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Uncommon Charm: Magic hijinks in 1920s BritainUncommon Charm by Emily Bergslien & Kat Weaver Neon Hemlock has carved out a niche for itself in the novella/novelette market, and...
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Grass: Powerful true story of Korean "comfort women” during WWIIGrass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (writer and artist) and Janet Hong (translator) Trigger Warning: This review discusses harsh content,...
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North Woods: Wonderfully and precisely craftedNorth Woods by Daniel Mason Daniel Mason’s North Woods (2023) is a wonderfully and precisely crafted collection of related short...
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WWWednesday: September 13, 2023The official WorldCon Hugo packet left out Best Fanzine and Best Fan Author, so fans (of course) took up the cause, and have provided that...
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The Secrets of Insects: A retrospective of Kadrey short fictionThe Secrets of Insects by Richard Kadrey Before he published the SANDMAN SLIM series, Richard Kadrey published short fiction in...
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The City Inside: An exquisite, complicated puzzleThe City Inside by Samit Basu For the first 22 pages of Samit Basu’s The City Inside (2022), I didn’t have a freakin’ clue what...
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Tenebrae: "It’s so nice and glooooomy”Tenebrae by Ernest G. Henham A number of literary works from some of my favorite authors are celebrating their quasquicentennial, or...
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Where Peace is Lost: Enjoyable, with missed opportunitiesWhere Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes moves along smoothly and quickly, is peopled by...
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WWWednesday: September 6, 2023This week in 1947 , a children’s book called Goodnight, Moon was published . You may have heard of it. 100% of the profits from To Ukraine,...
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The Library of Broken Worlds: My first Hugo nomination of the yearThe Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson With Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Library of Broken Worlds, I found my first Hugo...
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Circumference of the World: I like itCircumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar Once upon a time in the ancient era when childhood was about to bleed into pre-adolescence,...
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Xino #1: Technology Will Doom Us AllXino #1 by Various Creators for Oni Press Xino #1, the first of three issues, includes four stories about technology. The first, “Hue,”...
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Devil’s Gun: Rambo’s restaurant space opera cooks up more funDevil’s Gun by Cat Rambo Devil’s Gun (2023) is Cat Rambo ’s sequel to last year’s space-opera-with-chefs, You Sexy Thing...
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WWWednesday: August 30, 2023The annual T-Rex race in Washington State ended in a photo finish , but the winner was sorted out eventually. The venerable and respected...
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Searching for the Fleet: A book full of booby trapsSearching for the Fleet by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Searching for the Fleet (2018) is the seventh full-length novel in Kristine...
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Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler #1: Dreadful ReinsBatman: One Bad Day: The Riddler #1: Dreadful Reins In Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler #1, “Dreadful Reins,” Tom King and Mitch...
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WWednesday; August 23, 2023Here’s the teaser for Percy Jackson and the Olympians , the series, from Disney. Peach Momoko will be the first with a set of one-shot...
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What Dreams May Come: Dead on arrivalWhat Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson It’s the big question; one that has been weighing on mankind for millennia now … namely, what...
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House of Odysseus: Leaves me eager for the final bookHouse of Odysseus by Claire North Claire North ’s THE SONGS OF PENELOPE trilogy of Greek reworkings offers up three queens...
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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath: Entertaining but I wanted more magicThe Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix Garth Nix ’s The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (2023) is the follow-up to 2020’s...
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Sunday Status Update: August 13, 2023Marion : Currently I’m reading Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s latest, the noir horror novel Silver Nitrate. She set it in the 1990s,...
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Skin and Bones: "I’m looking through you….”Skin and Bones by Thorne Smith Up until recent years, I could have counted on the fingers of one hand the books that have made this...
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WWWednesday: August 9, 2023This long column is my reaction to one panel at this year’s excellent in-person ReaderCon . It contains spoilers for the STEERSWOMAN series...
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The Mountain in the Sea: Science, ethics and meaning in a meticulously developed future worldThe Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Against a global backdrop that seethes with cyberpunk-style action, Ray Nayler’s 2022 debut...
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Shigidi and The Brass Head of Obalufon: A fresh addition to the fantasy heist genreShigidi and The Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi Shigidi and The Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi is a new...
