Category Archives: Small Press Book Reviews

Blunt Force Magic by Lawrence Davis (WildBlue Press) It took me a short while to get past the way the author interrupted action scenes with reflections, but those were in the past tense and well done—so I quickly fell into … Continue reading →

Between Two Scorpions by Jim Geraghty (Discus Books) I read this book on a recommendation from somebody also knew that I liked thrillers, not expecting it to also have a paranormal edge. So if you happen to enjoy paranormal mysteries, … Continue reading →

Wergen: The Alien Love War (NewCon Press) Mercurio D. Rivera https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09H7NSJ4S/ Abyss & Apex was the first place to ever publish something by Mercurio D Rivera: his “Snatch Me Another,” which you will find in our 2008 archives. I knew … Continue reading →

Elaninae (The Combined Service Book 2)(Theogony Books) Jo Boone Set in the same universe as The Magnetar, which debuted last year — our review here — Elaninae is coming out on April 8, 2022. Her first book in the series … Continue reading →

The Magnetar (The Combined Service Book 1) ‎ (Theogony Books) A planet-wide cataclysm destroys one humanity’s oldest colonies: billions of people perish on Fortuna, and Charlie is almost rescued before she dies. A stranger shows up after she’s been dead … Continue reading →

Assault: A Caine Riordan Universe Novel (Beyond Terra Press) by Mike Massa What’s that you say? Charles E. Gannon is a big name author? Then why is this spinoff being published by a small press? Never mind why, other than … Continue reading →

Infiltration: A Caine Riordan Universe Novel (Beyond Terra Press) by Griffin Barber This is book 1 of a three-part series (so far). Really good military science fiction! Horace Earl Chalmers has a checkered past but that only means  he’s become … Continue reading →

The Shapeshifters Guide to Time Travel (Burning Ink Press) by Mark Budman Teenaged Gavrilo is in high school in the last totalitarian country left in Eastern Europe: Temnota. He, like most younger and a few adult Temnotians is a shapeshifter. … Continue reading →

Dreams from the Grave by J. Kathleen Cheney This is yet another novel in the Empire of Dreams series by J. Kathleen Cheney.  A&A reviewed an earlier books in the series here, and we would like to remind you that it … Continue reading →

This Giant Leap (Falstaff Books) by Edmund R. Schubert We at A&A love to review small press short story collections and anthologies, so when we discovered that former IGMS editor Edmund R. Schubert was making the leap to be a … Continue reading →