Marina Fontaine

  As a reader, reviewer, and occasional writer of fiction, I have become familiar with the term “shocking but inevitable” when describing a plot twist or an ending. All the clues were there that the […]

  Time flies when you’re having fun… And even, as it turns out, when you aren’t. My last post on this blog is dated in May of 2019, and it seems both like yesterday and […]

Maybe it’s a result of too many Marvel  movies, but I view Hell Spawn, the first in Finn’s Saint Tommy, NYPD series, as essentially a superhero origin story. In the first action scene, Detective Tom […]

Some time ago, I read an article by a publisher of a sci-fi review magazine where he offered the following test to determine if a story qualifies as proper science fiction: Can the story take […]

Last week I had the privilege of being interviewed by Paul Hair, a contributor to Hollywood In Toto website. Our discussion touched on the continuing appeal of dystopian stories, and how some of the themes […]

Set in the world of For Steam and Country, this novella follows one of the original novel’s more likable side characters, James Gentry, as he embarks on his quest to become a Knight. The story […]

While attending DragonCon this year, I decided to check out a kilt blowing event. Being, well, myself, about half way through I realized this topic would be great blogging fodder. Thus, here goes my semi-serious […]

I fully intended to write a real review for this one. But then I thought: who am I kidding? What could I possibly tell you about the movie that you can’t get from the trailer? […]

As most anthologies, this one started with an idea, or more precisely in this case, some “what if” thinking. With endless submission calls for stories written by [insert an identity group of your choice], one […]

Today is Memorial Day, and our social media feeds are filled with photos, memes and articles honoring the fallen soldiers. These are proper and valuable, especially in these days where even on a holiday weekend […]