Book Review – The Secret History of Moscow
Author: Ekaterina Sedia Cover Artist: Frederic Cayet Publisher: Prime Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2007 History as it is written is full of holes, of secrets and of omissions. The so-called “secret histories”, fictional or otherwise, are the stories of the forgotten and the suppressed, the stories of those who have been deprived of a [...]
Exclusive – The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia (chapter excerpt)
Today I have another exclusive excerpt, a chapter from Ekaterina Sedia’s The Secret History of Moscow, a chapter she described as being as nice a sample as you can find being a bit of an island on to itself. The Secret History of Moscow was published by Prime Books
Craig Gidney interviewed Ms. Sedia for us earlier this year, and her latest, The Alchemy of Stone was recently released (also from Prime) and Craig reviewed that for us earlier this year as well.
Many thanks to Ms. Sedia and Sean Wallace at Prime Books – hope everyone enjoys
Book Review – The Alchemy of Stone
Author: Ekaterina Sedia Publisher: Prime Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2008 The Escher-eqse city of Ayona has a nominal nobility, in the form of a duke and his royal family, but the city is mostly governed by the frequently conflicting groups of Mechanics and Alchemist. While the Mechanics and Alchemists exist in an uneasy truce [...]
Exclusive – The Funeral, Ruined by Ben Peek (short fiction)
THE FUNERAL, RUINED By Ben Peek It was the weight that woke Linette. Her weight. The weight of herself. The flat red sky above Issuer was waiting when she opened her eyes. Five hours before, when she had closed her eyes, it had been a dark, ugly brown-red: the middle of the night. Now it [...]
Book Review – Paper Cities, An Anthology of Urban Fantasy
Edited by: Ekaterina Sedia Cover Artist: Aaron Acevedo Publisher: Senses Five Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2008 Urban fantasy has long-reaching roots, but it is only in the last twenty years or so that writers and readers have begun using the term in an effort to describe and define a subgenre of fantasy. A subgenre [...]
On the Spot at BSC – Ekaterina Sedia interview
Ekaterina Sedia’s second novel, The Secret History of Moscow, has made her a new author to watch. It has garnered critical praise, from no less than Neil Gaiman and is selling quite well. The novel is set in Post-Communist Russia, where everyone is suffering under the growing pains of capitalism gone amuck. Thugs and gangs [...]
Book Review – Jigsaw Nation
Edited by: Edward J. McFadden, Ekaterina Sedia Cover Artist: Lara Wells Publisher: Wilder Publications Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: April 2006 So, how do you take your politics – red or blue? Were you outraged or pleased with the results of the 2004 election in the USA? Are you beginning to wonder why these questions should [...]
Book Review – According to Crow
Author: Ekaterina Sedia Cover Artist: Alan M. Clark Publisher: Five Star Books Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: May 2005 According to Crow by E. Sedia is a coming-of-age tale set against the harsh backdrop of war. Josiah, tied to both the land Sium and Mer, is considered an outcast in his village so when some mysterious [...]
