CTC Book Club

If you’re a fan of Jack McDevitt’s work, then you know he is a rare find, a science fiction author who is a storyteller at the core. Given his ability to ...

Are you on the hunt for the best books for 4-year-olds? As we all know, four is a pretty fun and interesting age for a growing child. It’s a highly ...

Windy moors, shadowy hallways, dark romance, haunted bungalows … gothic romance novels have everything you could ever dream of in a story of love and terror. ...

Five is an interesting age for a child as there’s so much happening with them. Your little one is probably ready to ride a bike, tinkering with simple art ...

Children have a natural aptitude for stretching reality and letting their imaginations go free.  It can never be too early (or too late) to introduce your ...

Parents, let’s be honest; there’s no tougher book format to pick for your little one than picture books. That’s partly because toddlers — the biggest fans of ...

Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi fan-favorite classic marked its 50th anniversary a few years ago. First published in 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey became an ...

Is there a better marriage than the medical profession and the romance genre? The drama practically comes baked in. Hospitals are where babies are born, people ...

Writers of Fantasy and SF need to create the world in which they are to write, design the entire environment in which the characters will live and fight, the ...

Most genre stories are either Fantasy, with wizards and magic swords, or Science Fiction, with space ships and ray guns.  Very rarely do you ever find ...

Hi, my name is Mark Anthony Tierno, and I've written quite a lot of fantasy and SF over the years (my Maldene series alone is 13 books, and 5.2 million ...

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