Wendy: In the preface to The Portrait of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde suggested that art’s aim should be to reveal the art while concealing the artist. What filter should then be between a writer and her story? What then, is on the page: the person or the product? In the case of fiction that [...]
Do you have any idea how many different flowers there are in the known universe? A lot. Bear this in mind as we explore Christine Feehan’s Night Game.
The new episode in Feehan’s “GhostWalker” series comes “specially designed for comfortable reading.” Other things designed for my comfort are feminine hygiene products. Comfort is one of those [...]
WENDY: Hero. Heroine. Bestiality. Happily Ever After. One of these things is not like the others. Care to guess which one? Dawn Thompson’s The Ravencliff Bride has a hero — shape-shifter Nicholas Walraven — a heroine Sara — a Happily Ever After — and while it doesn’t have scenes of bestiality, the idea of that [...]
HelenKay: Martin Kowalski lives in a world where vampires outnumber humans. The undead are frozen in time. Simple everyday items like cereal are sold on Ebay as nostalgic treasures. Canned human food now substitutes for dog food. Toilets are used as planters. Humans hide. A good time to be a vampire. Not so great to [...]
