Category: Reviews

“This Languid Earth” – Review by Goodreads Reviewer Paula

5-star review from Goodreads reviewer Paula. I received this book through First Reads. It isn’t easy to review This Languid Earth – and I mean that in an incredibly good way. First, because of the way the story unfolds, almost anything to be said with regard to plot becomes riddled with spoilers – and this […]

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New review and an update

It’s been a while, but first things first: Fantasy writer and slush pile maven, Mary C Moore, recently reviewed All the Lights That Have Shone and had some very nice things to say.  Check it out here. In other news, I know things have been quiet lately, but that doesn’t mean nothing is going on. […]

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“All the Lights That Have Shone” Review by Mary C. Moore

Review for “All the Lights That Have Shone” by Mary C. Moore McCormack is a wonderful writer. This collection really showcases the elegance and maturity of his writing. Although many of the stories were a bit too bitter or cynical for me, I still rated it highly for the prose alone. If this book lands […]

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“All the Lights That Have Shone” – review from the Indie Reader

Paul McCormack’s All the Lights That Have Shone is a quietly ambitious collection of short stories. To describe the collection as hit-and-miss is a bit unfair; when the stories hit, they hit spectacularly, and when they miss, they miss for grasping slightly beyond their reach. Overall, this is a solid, occasionally wonderful collection. We are […]

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New Review

The good folks at Indie Reader got around to “All the Lights That Have Shone” recently and had some very nice things to say.  Check out their review here.

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Rick Watson – review for “All the Lights That Have Shone”

You get tricked by these stories, by the voices; by the way the sentences deliver themselves to your eyes, and ears. Someone is talking, someone you feel like you know, someone who is certainly not a threat, and suddenly you find yourself sitting with that someone, one of Paul’s people, in a nondescript caf�, a […]

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Big Al’s!

Big Al’s Books and Pals, one of the big ‘uns in the indie book reviewing blogs, recently posted their review of “All the Lights That Have Shone“.  Extra bonus, they dug it.  Check out the review here.  Spread the word!

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The Midwest Book Review

The Midwest Book Review is a pretty big deal.  I’m very pleased to announce that their Small Press Bookwatch reviewed “All the Lights That Have Shone” in the December 2012 issue.  Check it out!

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