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Microreview: We Are the Song by Catherine Bakewell
A kindhearted allegory about the social responsibility of art in times of tyrannyWhen the placid land of Cadenza finds itself without a ruler, the neighboring kingdoms of Basso and Acuto battle for...
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Mind Meld: Best Game or Interactive Fiction
Welcome back to the Mind Meld, where I ask a number of people in genre, fans, writers, podcasters, agents a single genre related question and collate the answers for you. Today’s Mind Meld question is...
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The Wheel of Time Reread: The Great Hunt
Welcome back to my Wheel of Time Re-read, where I try to figure out how much I actually remember about books I’ve read a whole bunch of times but not for almost fifteen years. Today we’re going to talk...
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Microreview [Video Game]: Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games
Fighting robot dinosaurs in San Francisco has never been more fun.It’s been four years since the release of Horizon Zero Dawn and it seems that Guerrilla Games has learned a lot in that time. Almost...
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6 Books With Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt is the Hugo Award winning author of more than 20 novels, most recently the Axiom space opera trilogy and multiverse adventures Doors of Sleep and Prison of Sleep. Today he tells us about his...
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Centireview: Inheritors of Power by Juliette Wade
The third book in the Varin sequence, brings the series to bear in its central problems and themes.Juliette Wade’s previous Varin novels, Mazes of Power and Trangressions of Power, introduced us to the...
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Questing in Shorts: Spring 2022
Hello and welcome to another edition of Questing in Shorts, the sometimes-monthly SFF short fiction roundup where Adri (that's me) recommends some of her favourite recent reads!The last couple of...
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Microreview [Book]: Book of Night by Holly Black
Holly Black’s first foray into adult fiction, blending her YA vibes with a bit of extra darkness. Both literally and figuratively.I read a lot of Holly Black YA when I was growing up, and she has a...
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Microreview [Book]: Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
A novel written in verse that is both economically and lyrically potent. A novel in verse isn’t bound by conventional formatting. Home Is Not a Country isn’t bound by a traditional definition of home....
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Thursday Morning Superhero: Free Cmio
We are rapidly approaching the first Saturday in May which means that it is almost Free Comic Book Day! I will be celebrating in a new city and am curious how things are going to flow, but at the end...
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Review: The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer
The story of Dirty Computer continues in five richly plotted scenarios set in a dystopian futureTaken as a whole, Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer art project consists of a music album (nominated for the...
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'Star Trek: Picard' season 2 is aimless and inconsistent
Its examination of the neofascist dangers of the 2020s breaks down into pointless nostalgia and superficial psychoanalysisSeason 2 of Star Trek: Picard bites more than it can chew. In the span of ten...
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Review: Ignyte Award - Short Story Nominees
The Ignyte Awards (created by FIYAHCON to shine a light on the vibrancy and diversity of spec fic) are my favorite awards, and short fiction is probably my favorite thing. What better way to spend my...
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'Doctor Strange 2' is visually delightful and narratively bland
The MCU is looking less and less like a continuous story, and more and more like a subscription plan you can never opt out ofDespite the refreshing shift in visual style brought into the MCU by...
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Microreview [Book]: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
A feminist exploration of the events leading up to the Ramayana attempts to do a few too many things and can't quite live up to its main character's promise.Cover art by Lisa Marie PompilioKaikeyi...
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Microreview [book]: Nightwatch on the Hinterlands
New characters, new ideas, and a big new problem for K. Eason's science fantasy worldIn Eason’s How Rory Throne Destroyed the Multiverse (and its sequel, How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge), the...
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The October Daye Reread: Ashes of Honor
Welcome back, dear readers. Today we’re going to revisit the sixth novel in Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series: Ashes of Honor. We assume you’ve been reading along with us because this will be rife...
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Microreview [Book]: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
T. Kingfisher once again brings down to earth magic to a fantasy story.Cover by Natasha MacKenzieFairytales, especially brand new ones, not just rewrites and reinterpretations, are pretty hard to get...
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'The Innocents' is a disturbing look at how evil is born and nurtured
It's all fun and games until you possess your neighbor to commit murderThe Norwegian supernatural thriller The Innocents, shown last year at Cannes and available now on video on demand, is a...
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Microreview [Book]: Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
A lyrical, magical realist story about accepting the difficult parts and learning to love yourself.Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore focuses on what’s above and below not only the surface of the titular...
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