This index includes fantasy reviews and interviews with authors who have written fantasy. Inclusion is not necessarily a recommendation.
Fantasy
Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
A review by Nalini Haynes Selly is running away from home, the Lizabetta, a tall ship. Her father left her with the captain as a …
Nightbirds by Kate Armstrong
A review by Nalini Haynes Nightbirds are teenage girls who sell magical abilities via a kiss. They are daughters of the Great Houses, protected by …
Luminaries by Susan Dennard
A review by Nalini Haynes I can’t believe it – I’m back in Hemlock Falls for another novel! Each story, every author, tells a different …
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
A review by Nalini Haynes There are six witches of Moonshyne Manor. Like a honeycomb that starts as a circle but resolves into a hexagon, …
The Library of the Unwritten by A J Hackwith
A review by Nalini Haynes Claire is a librarian but it’s a library with a difference. It’s a library of the unwritten books, and it’s …
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
A review by Nalini Haynes Mackenzie wakes from a nightmare, holding part of a crow. (My stomach clenches. Is this THAT kind of book? THAT …
Bianca Marais
This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. Today I talk to author Bianca Marais about her book The Witches …
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
A review by Nalini Haynes Viv is an orc who, with her bad back, wants to retire from a life of adventuring. She seizes her …
Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
A review by Nalini Haynes Never mix magic and vodka. Especially not curses. A young woman just learnt that the love of her life – …
Everything’s Changing by Chelsea Stickle
A review by Nalini Haynes Everything’s Changing is a collection of weird very short stories. Possibly flash fiction depending on your definition. Supernatural stories featuring …
Kimberly Kenna on communities for kids
Kimberly Kenna studied psychology and trained as a counsellor while working as a breakfast cook whose poached eggs are still a disaster, a detective’s assistant …
Black Adam (2022)
A review by Nalini Haynes Dwayne Johnson plays Black Adam, originally Teth-Adam. As a former wrestler – the performative kind not the “real” kind – …
Payback’s a witch by Lana Harper
A review by Nalini Haynes Last weekend I attended a SFWA romance writers’ event where we compiled a list of speculative fiction/fantasy stories featuring romance. …
Small Town Big Magic by Hazel Beck
A review by Nalini Haynes Emerson is an OCD woman in her twenties running a bookstore and elected as a town councillor. Her family abandoned …
Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
A review by Nalini Haynes Devon is one in a family of book eaters. They might look human at first glance but they have “book …