Volume 8, Issue 1 – January, 2005

One for the Books

Once again it’s time for our annual wrap-up of the books we meant to review over the last 12 months — books we liked, books we loved but somehow never got around to writing about. Fortunately, unlike fish and uninvited guests, really good books can linger without ever wearing out their welcome.

Our line-up starts with Moira Richards’ meditation on books that take you places, sometimes quite literally. You couldn’t ask for a better way to drive, sail or fly into 2005. But keep watching this space. More good things will follow. Consider it our way of sending you our very best for the New Year.

Jean Marie Ward

In addition to editing Crescent Blues, Jean Marie Ward writes for a number of Web-based and print magazines, including Science Fiction Weekly. She is the author of Illumina: the Art of Jean Pierre Targete (Paper Tiger) and several short stories, including “Most Dead Bodies in a Confined Space” in Strange Pleasures 2 (Prime Books). Her first novel, With Nine You Get Vanyr, written with Teri Smith, is scheduled to be released by Samhain Publishing in late 2006..