Cory Doctorow Review by Lacy LeBlanc ”You got me. I’m a depraved pirate. Incorrigible.” I put on a medieval, dramatic voice. “Don’t blame me: blame society for it made me the sorry soul...
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QUICKIE: Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane
Chasing Magic Stacia Kane Review by Rebecca Kovar Her hands shook as she tossed everything she thought might be useful into her bag, catching the silver glint of her pillbox in its pocket. If only… Too...
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QUICKIE: The Twelve by Justin Cronin
The Twelve Justin Cronin Review by Dawn Nikithser With a birdlike quickness, the creature broke its gaze from Kittridge and launched toward the soldiers coming through the stairwell door. Kittridge...
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QUICKIE: Desdaemona and Pandaemonium by Ben Macallan
Desdaemona and Pandaemonium Ben Macallan Review by Rebecca Kovar From Desdaemona: I’m not especially brave, don’t think that. Just experienced. I’ve been out there a long time, and mostly I know what...
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QUICKIE: Black Light by Elizabeth Hand
Black Light Elizabeth Hand Review by Laura Lee Baas My mother claimed to have been on the set of Darkness Visible when Axel Kern fired a revolver into the air, not to goad his actors but out of...
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QUICKIE: Just Kids by Patti Smith
Just Kids Patti Smith Review by Laura Lee Baas We were walking toward the fountain, the epicenter of activity, when an older couple stopped and openly observed us. Robert enjoyed being noticed, and he...
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QUICKIE: The Paris Deadline by Max Byrd
The Paris Deadline By Max Byrd Review by Erica Greco The eighth winter after the war, I was living in a one-room garret, a fourth-floor walk-up not much wider than a coat hanger, on the disreputable...
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QUICKIE: Her Fingers by Tamara Romero
Her Fingers Tamara Romero Review by Laura Lee Baas Outside, night had already kidnapped the whole city. I looked left and right under the broken neon of the bionic cafeteria. Aletheria was a forbidding...
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