Tim Waggoner: Dark War

Welcome back to Nekropolis, that strange and deadly extra-dimensional city where all of the dark things dwell. In a city where the dead walk, monsters skulk, and magic blends with technology to create new and bizarre results, there’s only one man you can depend on: Matt Richter, zombie PI. Matt’s one of the few . . . → Read More: Tim Waggoner: Dark War

Stefan Petrucha: Dead Mann Walking

Ever since we figured out how to bring people back from the dead, humanity has divided itself into two kinds: the livebloods, and the zombies (also known as chakz, a corrupted form of charqui, or jerky.) As you can imagine, chakz don’t exactly have it easy. Few laws protect them, they tend to break . . . → Read More: Stefan Petrucha: Dead Mann Walking

2012 — Day Two at GMR

Yes, it’s January 2nd here at GMR, and as I promised yesterday, we have more to keep you occupied on those long evenings.

First, Brian Lumley’s The Fly-By-Nights, a slightly different take on vampires.

And as long as we’re looking at vampires, we have Jeaniene Frost’s One Grave at a Time, in which the . . . → Read More: 2012 — Day Two at GMR

On Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff has long been one of my favorite writers of science fiction and fantasy. Although I’ve thoroughly enjoyed her science fiction (the Confederation series) and her earlier magical/heroic fantasies (the Quarters series and earlier works), I think she finally hit her stride in what I call “urban fantasy with attitude,” starting with The . . . → Read More: On Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff: The Wild Ways

“For want of a nail, a shoe was lost. . . .” — William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard III.

Remember that — it’s going to be important.

The Wild Ways is the second of Tanya Huff’s stories of the Gales, this time centering on Allie’s cousin Charlie — Charlotte Marie Gale, an . . . → Read More: Tanya Huff: The Wild Ways

Tanya Huff: The Enchantment Emporium

The Enchantment Emporium is the first volume in what I find myself hoping will become an extended series centered on the Gale family; in this installment, the center is Alysha Catherine Gale, 24, newly unemployed, and back home at the Gale . . . well, call it a compound — or a village, if . . . → Read More: Tanya Huff: The Enchantment Emporium

Richelle Mead: Succubus Revealed

Ever since succubus Georgina Kincaid got back together with the current love of her life, writer Seth Mortensen, things have been a little weird. Workplace drama caused her to quit her beloved bookstore job, and now she’s working as an elf at the mall. Her love life is great, except for the part where . . . → Read More: Richelle Mead: Succubus Revealed

Jeaniene Frost: One Grave At A Time

Things just never calm down for Cat Crawfield Russell, and her husband, Bones. The two vampires were looking forward to some downtime, but that’s just not happening. Their ghost pal Fabian has brought a new friend home. Elisabeth’s been a ghost for centuries, ever since she was murdered by the psychotic witch hunter, Heinrich . . . → Read More: Jeaniene Frost: One Grave At A Time

Ilona Andrews: On the Edge / Bayou Moon

Welcome to the Edge. It’s a no-man’s land stretching across the United States, created by the overlap between two alternate dimensions. On one side, you have the Broken, a world of science and reason, otherwise known as the mundane world we live in. On the other, the Weird, where history took a different course, . . . → Read More: Ilona Andrews: On the Edge / Bayou Moon

Diana Rowland: My Life As A White Trash Zombie

When Angel Crawford wakes up in the hospital, she assumes it’s because of the car crash only she remembers. The official story, however, is that she was found naked and overdosing on a cocktail of drugs and booze. By all rights, she should be dead. Somehow, she’s not. Upon being released from the hospital, . . . → Read More: Diana Rowland: My Life As A White Trash Zombie