The August 2026 Book of the Month Poll is officially open! Vote for your favorite from this month’s lineup of fantasy, mythology, mystery, thriller, and magical reads to help decide the next featured book on Cyn’s Workshop. 📚✨🗳️ Continue reading August 2026 Book of the Month Poll | Vote for the Next Cyn’s Workshop Feature
The July Book of the Month Poll is officially live! Vote for your next read from ten exciting nominees featuring fantasy, mystery, horror, witches, haunted houses, and dark academia vibes. 📚✨🗳️ Continue reading July 2026 Book of the Month Poll | Vote for Cyn’s Workshop’s Next Read
Kicking off the year strong, my January reading wrap-up features 18 books conquered across fantasy, romance, and page-turning adventures. Continue reading January Reading Wrap-Up: 18 Books Read to Kick Off the Year Strong 📚🔥
November’s here, and I’m closing in on my 20-book goal with a TBR full of fantasy, mystery, and unforgettable stories! Continue reading 📚 November TBR | Closing Out My 20-Book Goal! 🎉
My October TBR is packed with haunted houses, cursed love, intergalactic quests, and plenty of dark fantasy to keep me reading all spooky season long! Continue reading 📚 October 2025 TBR | 23 Books?! Spooky Reads & Big Goals
Grady Hendrix’s How to Sell a Haunted House is the perfect October pick—equal parts chilling, heartfelt, and unputdownable. Continue reading 🎃 October Book of the Month: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Cyn’s Workshop interviews Ryan C. Bradley! Occasional writer for Cyn’s Workshop, Bradley talks about parenthood, the challenges of writing, and his love of reading. Continue reading An Interview with Ryan C. Bradley
Black Forest is a dream of death, a collage of vignettes and grounded, concrete observations counterpoint the dreaminess of the novel, breathing life into it. Continue reading Review of ‘Black Forest’
Neil Christopher deftly puts the stories together without editorializing, allowing Inuit writers to tell their own stories about their own culture. Continue reading Review of ‘Taaqtumi’
By Cynthia Ayala
Eight years ago, the December Plague swept through the human population. Those infected became violent cannibals, killing without exception. Years later a cure was found, and now, with time, society has begun to heal. Now society is hunting for the truth. But the danger hasn’t passed and for Nella Rider and Frank Courtlen, they are discovering that the past is not far behind them.
Published August 24, 2013, by Deirdre Gould, After the Cure is a post-apocalyptic novel that takes a different approach on the zombie genre. Continue reading “An Interesting Approach to the Zombie Genre | Review of ‘After the Cure’ (After the Cure #1)”
