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May 19, 20231 min read

In the Watchful City: Fragmentary Beauty

This novella details an exchange of stories investigating colonization, freedom of migration, surveillance, human agency, and...

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May 12, 20231 min read

Magic for Liars: Contemporary Fantastic Noir

Sarah Gailey constructs a fun, engaging magical mystery in Magic for Liars. It’s a classic whodunit, set in a magical high school, with a...

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Apr 28, 20231 min read

Starless and Bible Black: A Horror Extravaganza

From creeping dread to psychological horror to outright terror, Susan York’s short story collection has you covered. The range of the...

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Apr 21, 20231 min read

Under the Pendulum Sun: Victorian Tragedy at Its Strangest

Ee~~~ew. This one, nah. Content warning: incest, violence, christian themes, excessive englishness, and if you can believe it, even more...

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Apr 14, 20231 min read

Dead Collections: Vampiric Tale of Love

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman is a speculative romance novel where the main character is afflicted with vampirism: here, a...

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Mar 31, 20232 min read

Phantastes: Aged But Potent

First published in the mid-1800’s, Phantastes is a dated but influential and fascinating work of fantasy fiction. It indulges in...

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Mar 24, 20232 min read

The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Tome That Overflows With Meaning

Benny Oh and his mother, Annabelle, deal with the loss of his father in very different ways. Their mourning is the fabric that the rest...

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Mar 17, 20232 min read

Hell Followed With Us: Beautifully Gruesome

The gore! Lord Jesus, the gore! This is a post-apocalyptic sci-fantasy story about a plague that induces horrific body transformations on...

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Mar 10, 20231 min read

The City We Became: Suck It, Lovecraft

Contemporary cosmic horror that centers a diverse cast. Excellent plotting, but it’s a part-one-of-x so it fails to tell a complete...

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Mar 23, 20223 min read

The Poppy War: Action-Packed Sadness

The Poppy War is a dark fantasy war story in which embracing power holds the inherent risk of losing oneself. Its pacing is smooth as...

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Feb 21, 20222 min read

The Shadow Rising: And A Yawn As Well

Book four of the Wheel of Time series is the best so far. Fewer of its subplots stall out without going anywhere, more of it is pulp...

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Aug 13, 20211 min read

The Little Mermaid 2: Why Did They Even?

Lazy and dumb on such an extreme level that I thought it was hilarious at times. Basically from the point where the villain is introduced...

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Aug 6, 20211 min read

The Little Mermaid: Not That Bad

Honestly, not as bad as my foggy childhood memories indicated. The film has a beautiful aesthetic, the villain is captivating, and the...

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Jul 4, 20211 min read

Raya and the Interminable Backstory

The film is gorgeous, with vibrant environments and outstanding character models. If you want to see cool-looking characters doing...

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May 28, 20211 min read

Lovecraft Country (Season 1--of hopefully many)

Immaculate in both its conception and execution, Lovecraft Country pairs captivating spectacle with thematic depth. At its heart, the...

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Apr 25, 20211 min read

Gideon the Ninth: Bones and Swords, and More Bones

So the book starts out, and there’s some swords, and then it’s like BOOM BOOM BOOM with some skeletons, and then some casual...

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Apr 9, 20212 min read

Princess Castle Quest: Puzzles For The Whole Family To Rage At

Puzzles, puzzles, everywhere! This game is a mouth-sound-fueled, top-down sprite-based adventure to find gems. You navigate through a...

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Apr 2, 20214 min read

Titus Groan

Peake starts his masterpiece with what will become his hallmark: a seemingly unending stream of descriptive text. Whether or not you...

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Feb 26, 20212 min read

The Brand New Testament: Delightfully Irreverent

The premise: in addition to being both a misanthrope and a sadist, God (the Christian one) is an abusive husband and father. The bulk of...

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Feb 19, 20212 min read

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

“Piranesi is an exquisite puzzle box,” a quote from David Mitchell claims on the dust jacket of my copy. Based partly on this quote, some...

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