October 2016
Review: 'Corpus Lupus', by John K. Smith
Posted by Greyflank on Tue 4 Oct 2016 - 04:27
This book is actually a collection of three novellas about your worst nightmare: A WEREWOLF WITH A BADGE.
OK, I know for some of you (me included), the image that first comes to mind might be more erotic than horrific... but I assure you that your ride along is going to take you into some deeply, darkly, disturbing places.
Highridge is a cop that became a werewolf in an Urban Fantasy Setting where lycanthropes have a subculture and are an accepted part of modern society. And the revelation of their existence is no recent thing.
As is often the case when the werewolves are (mostly) good guys, there are worse things out there than wolfmen.
Legion Printing and Publishing, 2010, ebook $2.66 (194 pages).
Review: 'Flower's Fang', by Madison Keller
Posted by Huskyteer on Fri 7 Oct 2016 - 05:03
This review is part of my commitment to reviewing anthropomorphic literature during Furry Book Month.
Arara is the smallest Jegera of her year, constantly bullied for her appearance and desperate to leave her village as soon as the coming of age ceremony is complete.
Sels of the flower Kin is a prince without his race's magic powers, travelling towards his last opportunity to choose a sedyu-bonded companion from the newly adult Jegera.
It's no surprise that these two outcasts find each other, and their magic bond, nor that the lowly runt turns out to have a vital part to play in the future of both races. But watching the drama play out, and the underdogs have their day, is hugely enjoyable. Some tropes are tropes for a reason.
Hundeliebe Publishing, 2014, trade paperback $14.99 (354 pages), ebook $2.99 (99c during October 2016).
Review: 'Splice: Conditioning', by Cocoa
Posted by Huskyteer on Fri 14 Oct 2016 - 03:15
This review is part of my commitment to reviewing anthropomorphic literature during Furry Book Month.
Described as a 'dystopian sci-fi erotic novel', Splice: Conditioning is set in a near future where natural disasters have made large parts of the USA uninhabitable and plunged many of its citizens into poverty.
One light in the darkness is the presence of Splices: genetically engineered, anthropomorphic dogs who act as companions and sex toys, as well as taking over some of the riskier or more unpleasant jobs.
Because of the dangers inherent in creating human-sized dogs capable of rational thought and tool operation, each Splice has a Conditioning Phrase known to its creators and owner, and is programmed to enter a submissive, obedient state when this is spoken.
Self-published, 2016, ebook $2.97.
Review: 'ROAR 7', edited by Mary E. Lowd
Posted by Greyflank on Mon 17 Oct 2016 - 21:21
(Full Disclosure: I have a story in this book: Unbalanced Scales, the 6th story in the book. It takes place in the same universe as last year's Brooklyn Blackie and the Unappetizing Menu, just 40 years later. I will "review" that story last. I mean, I could skip it entirely, but I do so like talking about myself and my stories.)
Mary Lowd returns to the helm of ROAR for another collection of "all audience" Furry stories. This time the theme is Legends. There are all sorts of Legends and there was only one story out of the following seventeen whose legend worthiness I questioned.
FurPlanet, July 2016, trade paperback $19.95 (378 pages), ebook $7.95.
Review: 'Dog Country', by Malcolm F. Cross
Posted by Huskyteer on Fri 21 Oct 2016 - 03:41
This review is part of my commitment to reviewing anthropomorphic literature during Furry Book Month.
A crowdfunded war fought by genetically identical dog-people created as soldiers and emancipated into a world that doesn't understand, or always approve of, their special talents.
What could possibly go wrong?
Edane, Ereli and their hundreds of brothers were grown and trained to form fighting units, but the company that created them was shut down when they were still, biologically, children.
Now adults, some scrape a living as mercenaries, doing odd jobs, or fighting for a betting audience. The lucky ones have a career in MilSim, a realtime combat simulation game, but some figures in the sport are starting to argue that they're too good and shouldn't compete.
Self-published, 2016, ebook (288 pages) $4.99 (US) / £3.99 (UK).
Review: 'Bodies in Motion', by Robert Baird
Posted by Huskyteer on Fri 28 Oct 2016 - 05:11
This review is part of my commitment to reviewing anthropomorphic literature during Furry Book Month.
Romance and sex have always surrounded travel, and the vehicles we use for it. Even in the age of mass transit, there's still a thrill in leaving the known behind and moving as a stranger among strangers.
A sense of movement, freedom and adventure pervades these seven tales of M/F erotica, each set in, or set in motion by, a different form of transport.
Self-published ebook, 2016, pay what you want.