When it comes to Jack London, you will mostly hear about his most famous stories, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. I haven’t […]
Climate Fiction: A Cli-Fi Reading List
Apocalyptic fiction is not a new genre. One could argue that it is one of literature’s oldest genres. Ragnarok. The Revelations of John. The (often […]
Weird Fiction Spotlight: Caitlín R. Kiernan
Weird Fiction is a difficult genre to describe, but you know it when you read it. Stories that get categorized as Weird Fiction often take […]
Moon Witch, Spider King, Bewildered Reader
One of my favorite books from recent years is Black Leopard, Red Wolf (BLRW) by Marlon James, a fantasy novel with sharp, African twists on […]
Toni Morrison’s Sula
Jamaican-born author Marlon James has recently become one of my favorites. I have blogged about his novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf in the past, and […]
I have so many questions, Mrs. Caliban
The title of this post was my first thought after reading this wonderful, bewildering, and somewhat depressing novella. For such a short story, Rachel Ingalls’ […]
Harrow the Ninth: More Skeletons! More Swords! More Memes!
(Spoiler Warning: I am going to discuss some minor spoilers from Gideon the Ninth.) After reading Maggie’s post about Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, I […]
Watchmen: A Classic on Page and on the Small Screen
Confession: I have never really been into super hero comics and stories. The last Marvel Comic Universe movie I saw was the first Captain America. […]
Memoir: Sigh, Gone
I don’t normally read memoirs, but I did recently for a book club. Much to my surprise, I enjoyed it! We read Phuc Tran’s Sigh, […]