Matt’s Reviews: Twelve Months (Dresden Files Book 18) by Jim Butcher
Publisher: Penguin Audio Release Date: January 20, 2026 Program Type: Audiobook Listening Length: 16 hours and 59 minutes Version: […]
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Novedades de Abril 2026 (1)
LIBROS El 7 de marzo en el marco de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Coyoacán (FILCO), presentó su más reciente libro Sandra Becerril. Se trata de “El Carnaval diabólico”. El libro ya se encuentra […]
Novedades de Marzo 2026 (3)
LIBROS El 28 de marzo se presentó en Ciudad de México los libros “Anotaciones del porvenir” (Ensayo de cifi) e “Instrucciones para habitar otros mundos” (Poesía cifi), ambos de Ediciones El Olvido. Participaron Andrés Arturo […]
Novedades de Marzo 2026 (2)
LIBROS El 19 de marzo se presentó el libro “Noventa millones de soles” (Colección Molinos de Viento, UAM) de Iliana Várgaz. El evento se realizó en la Librería U-Tópicas de México y comentaron el libro […]
Matt’s Reviews: Dark Angels: The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume Two
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 638 pages ISBN-10 : 2785303040 ISBN-13 : […]
Matt’s Reviews: Assignment In Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Audible.com Release Date: April 27, 2012 Print Release Date: […]
Matt’s Reviews: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publish Date: March 4, 2025 Duration: 3 hours 53 minutes Author: Amal El-Mohtar Read by: Gem Carmella ASIN: B0D3QQWKWK The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar is a beautiful fairy tale novella. […]
Matt’s Reviews: Song Of The Unsung Mushroom by Sarah Clarke Stuart
Publisher : Connected Editions, Incorporated Publication date : January 15, 2026 Language : English Print length : 410 pages ISBN-10 : 1561780960 ISBN-13 : […]
The Big Idea: Nicole Glover
I always found it a severe disappointment when I realized as a child that I was living in a world where tea pots weren’t enchanted, ravens didn’t linger on fence posts to give me a […]
Matt’s Reviews: On The Road To Cinnabar – The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume One
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 510 pages ISBN-10 : 3633644946 ISBN-13 : […]
´Novedades de Enero 2026 (Primera y Segunda Semana)
LIBROS Apogeo Ediciones ha publicado el libro «Madeleine» de Edison Mucha Soto. Sietch Ediciones nos presentan sus novedades de este año. «Dardos Corporales» de Jean Véliz, el eBook «La tribu Astral» Alejandro Farías Ugarte D’Angelo […]
The Big Idea: Madeleine E. Robins
Eras in the past had a focus on manners — a word that in itself was a code for something more controlling. For her novel The Doxies Penalty, author Madeleine E. Robins revisits a past […]
REVIEW – BRIGHT WEAVING BY MARTIN SPRINGETT
This week Steve reviews a new art book by Toronto’s Martin Springett, artist, designer, musician, composer and writer. If you like fantasy art and illustration, you might just enjoy this book.
Reactor Posts All the New TOR Releases
All the latest Science Fiction Releases, starting with January 6th and All of the Fantasy Releases also starting with January 6th Steve DavidsonSteve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories. Steve has been a passionate […]
The Big Idea: Josh Rountree
Most grandmas play bingo, but author Josh Rountree’s grandma had a more occult hobby. Come along in his Big Idea as he tells you about ghosts, Texas, and his grandma, and how it all led […]
New Release “Monster” from Amazing Stories Author, Matt Truxaw
– Some doors shouldn’t be opened – – Some labyrinths don’t let you go – Morrigan just wanted a break—from failed auditions, endless shifts at the coffee house, and the slow grind of dreams slipping […]
Lo fantástico en “Umbra en Eleusis” de Dennis Morales Iriarte
“Umbra en Eleusis” de Dennis Morales Iriarte es una novela que va más allá de la narrativa convencional e introduce al lector en la mitología, la narrativa fantástica y la épica. La novela se […]
Novedades de Diciembre en Hispanoamérica
Este diciembre fue muy atareado para mí. Disculpe la tardanza. Pronto me estaré mudando de casa, por lo que enero quizá sea también atareado. Me disculpo de antemano. LIBROS El 5 de diciembre, en el […]
DÍAS DE FANTASÍA EN COCHABAMBA de Rodrigo Guardia
El escritor boliviano Rodrigo Jhamil Guardia Yáñez publicó este año su primera novela juvenil “Días de Fantasía en Cochabamba”. Esta novela se centraliza en dos personajes, Sebastián (Seba) y Santiago (Santi), oriundos de Cochabamba. Santi […]
Novedades de Noviembre 2
LIBROS Minificción publica la antología «Momentos felices». De lectura gratuita. Ya está en línea “2050 Libros”, una antología de ciencia ficción donde 31 autoras de distintos países imaginan qué libro feminista enviarían a Marte en […]
The Big Idea: L. D. Colter
The retelling of myths is a tradition practically as old as the myths themselves. Author L. D. Colter has implemented some Greek mythology to help write her newest novel, While the Gods Sleep. Foll… Source: […]
TALKIN’ ABOUT A SUPERMAN (Part One)
Steve’s favourite onscreen superhero is an old standby: Superman! But which Superman? There have been so many! We’ll take a quick look at the whole video/film thing and the answer may surprise you.
Whatever happened to JASON and the ARGONAUTS?
Dan MonroeMOVIES, MUSIC & MONSTERS!! Dan Monroe is an entertainer, documentary filmmaker and music instructor. He teaches voice, guitar and piano while also producing both commercial and entertainment related content in New York, USA.
The Big Idea: Vanessa Ricci-Thode
What goes better together than dragons, revolution, and being queer? Not much, and author Vanessa Ricci-Thode is here to show that with her newest novel, The Dragon Next Door. Dive in to her Big Idea […]
RETRO REVIEW REDUX: DAMN YANKEES (1958)
This week Steve retro reviews what he considers to be a fun and very good Broadway musical on film. Do you like musicals? He does, and he gives us the whole story (yes, with spoilers). Read on…
Novedades de Noviembre 1 en Hispanoamérica
LIBROS Maquinaciones Narrativas ha publicado el libro «Objetos personales» de Élton Honores. Speedwagon ha publicado el libro «Insania» de Miguel Solano. Dendro Ediciones ha publicado «Preludio a los delirios de un joven pianista sin cabeza» […]
The Big Idea: Cadwell Turnbull
Reality can oftentimes be stranger than fiction. Author Cadwell Turnbull speculates on this funny thing we call reality in the Big Idea for his newest novel, A Ruin, Great and Free. Follow along to… Source: […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Author: Terry Pratchett Series: Discworld #30 Narrator: Stephen Briggs Duration: 7 hr 10 min Format: Audio Disks Publisher: Clarion Books Published: 12/14/2004 Print Published: 2003 The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett is a […]
Novedades de Octubre en Hispanoamérica
LIBROS En el XI congreso internacional de Narrativa Fantástica, el crítico y escritor Elton Honores, se ha presentado el libro “Nada humano sobrevive aquí. Antología de cuentos peruanos bajo la sombra de H.P. Lovecraft” (Academia […]
Matt’s Reviews: Mindworks by Neal Shusterman
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date : November 18, 2025 Language : English Print length : 592 pages ISBN-10 : […]
About Author
Matt Truxaw’s newest book is Monster. This urban fantasy, horror, thriller will keep you turning the pages.
He is also the author of the hard science fiction thrillers: “Plastiphobia/Plastivore” and “Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale”
You can find them all on Amazon in Paperback, Hardback, Kindle and/or free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
When you read any of them, he would really appreciate a review/rating on Amazon or your favorite book seller/book reader site.
More about Matt:
He was born in Orange County California many years ago and he still lives there. He has been reading books for most of those years and writing up book reviews for the last few years. He gets MANY of his books out of the library/Libby so expect a lot of old science fiction classics book reviews and other science related reviews in addition to newer books he comes across.
If you want to be ‘in-the-loop’ on these and other works, you can follow his website( MattTruxaw.com), his author’s page on Amazon or his Facebook page.
For more reviews and articles by Matt here on Amazing Stories (Click here).
Monster: A Novel by Matt Truxaw
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