The Missing of Clairdelune Review
A Winter's Promise was one of those rare books that stood at the exact intersection of nostalgia and innovation. It had the feel of a 20th century classic of children's literature, but invested with…
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Inks & Issues #65 – Green Lantern: No Fear
If you've listened to the show before, you probably know that Kieran is a huge Green Lantern fan. Despite this, it somehow took us 65 episodes to finally review one of his books. Like…
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Armed in Her Fashion Review: Getting Medieval
Hobbes (the philosopher, not the tiger) was right about life being “nasty, brutish, and short,” especially when it comes to the middle ages in Europe. War, famine, plague and poverty were common, and Kate…
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The Rust Maidens Review: Rustpunk
What I loved about The X-Files (while it was still airing; not the reboot garbage) was its commitment to showing all the weird little subcultures and sub-subcultures of American life. The media and the…
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Interview with Charlie N. Holmberg!
Do you like action? What about romance? And how about apocalyptic magic that literally turns people inside out? I hope it’s all three, but even if you’re not so sure, Charlie N. Holmberg’s Smoke…
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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Review
After reading The Black God’s Drums, I was extremely excited when I heard about this novella’s release. My expectations were incredibly high, and P. Djeli Clark not only met but shattered them. It was…
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Inks & Issues #63 – The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
This week we dive into the graphic novel adaptation of the real play Dungeons & Dragons podcast that is The Adventure Zone. It's a fourth wall breaking, gerblin killing, dead man's boots steeling good…
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Are you cold? Stay inside with a good book!
The holidays are over, the snow is frozen into grayish piles by the corners, and going outside is just not a very good idea. Here are three books to tide you over until temperatures…
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Strong, Faster, and More Beautiful Review
I admit that I’m not a big fan of short story collections. I’m thrown off by the wild jumps in setting, narrative voice, and theme, so I tend to only read three or four…
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The Test Review
Sylvain Neuvel really doesn't like conventional narrative formats. His debut trilogy, the Themis Files (Sleeping Giants, Waking Gods, and Only Human) was written entirely as "found" documents, everything from transcribed interrogations to diary entries.…
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