Ilka Tampke

Confessions of an Accidental Fantasy Author

By Ilka Tampke

July 28, 2016

What defines a fantasy novel? An otherworld setting? Magic? A sword on the cover? Most of you reading this post will be some sort of a fantasy reader and there won’t be much that I—a fantasy newbie—could illuminate for you about this intriguing genre. What I can do, however, is share my experience of how…

5 New Books to Read this Week: April 19, 2016

By Crime HQ

April 20, 2016

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Check back every Wednesday and see what we're reading for the week!