Paranormal Payback, ed. by Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes

April 05, 2026

I picked up the urban fantasy anthology Paranormal Payback because Jim Butcher’s name was attached to it. He’s the author of the bestselling Dresden Files. I recognized names of some of the authors including Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson and Tanya Huff....

Twelve Months by Jim Butcher

January 18, 2026

It’s been five years since Jim Butcher’s last Dresden Files novel. Twelve Months, though, is a long time in Harry Dresden’s world. It hasn’t even been a year since Chicago was destroyed in a war. Harry lost people he loved, and he’s still...

Throwing Shade by Deborah Wilde

July 27, 2025

I don’t know when I’ve had so much fun reading a book. Maybe when I read John Scalzi’s The Kaiju Preservation Society a couple years ago. But, Deborah Wilde’s Throwing Shade is nothing like the science fiction novel. Think shape-shifting...

The Law: A Dresden Files Novella by Jim Butcher

December 19, 2023

Major Spoiler Alert – If you’re a fan of Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, and didn’t yet read Battle Ground, don’t read this review. While I don’t name the names of those that Harry Dresden lost in the most recent war, it is a...

Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch

October 06, 2023

While Winter’s Gifts is a spin-off of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, it really reminds me more of Simon R. Green’s Ishmael Jones mysteries. Neither is a bad thing in my opinion, a spin-off or a similarity to Green’s series. FBI...