Yearly Archives: 2021

45 posts

A cat watches a full moon--very noir.

Sorchia’s Universe 2022 or How Bad Can It Be?

Happy New Year! It’s never too early to celebrate the end of 2021! All in all, it was a better year than 2020. That’s about the best I can say about it. The Universe is still spinning along in a magically gothic part of the time/space continuum, but it’s been rocky at times. When I was a kid, I used to moan about how unfair it was that I had to live in such boring times. Not so much now. […]

A cat watches a full moon--very noir.

Novel Magic: Taking a Second Chance at Love

Secret Desires by J.L. Regen is about second chances–and what better way to end the year? Novel Magic hibernates in January, but we’ll be back in February 2022. We’ve got changes in the works, too. Take a peek HERE. (Hint: Sorchia Reviews Novel Magic books in 2022.) Until February, Thanks for hanging with me and for checking in from time to time. Taking a Second Chance at Love by J.L. Regen Many years ago I dated someone who I thought […]

A cat watches a full moon--very noir.

Novel Magic: Adamant’s Revenge

Who doesn’t love a good revenge tale? A little sci/fi for the Holidays! About the Book by M. Garnet Far in the future there is a man who can do what all the intelligent scientists say is impossible. He is a shifter or what his people call the rare Modifier. He can turn into something larger and ugly and dangerous. Even more hazardous, when he shifts into this monster, he can’t be killed.     Beware you don’t make this handsome […]

A cat watches a full moon--very noir.

Novel Magic: A Moment After Dark

Ghosts in the Universe! Read award-winning author J.R. Steven’s family ghost tales and grab a FREE novella. December is off to a spooky start! Sign up for J.R. Stevens’ newsletter HERE and download a *free* novella, an eerie tale of a haunted suit of armor, The Fateful Knight. Spooky Stories by JR Stevens I’ve always been into the spooky, weird, and otherworldly since I was a kid, probably one reason why I write mysteries and suspense with a paranormal twist […]

Marked Raven by JBDane Novel Magic in Sorchia's Universe

Novel Magic: Marked Raven

Raven Tales is urban fantasy with a noir twist set in Detroit. J.B. Dane describes the paranormal side of the Motor City in this out-of-luck P.I. tale about a guy who’s been bugging her for years. Seriously, don’t’ we all have one of those? Well, this guy’s been waiting for his chance and so The Raven Tales series was born–er–hatched. Detroit: Raven Tales-Wise by J.B. Dane There are days when I’m fairly sure the citizens of Detroit will arrive at […]

Novel Magic: Dark Energy

Dark Energy author Addison Brae takes a look at how to combat your darkest fears! Whether you fear monsters in the dark or family gatherings –this time of year is no walk in the park. How do you stave off the heebie jeebies? Everyone’s Afraid of Something by Addison Brae Movies do a great job of zeroing in on viewers’ greatest fears. It pulls people into the story. The Blair Witch Project may make the bravest fear the dark. If […]