Author: T E Bakutis
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CLEAVER’S EDGE by Actus (BOOK REVIEW)
“An orc who has seen more than his fair amount of fighting, Arek wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his days cooking and ... -
THE MALEFICENT SEVEN By Cameron Johnston (BOOK REVIEW)
Note: This review includes mild spoilers for the prologue and first few chapters of The Maleficent Seven. A ruthless necromancer trapping souls to forge the ultimate ... -
ORDERS OF BATTLE by Marko Kloos (BOOK REVIEW)
Reviewer’s Note: As this is a review for the seventh book in Marko Kloos’s ongoing Frontlines series, it will contain minor spoilers for overarching story elements ... -
New Characters, Same Universe, Or Stealing From the Best
When I’d finished my first grimsnark spy thriller, Supremacy’s Shadow, I wanted to write a sequel in the vast universe that now existed inside my head. ... -
God of Broken Things by Cameron Johnston (Book Review)
An outcast magician must risk his body and mind to save the world from horrifying demons… In Cameron Johnston’s first book, The Traitor God, professional survivor ... -
(Mostly) Unobtrusive Worldbuilding
Infodumps are boring. Yet without them, how do you explain why your protagonist’s magic powers are so important? How do you explain why that particular monster ... -
Poor Man’s Fight by Elliott Kay
Poor Man’s Fight opens by introducing us to a group of spaceborne pirates led by the affable and charismatic Captain Casey, a charming scoundrel who initially ... -
Walking Through Fire by Sherri Cook Woosley
While Sherri Cook Woosley’s debut novel, Walking Through Fire, is a well-plotted urban fantasy filled with harrowing battles, all sorts of freakish monsters, and ancient Sumerian ... -
The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston
After a decade traveling through lice-infested towns to evade magical demon cats, Edrin Walker, professional alcohol imbiber, loaded dice-roller, and self-proclaimed peoplemancer, knows three things. He ... -
10 Of The Greatest SFF Curse Words, Ranked
Made-up cursing in fiction is hard, folks. There are many reasons SFF writers avoid having their characters dropping F-bombs, ranging from appealing to the widest audience ...