Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu: Reviewed by Kristin An infinite number of universes. Humans have coded and manufactured “skunkworks” to manipulate and manage physics of t...

Market Call Facebook -- One Eyed Press

Shotgun Honey is relaunching this and they want novellas 8k to 30K. More info at  https://submissions.shotgunhoney.com/publication/one-eye-press/ 

SleuthSayers: Dear Abi, or the Ultimate Unreliable Narrator by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: Dear Abi, or the Ultimate Unreliable Narrator:  "As for myself, I belong to that delicious subgenre, the  self-confessed  unreliable narrator." - Matt Coward Back in 2021 I wrot...

Lesa's Book Critiques: An Election by John Scalzi

 Lesa's Book Critiques: An Election by John Scalzi

Publishing Closure: 0n Spec

 Publishing Closure: 0n Spec

Lesa's Book Critiques: “3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years” by John Scalzi

 Lesa's Book Critiques: “3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years” by John Scalzi

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Annual Book Sale 2025: My Son's Books

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Annual Book Sale 2025: My Son's Books: As usual, we attended the Planned Parenthood Book Sale that runs for 10 days in September; the first few days and the last few days are the ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz:   Reviewed by Kristin It is a common theme in science fiction: Humans create robots, robots develop sentience, war happens, rogue robots...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Collections from the Book Sale

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Collections from the Book Sale:   Last Friday, September 12, was the first day of the Planned Parenthood Book Sale; it will continue through Sunday, September 21. We went t...

KRL Update 9/13/2025

Up on KRL this week an article by Ellie Alexander about the Ashland Mystery Festival happening next month! https://kingsriverlife.com/09/13/ashland-mystery-festival/

And a review and giveaway of "The Mango Murders" by Lucy Burdette along with a fun food guest post by Lucy https://kingsriverlife.com/09/13/the-mango-murders-by-lucy-burdette/

 

And a review and giveaway of "Death in the Countryside" by Maria Malone, along with an interesting interview with Maria https://kingsriverlife.com/09/13/death-in-the-countryside-by-maria-malone/

 

And a review and giveaway of "A Murderous Business" by Cathy Pegau https://kingsriverlife.com/09/13/a-murderous-business-by-cathy-pegau/

 

Up during the week we posted another special midweek guest post, this one by mystery author Tim Kirk about his new mystery/scifi book "All His Damned Mother’s Sons" https://kingsriverlife.com/09/10/on-the-road-with-billy-clover/

 

Up on KRL News and Reviews this week, we have a review and ebook giveaway of "Murder Pays a Call" by Nancy J. Cohen https://www.krlnews.com/2025/09/murder-pays-call-by-nancy-j-cohen.html

 

And a review and ebook giveaway of "No Good Time" by Cathi Stoler https://www.krlnews.com/2025/09/no-good-time-by-cathi-stoler.html

 

Happy reading, 

Lorie 

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu: Today I read the first four stories in Jewel Box , a short story collection by E. Lily Yu. I bought the book on a whim at the Planned Parent...

SleuthSayers: Star-gazing in Seattle

SleuthSayers: Star-gazing in Seattle:   In August my family went to Seattle for the World Science Fiction Conference. Worldcon is a huge annual event (more than 6,000 full member...

Gravetapping: Review: "BAE-I" and "Room E-36" by Douglas Corleone

Gravetapping: Review: "BAE-I" and "Room E-36" by Douglas Corleone:   Ghost Signal: Dark Frequencies BAE-I and Room E-36 by Douglas Corleone Ghost Signal Press, 2025     One...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Ninefox Gambit: Yoon Ha Lee

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Ninefox Gambit: Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee is the first book in the Machineries of Empire trilogy. This is the summary of the book at the author's w...

SleuthSayers: Who Ever Imagined?

SleuthSayers: Who Ever Imagined?:   I don't suppose what follows is much use except as an exploration of how a writer's brain works.  How this writer's brain wor...

George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #230: A CENTURY OF SCIENCE FICTION Edited by Damon Knight

 George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #230: A CENTURY OF SCIENCE FICTION Edited by Damon Knight

Lesa's Book Critiques: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

 Lesa's Book Critiques: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth:   Reviewed by Kristin   “The Earth has been sold. What could possibly go wrong? ” Have you checked out some of the gems in Tennessee...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Diving into the Wreck: Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Diving into the Wreck: Kristine Kathryn Rusch: This book is in the science fiction genre, and the diving referred to in the title is diving into wrecked space ships, not ships at the bott...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Six Degrees of Separation: From Orbital to Station Eternity

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Six Degrees of Separation: From Orbital to Station...: The Six Degrees of Separation meme is hosted by Kate at booksaremyfavoriteandbest . The idea behind the meme is to start with a book and us...