The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a feature with 2-3 mini-reviews for short MG books we really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts and recommendations for future entries). Three Middle…
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! We’ve got a lot to cover in this edition of the Smugglers’ Stash, so let’s dive right in, shall we? A Mergealicious Podcast: Did you hear? Literally, did you hear? The Merger by Sunil…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus. Inspired by her reading of Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Ana created a list of the best books of 2015 featuring women that make us “uncomfortable”. Go here to see the…
Today, we are delighted to host an exclusive excerpt of Emily Foster’s debut novella upcoming from Tor.com, The Drowning Eyes. When the Dragon Ships began to tear through the trade lanes and ravage coastal towns, the hopes of the…
THE GIRL WHO COULD NOT DREAM: Sarah Beth Durst on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Reading Comics: MONSTRESS Issue#1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
It would not be an exaggeration to say I have been in tenterhooks about Monstress since I first heard about it back in January. Monstress is a new creator-owned title by writer Marjorie Liu and artist Sana Takeda and…
Announcing Spindle City Serials: Weekly Episodes from Book Smugglers Publishing
These are the serial episodes you’ve been looking for… Today, we celebrate the publication of The Case of the Little Bloody Slipper by Carlie St. George, the first in a series of three novelettes following private detective Jimmy Prince,…
The Case of the Little Bloody Slipper (Spindle City Mystery #1) by Carlie St. George
The Case of the Little Bloody Slipper by Carlie St. George Published 11/2/2015 | 11,441 Words It was half past eleven when I saw her. She was standing at the top of the staircase, with restless fingers and defiant…
The Case of the Little Bloody Slipper: Carlie St. George on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…