by Brandon Sanford | May 23, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, LGBTQ+
“My name is Rune Saint John. I am, before anything else, a survivor: of a fallen House, of a brutal assault, of violent allies and complacent enemies, of life among a people who turned their backs on me decades ago. Among those who matter I am known and notorious. I...
by Brandon Sanford | Mar 27, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Horror, NW Setting, Western
The Blackstone Family Circus has many attractions to bring joy, wonderment, and terror: Aerialists flying high over the hard ground; proud lions tamed by the will of man; the twin “Russian werewolves”; human freaks; the strange and deadly creatures of the oddities...
by Brandon Sanford | Mar 12, 2018 | Anthologies, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Horror
Horror wears many faces. Nightmares take the shape of a dreamer’s soul and cast the reflection back, alien and utterly familiar, with a range of elicited emotion from disgusted to morbidly curious to haunted. The delight of a horror anthology is that it doesn’t force...
by Brandon Sanford | Feb 28, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Comics & Graphic Novels, Portland Publishers, Young Adult
Have you ever wanted to have aliens sweep you away to compete on an intergalactic cooking show, while developing a sweet romance and dodging your rival’s plots to end your existence? In Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 2: A Recipe for Disaster, Peony has secured an...
by Brandon Sanford | Dec 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Sponsored, Tweens
In Spinwatch, book three of the Gates of Aurona series, Tonya Macalino returns to the mythical land of Hillsboro, Oregon, where contemporary reality and folktale blend together to make the lives of one suburban family very interesting. Hannah’s father, Antonio, has...
