Marion Stein

Marion Stein has an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence as well as an MSW from Hunter College. Marion's careers have included crisis clinician, teacher, tarot card reader, grant writer and temp. Her full length novel Loisaida -- A New York Story will be released as a paperback in October by Caradeloca Press. You can find out more and interact with Marion by visiting her blog: http://www.marionstein.net.

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1980s    assisted suicide    cannibalism    corporate greed    crime    drug trip    drugs    dystopian    dystopian future    east village    end of life    euthanasia    heroin addiction    ibogaine    loisaida    medical ethics    medical thriller    neonoir    new york city    pharma    philosophy    right to die    speculative fiction    tomkins square   

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Latest book: Babylon. Published on February 15, 2010. (5.00 from 6 reviews)

Dan Holloway
Latest book: Black Heart High. Published on June 12, 2011. (5.00 from 1 review)
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PD Allen
Latest book: Fiddlesticks. Published on January 16, 2012.
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• Sentence of Marriage on Nov. 17, 2009
  
  This is a compelling and manages to be accessible to contemporary readers while offering a realistic portrait of how people lived and thought in another time. Time travel by book.
  
• Glimpses of a Floating World on Jan. 31, 2010
  
  Reads like a lost classic and puts to rest the myth that important literature is only available on store shelves.
  
• Blood Moon on Aug. 10, 2010
  
  PD Allen's Blood Moon is volume I of his "Tales of the Yoopernatural" a series of books and stories taking place in Michigan's Upper Peninsula though it's not exactly Michigan's, it's Allen's. In these tales the author has created a world of myth and legend, a world which looks a lot like the one we inhabit but is just a bit skewed with the occasional portal to other dimensions, appearance of mythical creatures, spirits, ghosts and more. Allen skillfully weaves in geology and history while maintaining the story's tension and pace. Blood Moon is the tale recounted by Connie Hillman. Connie trained as an anthropologist, earns her living as a writer of historical fiction. She begins by telling us a story of her Grandfather's encounter strange encounter with a benign hairy giant who he comes to believe was guarding the land from a mythical monster. We know, that like Chekov's gun on the mantle piece, we are sure to encounter the giant and the monster again. Connie is an astute narrator and her story involves her travails as a grad student where she first encounters Phil Waverly, an anthropology professor with some unconventional ideas. Phil becomes Connie's advisor and her lover. Connie becomes enmeshed in university politics and Phil's feud with Warren Stanton, the department head. Like James Hynes, Allen is knowledgeable about life in academia and uses this well to set up the action for his story. Years after her relationship with Phil has ended, Connie is drawn in when he summons her to archeological dig in the Huron Mountains where some strange events are occurring. It's here that the writing really shines as Allen connects the Grandfather's story to the phenomena at the site. This is smartly told story that will appeal to lovers of supernatural suspense as well as anyone interested in American and Native American legends and generally anyone interested in good stories. As an added bonus, a haunting short story, The Buck of Mulligan Plains is included. I look forward to reading further tales of this magical place.
  
• Songs From the Other Side of The Wall on Oct. 23, 2010
  
  Stylishly done, original and compelling.