All is fair in love and war. But what if instead of a bloody battle, wars were games to be played? Author T. A. Chan brings us a near future world in which violent wars […]

Review: The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas (with Auguste Maquet) by Rich Horton The Three Musketeers is Alexandre Dumas’s most famous novel, and for many readers it is their favorite. I read it over 50 […]

I wrote the review below back in 2004. I should add some detail — Matthew Hughes (born in England but in Canada from age 5) has continued to write a variety of stories in roughly […]

Thoughts on Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by Rich Horton What to say about Great Expectations, one of the most famous English novels of all time? I don’t really have an awful lot to add to […]

Review: The Blighted Stars, by Megan O’Keefe by Rich Horton My latest read for the book club I’m a member of was Megan O’Keefe’s 2023 novel The Blighted Stars, the first in a trilogy (collectively […]

It’s never too late to tell a good story. Author Sharon Shinn has returned years later to her Twelve Houses series to bring you a fresh novel in a familiar world. Follow along in her […]

Review: Aiding and Abetting, by Muriel Spark by Rich Horton The recent publication of a biography of the great British novelist Muriel Spark, Electric Spark, by Frances Wilson, has led to some welcome attention to […]