Bethanie of Bethanie’s Brain completed her review of Joely Sue Burkhart’s Survive My Fire and of The Fire Within.

Survive My Fire: “ . . . I was pretty much blown away by every aspect of this story. It was beautifully written, tightly plotted, and focused on two memorable and well-developed characters. Just awesome.

That line between reader and character became thinner and thinner and thinner until I forgot it was supposed to be there at all. Which was awesome.”

The Fire Within: “. . . forget about Dune, this is a whole ‘nuther thing. And no other aspect of these stories reminds me of anything else I’ve read, which is pretty damn cool. I was biting my lip in fear for Eleni’s life and from there, the story never lets up.”

Read the rest of Bethanie’s reviews here. An excerpt of Survive My Fire is available here and an excerpt of The Fire Within is available here.

Daisy of The Long and The Short of It has just released her review of Joely Burkhart’s The Rose of Shanhasson.

“. . . Rose of Shanhasson is a gritty, sweaty great start to what I believe will be a promising trilogy. I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on the next one! This one’s recommended for fantasy and romantic fantasy readers who like a little Conan in their heroes.”

Read the rest of the review here. An excerpt of The Rose of Shanhasson is available here.

I am very pleased to announce that the second issue of Membra Disjecta is now available. There are stories in there from our very own David Sklar and Deborah Grabien, plus lots of new-to-us authors of great fiction and poetry, and some really intriguing art.

Membra Disjecta is funded in part by Drollerie Press (we even have an ad!), but is intended to showcase great free and low-cost “stuff” from all around the web, including ebooks and chapbooks, regardless of genre; and the works of new and/or interesting artists and authors we might not otherwise get to see.