Book Review: Greenstreets – A Wyrd World Novel

Book Title: Greenstreets - A Wyrd World Novel - Expocalypse: Book 2 Author: Jon Frater Publication Date: January 18, 2020 Available on: Amazon as an eBook Indie Athenaeum Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Picking up right where we left off from the conclusion of “The Taste Makers”, book one in the Expocalpyse series, Julie,...

Book Review: The Mechanic’s Daughter by Stefan Bolz, writing as John Maynard

Book Title: The Mechanic's Daughter Author: Stefan Bolz, writing under the pseudonym John Maynard Publication Date: January 14, 2020 Available On: Amazon as an eBook Indie Athenaeum Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Twenty-year-old Emilia is in college, working at her father’s auto shop and has a part-time job as the nanny for eleven-year-old Derek. Derek lost...

Book Review: Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 36 – published by Daniel Arthur Smith

Book Title: Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 36 Authors: Steve Oden, K.H. Vaughan, Kevin Lauderdale, Jessica West & Daniel Arthur Smith Editor: Jessica West Publication Date: December 19, 2019 Available on: Amazon as an eBook and a paperback Indie Athenaeum Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars In this thirty-sixth issue of Canyons, it exhibits unusual ideas,...

Book Review: A Flutter of Darkness by Jason Lavelle

Book Title: A Flutter of Darkness Author: Jason Lavelle Publication Date: January 16, 2020 Available on: Amazon as an eBook and as a paperback Indie Athenaeum Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars The darkness that resides in the soul of each and every one of us is a fascinating concept. It’s all around us in...

2019 – The Indie Athenaeum Looks Back

Happy new year, everyone - welcome to the year 2020! 2019 was a busy year for The Indie Athenaeum. After six-plus years of reviewing books, I decided to open this book blog on April 17, 2019! Since then, I've published one-hundred and twelve posts over the course of the year. Let's break that down into...

Reading Room: Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 26 – published by Daniel Arthur Smith

Book Title: Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 26 Authors: Hunter C. Eden, Philip Harris, Jeff Bowles, Ernie Howard & Daniel Arthur Smith Editor: Jessica West Publication Date: August 28, 2018 Available on: Amazon as an eBook and a paperback Indie Athenaeum Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Canyons of the Damned tells five paranormal-themed tales that...

Holiday Reading Recommendations!

So, with the holidays right around the corner (the start of Chanukah is two days away & Christmas is five days away), it's time to take a break from the holiday preparations. This colder weather makes you want to cozy up in front of a fire with hot cocoa, sitting in an overstuffed recliner and...

Short Story Corner: On Holiday with an S.O.B. by Ernie Howard & Agent Smith and the Naughty Elf by Will Swardstrom & Paul K. Swardstrom

Short Story Title: On Holiday with an S.O.B.: A Tales from the Canyons of the Damned short story Author: Ernie Howard Editor: Jessica West Publication Date: January 6, 2017 Available on: Amazon as an eBook and as a paperback Indie Athenaeum Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Two beings talk about what it’s like to go...

Book Review: Chronicle Worlds: Crime & Punishment – published by Samuel Peralta

Book Title: Chronicle Worlds: Crime and Punishment - Future Chronicles, Book 21 Authors: Lucas Bale, S. Elliot Brandis, J. S. Collyer, S. W. Fairbrother, Michael Patrick Hicks, G. S. Jennsen, Harry Manners, Alex Roddie & Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Series Editor: Samuel Peralta Guest Editors: Alex Roddie & Lucas Bale Publication Date: September 30, 2019 Available On: Amazon as an...