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Author: Christina Ladd

One of the Books & Comics editors at Geekly. She/her. Sailor Rainbow. Glitter and spite and everything bright.

Catfish Lullaby: Swamp Gothic

I’m guessing that the pitch for Catfish Lullaby, by A. C. Wise, was: imagine True Detective season one from the perspective of women and queer people of color. That’s certainly an intriguing premise as…

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Darkdawn Review: Blood Moon Rising

What a ride it's been! We went from Murder Hogwarts to Magic Spartacus to this, a dark, Tolkienian triumph I’m going to dub Return of the Goth. Surprised? Me too. But we shouldn’t be.…

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Six Books to the Nines: Nice

There are always trends in publishing, but a recent one was particularly odd: the use of "nine" in titles. Was everyone excited about 2019 for some reason? Is there some kind of numerology pact…

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Walking to Aldebaran Review

Imagine that The Martian and Lovecraft had a baby that was raised by the Alien franchise and you probably have a good approximation of Walking to Aldebaran, a novella by the prolific Adrian Tchaikovsky.…

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