If the situations the Gray Knight gets into were not so desperate, I would say this is all a farce. It seems that Ridmark and his followers are constantly throwing themselves at situations, bumbling around in the dark, and stumbling upon success quite by accident. They are all strong minded individ...
This story is filled with great sword-fighting action. Moeller created two well-developed assassins in this story, and that’s not an easy thing to do in a short story. The author gave just enough information about the characters in order to connect with them, while not overloading the story, thus pr...
Once upon a time, when I was a little girl, in the dark days pre-Buffy, it was hard to find a female action hero. And yes, little girls need them, and teens, and even young women. So when the first Sword and Sorceress was published, I immediately grabbed it, and it was love at first sight of the cov...
Man, was this a depressing book. I cringed a bit each time the main character was reminded that her ideal peaceful life was completely shattered. And it's mentioned every single time it can possibly be worked into a conversation. Or situation. You'd be reminded of it even when nobody was talking.I'd...
I really really enjoy these yearly anthologies. I hope they continue!
I couldn't finish this one. It seemed to just go off on too many little tangents. Too bad, cause it had a good beginning.
Several spelling/grammatical errors and a few words that were completely wrong for the sentence. Otherwise, I enjoyed the story.
Oh, dear. Writer making an ass of himself in public: No Chicks with Swords in Fantasy, Damnit, Because I Don't Like Strong WomenJust to remind myself that I will not be adding his books to my list at any time.
I enjoyed this ghost story about two sets of siblings separated by a hundred years. Had I read it as a kid, I probably wouldn't have noticed the jarring Christian elements which seem to my jaundiced adult eye tacked on to deflect possible criticism about the ghosts. The plotting is tight, the villai...