Prayers in the NICU – Thoughts on Child Mortality & Parenthood
It’s 2003 and there’s a baby in the NICU, the neonatal intensive care unit, at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. He […]
“Here We Are, Alive” – Thoughts on the Post-Apocalypse & a Review of Silent City
Silent City by Sarah Davis-Goff is a post-apocalyptic novel set in Ireland. It takes place an unspecified number of years
15 SFFH Books We’re Looking Forward to in January 2024
Described as part gothic horror story, part haunting, part love story, and part mystery, this book is set in a
Swords, Pots, Noodles, Death – a Review of Blue Eye Samurai in 6 Fights
There are lots of reasons I love Netflix’s new animated series Blue Eye Samurai. Beautiful animation? Oh yes. Great soundtrack?
Highway to Hel – 10 Rock and Metal Tracks for a Deathly Playlist
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Of Impossible Dragons and Slipstream of Realities – a Review of The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar
Indra Das’s fantasy novella The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar is many things, all at once. It’s a coming-of-age tale about
“There’s Something Strange Here” – Tollund Man, Grethe, and Death in a Danish Bog
One day in late winter or early spring, sometime between 405 and 385 BC, a man in his 30s or
Monstrosity and Divinity – a Review of Winter Harvest
Winter Harvest is Ioanna Papadopoulou’s darkly luminous and intensely original reimagining of the tale of Demeter, Greek goddess of the
Katabases: 5 Journeys To the Underworld
A katabasis is a descent into the underworld, a journey to the realm of death. The word itself comes from
“Start With the Wolves” – a Review of We Are the Crisis
We Are the Crisis is the sequel to Cadwell Turnbull’s award-winning book No Gods, No Monsters, and, like its predecessor,