SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
39 Drawings by Jason Innocent
39 Drawings is a collection of early artwork by famed graffiti artist Jason Innocent. The artist has made his name with sketchbook-style drawings throughout the streets of New York City, and these thirty-nine drawings collect ideas and images he’s known for in one place.
The drawings are directly reminiscent of his “live” sketches, and so offer an inside glimpse into his creative process, as well as how he’s developed as an artist. Those who are familiar with his work will see ideas that have permeated his street art – race, pop culture, class, and seemingly random thoughts – that all […]
Devils by Erik Henry Vick is a horror collection of deliciously disturbing and unsettling tales about many varieties of devil: revenge fantasies, kidnapping, murderous salesmen, and more. The collection is brilliantly composed through slow, creeping exposition and enough shuddering moments to keep readers awake at night.
An Obliquity by D.M. Wozniak is the electrifying follow-up to The Perihelion, one of the more innovative literary dystopian sci-fi novels you’ll ever read.
If it’s an interactive fantasy you’re seeking as the next bedtime story for your little one, look no further than The Melting Pot, a wonderful picture book by Marc Denholm, with superb artwork by Darren Yeow.
The Great Space Race is a fun and informative children’s book by Jeff Attinella, with illustrations by David Capalungan, which chronicles the space race between the U.S. and Russia to see who would be the first country to put a man on the moon. The story begins with Russia launching Sputnik One in 1957 and ends with the moon mission that landed Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong on the moon.
Written by Jeff Attinella with illustrations by David Boyd, Greatest Ever: The Story of a Coach, a Quarterback and a Comeback is a heartwarming sports story for the primary reader that also works very well as a bedtime story.
A captured slave, Eirick, crosses continents and battles an empire in this original world fantasy adventure. Eirick struggles to survive as human chattel as men in positions of power plot and scheme, with his path leading him to a man who may hold precious answers about his past.
Layla-Rae Bryce is a woman with a deeply troubled life, and with a dark vocation: she works in the murder-for-hire industry, where clients can choose how victims die and watch the death streaming live. When Layla finally tries to raise herself up from the depths of despair, her employers may have other thoughts about her own fate.