Novella Project: That We Maye with Free Heartes Accomplishe Those Thynges
Something strange is happening to people in Georgian London. Weird, ghastly things involving writhing, oily, gray smoke people. This is the hook for That We Maye with Free Heartes Accomplishe Those...
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Microreview [Video Game]: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise by...
I wish that a premonition warned me about this game.The first game in this series, Deadly Premonition, was a cult classic that was released in 2010. The game received mixed reviews and was one of those...
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Novella Project: Joan Tierney Interview
Today for the novella project, we're talking to Joan Tierney:Joan Tierney is a writer and flight attendant based out of eastern Virginia. Her work can be found with Nightmare Magazine, Lulu Press, Neon...
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In Scavengers Reign, the rule is eat or be eaten
A raw, bloodstained, oozy, slimy circle of lifeA backstory with a space colonial mission going awry and leaving only a handful of survivors stranded on a hostile planet seems at first to be no more...
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Novella Project: Ashes of the Ancestors by Andrew Knighton
A gothic delight that focuses on a singular moment in a greater set of events.Novellas can choose to do an awful lot with their shorter format. Some go fully into being about the character(s), like...
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Microreview: Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes
Much of the charms and skill of the author's previous series, while focusing on a story that is more explicitly science fantasy.Kel has a problem. Kel has a number of problems, and one that she only...
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Novella Project: Virgin Land by Chloe Smith
A small story in a frighteningly complex worldThroughout the history of genre: most space-setting science fiction has agreed on one thing: space is scary. Lots can go wrong when you put fragile life...
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Novella Project: Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri
Sarena Ulibarri dares to dream. Will you?In times like this, as late stage capitalism creaks and lurches along, I cannot help but daydream about what a better world may look like. I work for a...
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6 Books with Laura Anne Gilman
Laura Anne Gilman is the author of more than twenty novels, including the Nebula award-nominated The Vineart War trilogy and the award-winning Devil's West series from Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster....
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Novella Project: Sarena Ulibarri Interview
Today for the novella project we're speaking to Sarena Ulibarri:Sarena Ulibarri (she/her) is the author of two novellas: Another Life from Stelliform Press, set in a solarpunk community in Death...
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Novella Project: They Shut Me Up by Tracy Fahey
Harmonising the silenced voices of historical women deemed too powerful, and those in the modern day side-lined for their age.It is hardly a new angle, in 2024 (or 2023, when this book was published),...
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Double feature: Unnatural motherhoods
What do we lose when medical technology takes the place of nature?In 2023, we had the curious confluence of two films that couldn't be more different in tone, yet explore the same idea: the...
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Novella Project: Iori Kusano Interview
Today for the novella project, we're talking to Iori Kusano:Iori Kusano is a queer Asian American writer and Extremely Ordinary Office Gremlin living in Tokyo. They are a graduate of Clarion West 2017....
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Review: Solarpunk Creatures
This heartfelt and endearing collection of short stories focuses on the non-human perspectives of life in the near future and beyond — and what that means to our own species and our survival.Before we...
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Novella Project: Eynhallow by Tim McGregor
The rare sidequel that finds the right question to answerIt's very hard to come up with a derivative work that adds something valuable to the original. No one asked for Han Solo's backstory, for...
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6 Books with Phoebe Wagner
Long time readers of Nerds of a Feather will know Phoebe Wagner as one of the kick ass writers of our flock. They're listed on the sidebar. Go take a look. If you know Phoebe from Nerds of a Feather,...
View ArticleNovella Project: Between Blades by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko
You've heard of sword lesbians... now it's time for spear queersWhen does a story begin? Is it at the birth of a new dynasty, following the journey of a charismatic empress-to-be and her loyal...
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The Wheel of Time Reread: The Path of Daggers
Welcome back, dear readers, to The Wheel of Time Reread. Today we’re going to talk about The Path of Daggers, the eighth book in the series. We are now more than halfway through The Wheel of Time...
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Novella Project: Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Interview
Today for the Novella Project, we're talking to Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko:Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko is a Slovenian-born writer and translator. He grew up in Slovenia, Ireland, Australia, and the...
View ArticleBurning Down the Hugo Awards: A Look at the Irregularities in the 2023...
The Hugo Awards are in the midst of what is almost certainly its most significant crisis in the history of the award, which was first given out in 1953 and continuously since 1955. One might be...
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