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The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang (translated by Slin Jung) (book review).
Serin is unhappy. Everything she does feels wrong and out of place. Her family’s financial situation has worsened since her father’s death. Her…
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January 2025
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On Spec Magazine #130 Vol. 34 No. 4 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is a Canadian magazine of speculative fiction. Diane L. Walton’s opening editorial discusses how difficult it is to keep ‘On Spec’…
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Mischief In The Wood by Tina Rath (book review).
Older readers will have grown up with fairy and folkloric stories, and many writers indulge themselves with rewriting them, sometimes to great acclaim.…
December 2024
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Different Times And Other Places by Juliet E. McKenna (book review).
‘Different Times And Other Places’ by Juliet E. McKenna is the tenth book in the ‘Polestars’ series of individual author short story collections…
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Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic) by Sarah Hawley (book review).
Another Winter Solstice in the village of Tumbledown, and the unmarried women gather to see who will be sent as tribute across the…
November 2024
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Pandora (Book 1) written by Frank Miller and Emma Kubert with art by Anthony Maranville and Chris Silvestri (graphic novel review).
Annabeth is a fifteen-year-old stuck in an unhappy home and without real friends at school. Her mother makes ends meet running a low-end…
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Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD (fun horror film review).
I recall purchasing this video, ‘Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark,’ more than 30 years ago, primarily because I had read about the woman…
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The Teller Of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (book review).
Tao, the Teller of Small Fortunes (no spells, potions, or ancient prophecies), travels between villages in her waggon with only her mule for…
October 2024
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Court Of Wanderers (Silver Under Nightfall book 2) by Rin Chupeco (book review).
There are times when a book should be labelled ‘don’t start from here’. Usually, this occurs in long series with a distinct story…
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On Spec #129 Vol. 34 No. 3 (magazine review).
‘On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Fiction’ is a quarterly publication that features short stories, poetry, and a few articles. The 129th…
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Hail The New Age by Mike Chinn (book review).
Agatha Christie published ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ ninety years ago. Now, Mike Chinn has penned a fantastic fantasy adaptation of this classic.…
September 2024
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Moondial (1988) (TV series review).
You know how it is. You were looking through the Network output and came across this 1988 BBC TV series ‘Moondial’, based on…