So, full disclosure: author Kevin Beckett submitted “The Inn of the Seven Stars” to Wyngraf last summer. We didn’t have room for it in our second issue and offered to contract it for Wyngraf #3, but Kevin decided to accept an offer from Water Dragon Publishing instead. That should give you some idea of my … More Cozy Review: “The Inn of the Seven Stars”
Wish You Were Here: A Review of The House in The Cerulean Sea Michael Aaron Harrington There is a scene early on in TJ Klune’s sweet, quirky, and wonderful book The House in the Cerulean Sea where the main character—Linus Baker, a fortysomething, overweight mouse of a man—looks at one of the few possessions he … More Cozy Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
It would be absurd in the extreme to consider anything by J.R.R. Tolkien “forgotten.” This is a man whose every note, fragment, and grocery list has been published and developed into a movie trilogy or TV series. Nevertheless, I think the novelette “Smith of Wootton Major” deserves more recognition from us lovers of cozy fantasy. … More Cozy Review: “Smith of Wootton Major”
I’ve heard so much about T Kingfisher (aka Ursula Vernon) that I started feeling foolish I hadn’t read anything of hers yet. So I had to move her to the top of my cozy TBR, and I’m glad I did. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking stars Mona, an apprentice baker who works at her … More Cozy Review: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
I just finished a novel that fits so perfectly into cozy fantasy I can’t believe it took me this long to discover it. At Amberleaf Fair by Phyllis Ann Karr is a short novel published by Ace in the mid-eighties. As far as I know, it hasn’t been reprinted, but it doesn’t cost too much … More A Forgotten Cozy: “At Amberleaf Fair”
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