Book reviews, surrealist news, arbitrary musings.
SF Novella of the Month, October 2021: Rookfield
The #sfnovellaofthemonth for October 2021 is Rookfield by Gordon B. White, forthcoming from Journalstone’s Trepidatio Publishing imprint. I’ve never been a big horror reader. I’m too easily frightened to find much pleasure in adding fictional terrors to the real shadows I’m already jumping at every time I move, breathe, or catch a glimpse of something… Continue Reading →
Lucky(?) Number 101
Today marks my hundred and first submission of something I wrote to some place I hope will pay me money for the privilege(?) of printing my words. I have a thing for palindromic numbers, so I’m choosing to view this particular goalpost as auspicious. During the nearly two years since I started submitting my writing… Continue Reading →
SF Novella of the Month, September 2021: In the Watchful City
The #sfnovellaofthemonth for September 2021 is In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu, just out from Tordotcom Publishing. The city of Ora is a place of beauty grown (quite literally) from unbearable trauma. Its luxuriant tangles of vines, structurally integral trees, and streets named for flowers and painted with their namesake floral motifs to… Continue Reading →
