Strange Horizons reviews Fecund

Matt Hillard at Strange Horizons has written an excellent, in-depth review of The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter.

" The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter is a very effective piece of storytelling, but the story it tells is an unconventional one. Some readers may be disappointed by the relatively brief time in the spotlight the fragmentary narrative gives each of the many viewpoint characters, and others may wish there was a little more room in its mosaic for positive parts of the human experience like joy and love, but those willing to engage with the novel on its terms will find this to be an intriguing and well-written fantasy from a very promising author."

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Intriguing review of Fecund

"I’m still not totally sure I understand the story and what it was meant to mean. A part of me wonders if that, too, is not the point. That you are intended to be left asking questions -- big ones -- and not given answers. Again, not all readers wants to be handled in that way. But for those who do, The Fecund’s Melancholy Daughter is a thoughtful, if not entirely satisfying, read..." - David Middleton, January Magazine

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Fecund's Melancholy Daughter "a wonderful and entertaining read"

"The character development is excellent and is never overdone. The descriptiveness used by Hayward paints a very bleak place on its last legs, but also shows us other enclaves full of hope for the future. The narrative flows at an even pace while keeping the reader fully engaged to the end. There is nothing predictable or cliché here. THE FECUND’S MELANCHOLY DAUGHTER is a wonderful and entertaining read." - Colleen Wanglund, The Horror Fiction Review

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The Book Smugglers review Fecund

The Book Smugglers writes about The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter: "....in the end, when it becomes clear how well constructed the story truly is, when all different threads converge into a whole, it is easy to see the brilliance behind the plotting and how well developed it truly is."

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Fecund reviewed in the Globe and Mail!

"By turns surreal, macabre and stunningly violent, The Fecund’s Melancholy Daughter is dreamlike in its strangeness and complexity. Like a dream, it is difficult to define and difficult to shake. The imagery lingers like archetypes dredged up from the sleeping mind." - Mark D. Dunn, The Globe and Mail

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Interview with Brent Hayward

Sci Fi Fan Letter has posted an interview with Brent Hayward, discussing his novels, The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter and Filaria.

"> What’s the best/worst thing about writing?
The best thing about writing is holding a published book, or seeing a potential cover for the first time. Getting a good review or feedback from someone far away who likes your writing is pretty great too. The worst thing is running into snobbery. A lot of writers seem to believe that what we are all doing is more important than what other people end up doing. I can't abide by that."

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Fecund shout-out at Locus!

Locus Magazine's website gives a capsule review to The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter in its New and Notable section: "[Brent Hayward's] second novel combines elegant writing with moral ambiguity and an impressive array of grotesque characters."

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Alex Good reviews The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter

Alex Good at GoodReports.net has reviewed Brent Hayward's newest novel, The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter.
"Hayward's imagination is itself a kind of Fecund, spinning tall tales and spewing forth all manner of furniture."

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PW review of The Fecund's Melancholy Daughter!

Brent Hayward's THE FECUND'S MELANCHOLY DAUGHTER got a starred Review in Publishers' Weekly!
"Beautifully written and morally ambivalent, this complex tale will appeal to readers of Gene Wolfe and China Miéville."

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New Books Available for Pre-order!

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A ROPE OF THORNS, by Gemma Files (Book Two of the Hexslinger Series)



THE FECUND'S MELANCHOLY DAUGHTER by Brent Hayward



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