I enjoyed this quite a bit. This is a fairly rare avis--historical fantasy, set during the Elizabethian Age. There are characters here that really existed, such as Queen Elizabeth I of England, her spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham, and above all, some of the key playrights, poets and pamphleteers...
The 15 deceptively plain short stories in this collection hum with the harmonics of Lisa Goldstein's novels. In "Tourists," Goldstein visits Amaz, where packs of tarotlike cards circulate and an American tourist is enmeshed in their predictions. A reporter interviewing a revolutionary leader lear...
While it was not all I was hoping for, I started reading it and couldn't put it down. Literally got sucked into the pages, so to speak. I thought it was a cute story, very preposterous, indeed, but a fun read that was well worth the time put into it. I have other books by Lisa Goldstein (walking ...
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 starsGenre: Fiction with a little fantasyAge Recommended: 12 and upThis story was a little creepy at times but overall it was great. It was set in the time of WWII and I really liked that the author combined the idea of witchcraft with WWII, making it seem as if they were rel...
A flight attendant came out into the terminal with him, helping him with his walker and his small bag. A man at the gate held up a sign with his name on it. So Peter Myers had been as good as his word, Andrew thought. Here was the driver of the car to take him to Fentrice’s house. They headed dow...