The short: 4/5 ✦. A novel of the magical realism genre that deals with very real human issues of a dysfunctional family.
Book Review: ‘The Big Sleep’ (1939)
The short: 3.5/5 ✦. A classic novel of the detective noir variety, with atmosphere aplenty, though subpar in plot.
Flash Fiction: Sanctuary (Memento Mori)
“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
Book Review: ‘Basil of Baker Street’ (1958)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A mouse-centric version of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories. Tiny magnifying glass not included.
Short Story: Slumber Party
Mrs. Weasley: Promise me you’ll look after yourself . . . stay out of trouble . . .
Harry Potter: I always do, Mrs. Weasley. I like a quiet life, you know me.
— J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Book Review: ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’ (2004)
The short: 3.5/5 ✦. An impressive, well-crafted novel that somehow misses the mark of inspiration.
Flash Fiction: The Fair
“I still say, ‘Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'”
— Buzz Aldrin
Book Review: ‘The Hidden Oracle’ (2016)
The short: 3.5/5 ✦. This book is another sassy romp through Camp Half-Blood, this time with the egomaniacal Apollo, spectacular god now turned spotty human.
Flash Fiction: The Lab
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Book Review: ‘Tales of the Peculiar’ (2016)
The short: 4/5 ✦. A simply beautiful book with incredible, Grimm-inspired stories about the Peculiar world.
