Skip to content

Jayde Holmes

Writer of Science Fiction

  • Home
  • My Stories
  • The World of Green and Black
  • Blog Posts and Book Reviews
  • Book Bingo Cards

Tag: Mason Engel

Review – 2084

On August 20, 2017August 20, 2017 By Jayde HolmesIn ReviewLeave a comment

2084 By Mason Engel Published June 2017 (Self Published) Score: 7.5   Engel credits the inspiration of this book to George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s  Brave New World. As the title suggests, it’s a story more inspired by 1984 than Brave New World. 2084 could almost be considered a modern, YA re-imagining of 1984. …

Continue reading Review – 2084

Feeling social? Contact me at jaydeholmeswriterATgmailDOTCOM or follow me at any of these sites:

  • Mastodon
  • Twitch
  • Facebook
  • Goodreads
  • Bluesky

NEXT TWITCH STREAM: TBA

A picture of a purple cyborg trilobite in a yellow mug. Text on the mug reads; "Buy me a Coffee!"

READ THE STRONGEST IN THE FOREST FOR FREE

The cover for "The Strongest in the Forest" by Jayde Holmes. The background is red and covered in dark red splatters like bloodstains. In the four ground is a digital sketch coloured only in black, white and gray of a crumbling square tower with a lone human on top facing down a large dragonlike creature that is clinging to the tower railings, with just a sword. The text is in white, with the book title at the top and the author name at the bottom.

Start Reading The Strongest in the Forest Online Here  or click these links to download this novella as a PDF file, a MOBI file, or as an EPUB.

A blue banner featuring a typewriter and mug on a desk illuminated by a lamp. White text says 'READ MY SHORT STORIES' in all capital letters, with reedsyprompts written below in lowercase letters

Book Bingo Progress

A five-by-five bingo card with the following challenges, In the heading is the title ‘2025’, and the website address jaydeholmes.com/book-bingo-cards/ It has the following challenges, listed row-by-row and left-to-right: Row One: 1. Written by Terry Pratchett (Hogfather) 2. Locus Award for Best Horror Novel Winner (What Moves the Dead) 3. Breaking a Curse (Someone You Can Build a Nest In) 4. Translated from Russian (Monday Starts on Saturday) 5. Written in Your Year of Birth Row 2: 1. Set on a Spaceship (Murder by Memory) 2. Told from a ‘Villain’ POV (The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) 3. World Fantasy Award Winner 4. Been Adapted into a Movie (Redwall) 5. Been Sitting on the Shelf for More Than a Year (Runaways: Teenage Wasteland) Row 3: 1. Title Starts with O (One Step From Earth) 2. Has Dragons (Onyx Storm) 3. Free Square 4. Afrofuturism (After the Flare) 5. Written Between 1930 – 1950 (The Case of Charlse Dexter Ward) Row 4: 1. Set During the Cold War (Three Miles Down) “ 2. King Arthur (Retelling, Inspired, or Original) (Spear) 3. Has Witches (The Summer War) 4. Has Immortality (A Court of Mist and Fury) 5. Australian, Canadian or New Zealand Author Row 5: 1. Translated from Japanese (The Liminal Zone) 2. Non-Marvel or DC Superheroes (Dreadnought) 3. Has Ghosts (Haunt Sweet Home 4. Title Starts with P (Penric and the Bandit) 5. Short Fiction Magazine (Dirty Magick Magazine Jan 2025)

Recent Posts

  • My 2025 Wrap-Up
  • 2025 Book Bingo Reviews #4
  • World of Green and Black Featured Creature – Canopy Crawler
  • 2025 Book Bingo Reviews #3
  • The World of Green and Black Featured Creature – Pollinators

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 95 other subscribers
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Jayde Holmes
    • Join 95 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Jayde Holmes
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...