American stories about people with powers often involve organizations and the general public getting swept up in their struggles. The government wants to use them! Scientists want to study them! The media will hound them! Those stories are always a bit fatiguing to me in their paranoia (not unjustified paranoia, but still), because in reality, …
This time around we tackle the gritty reboot that Christmas has been needing for years, Super Powered Revenge Christmas by Bill Corbett and Len Peralta. Follow the show: Twitter, Twitch, InstagramFollow the hosts: Jonah, Kieran https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/https://geeklyinc.com/inksissues/inks_issues_100_super_powered_revenge_christmas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
In time for the holidays, Amazon has published a collection of five short stories centered roughly on the theme of fairy tales. The five authors chosen to create it are very different, and they set off in very different directions at once, their works running the gamut from very literal, with Snow White and Cinderella …
As 2020 finishes up, one of the very few things I’m sad to see go is the Wells of Sorcery trilogy, a bright spot full of action, romance, and magic that took me out of this waking nightmare. A Siege of Rage and Ruin keeps to that trend set by the previous two books and …
It’s no secret that we here at Geekly love Tamsyn Muir and her gothic sensibilities. But does her necromantic space opera mean that she can write a fantasy-based fairy tale as well? Of course it does. Duh. Muir is brilliant in a way that has already transcended genres. Why wouldn’t she be able to pull …
Self-defense storytelling is only a little younger than storytelling itself. Shahrazad is the most famous victor of such a contest, but Egil Skallagrimsson did it in Iceland’s famous Egil’s Saga, and there are fairy tales and legends from across the globe that feature getting creative with a narrative to save your neck. And it’s no …
Things start to get serious for Kuroe Akaishi, a young girl who turns into a giant Kaiju when she gets too emotional, when the school hearthrob / Insta star Arata Minami takes her on a *gulp* DATE?! We are joined once again by Steph from Welcome to St. Paxton to discuss this weird, yet adorable …
Families are weird. You love them, but they’re weird. And this time of year, you have to find presents for these strange people you’re somehow related to. If you’re looking for books (and PS, support your local indie bookstore!), here are recommendations for all the loveable weirdoes in your life. Crazy Rich Auntie – She …
It has been a long three years, but the next installment of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives is finally here with Rhythm of War. One year has passed on Roshar since the end of Oathbringer, and a lot has changed in the war between Odium’s forces, the combined might of the returned Fused, and the now-free Singers …
This week we are joined by Steph from “Welcome to St. Paxton”, a very good podcast about Cthulhu and the investigators who love them. Speaking of giant monsters, this episode we discuss Kaiju Girl Caramelise. It’s the story of a young girl who turns into a giant, city-crushing monster when she gets too emotional. Now …