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Written Treasures From The Writing Challenge – June Edition

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 7, 2017

Back in April, I posted links to some of the stories written by Writing Challenge participants that I had come across. At that time, my goal was to repeat every month, highlighting the fruits of the labor of my fellow writers. Alas, time ran away from me and it didn’t happen in May. Now, with […]

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Contribute – A Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 4, 2017

Last year I was fortunate enough to read the book Consider by Kristy Acevedo (read my review here). It is a riveting tale of deception on a worldwide scale featuring a benevolent alien race with a worldwide offer of salvation from certain doom that seems too good to be true. We follow the main character, […]

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Create An Appealing Book Cover with Canva

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

Throughout the years as I’ve read books and articles about writing fiction, the one thing that has stuck in my mind is the hook. You need to hook your reader. The first paragraph, the first sentence, it’s all important. You have to get it right. Screw it up and your reader may not get past […]

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SAND RUNNER by Vera Brook – [Review]

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 24, 2017April 27, 2017

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to be able to obtain an advance release copy of Sand Runner, written by Vera Brook. It’s a story that claims to be geared towards fans of The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner. Does it? Let’s find out. In the distant future, the world is different. Kaiden Reed, or Kai for short, […]

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Gryphon Gray – A Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on March 10, 2017March 9, 2017

In the homeland of the elves, Mythwyll, located in the western part of Ontyre, all is not well. Where for generations the elves made their home, death at the hands of humans has ravaged the lands and surviving elves are on the run. It is in this grim situation that we find ourselves following the […]

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Arrival – The Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 23, 2016

As I’m sitting here thinking about how to write a review of Arrival, the movie adaptation of “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, I’m having trouble figuring out where to start. While many are clamoring for the next installment of the saga that takes place in a “galaxy far, far away”, I’ve been wanting to see […]

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Exploring The World Of Microfiction With TaleHunt

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on November 6, 2016

The society we live in is a fascinating beast. Everything evolves, everything changes, from the work we do to what we do to entertain ourselves. Take books and fiction, for example. When I was growing up, before the age of the Internet (gasp, there was such a time?) when stories were read in books and […]

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Horizon – A Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 29, 2016

Not long ago, the news headlines trumpeted that the world has passed the point of no return when it comes to CO2 in our atmosphere. Global warming’s got our planet in an iron grip and we’re too stupid to realize it and try to do something about it. Something like it. Regardless of one’s opinions […]

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Consider – A Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 11, 2016

Every few years, a doomsday scenario or prophecy comes along touting the end of the world as we know it. Religious leaders gather their devoted to far away compounds while pseudoscience types scare the world with their convictions that this thing or that points to the apocalypse. So far, they’ve all been wrong. Dates have come […]

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Rise of the Storm – A Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 28, 2016September 28, 2016

In the last few years, much of my non-reading entertainment has been focused on fantasy worlds in one way or another, whether it be the adventures of Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit movies or the latest season of Game of Thrones. Add to that a bit of gaming with The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim that in itself […]