The Need for Diverse Voices
About two years ago, when I was halfway through my novel, I attended a fiction writing masterclass hosted by the Geneva Writers Group. I’d been part of the group for…
Author: Alnaaze
I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
At first, I was going to write a generally positive review about I am Pilgrim. I mean the story is very cool. But I thought about it, and I realised…
What Would a Mediocre Man do?
It has recently come to my attention that many of us are idiots when it comes to our goals (yes, I’m the biggest idiot of them all because this just…
Darien: Empire of Salt I – C.F. Iggulden
“You did not have to live long to know that healthy lives had hardly any pleasure in them.” Sometimes, when I really like an author, I’ll buy a book with…
Arminius: The Limits of Empire – Robert Fabbri
Normally, I love historical fiction. Can’t get enough of it. Especially anything to do with the Romans. I’ve read every single one of Robert Fabbri’s books in the Vespasian series….
A Question of Priorities
The only reason he even knew the thing was a computer was because Mike was obsessed with them. She was trying to design a supercomputer that could better regulate…
Blood is Thicker than Water
It made Shiri think of the expression people loved to throw around about blood being thicker than water. It was a bunch of bull, of course, and a misrepresentation of…
A Sudden Understanding …
… It had been a long time since she had been surrounded by people, and even longer since she had been with ones who actually believed what she said. It…
Meeting Mr Goldberg
Mr. Goldberg’s reply was bloody. “Isn’t it interesting that both your family and that young boys’ families have disappeared, but not the good working people from here? Maybe it’s because…
Meeting Mike
Idris looked at Mike’s mom and smiled. Mikaela really was the smartest person he ever met. She was always taking things apart and putting them back together, to understand how…