A submarine captain looking through binoculars sees a new wave and thinks “Oh, no!” This image is a multilayered pun. The wave is visually heading …
Permanent Record by Mary H Choi
A review by Nalini Haynes Pablo is working in a ‘bodega’ (a new word for me). It’s a sort of corner store I think. One …
Gods and Heroes: Rise of Fire by Brendan Wright
A Review by Annabelle Lee Gods and Heroes: Rise of Fire is the first book in a fantasy series written by Australian author Brendan Wright. …
List of recommended texts for high school English literature classes
Lorena Carrington was mourning the list of readings for high school English literature classes in 2020. Next year our teens will be studying Hamlet (whatever), …
What is the Commedia dell’Arte?
A guest blog by Rachel Nightingale I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know about Harlequin, Columbine and Pierrot so it always comes as …
Disability in Spec Fic list 4.0
Here’s my current list of speculative fiction (including fantasy) books that include representations of disability. Inclusion in this list does not imply a book has …
Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley
A review by Nalini Haynes The blurb — from Affirm Press It’s 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of …
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A review by Nalini Haynes The Ancient Eight are fraternity houses at Yale in New Haven. The Ninth House is Lethe, the house appointed to …
Ogre write in: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Ogre write in Remember a couple of hours ago several weeks ago when Dark Matter Zine published ‘Museum’, a silly illo with a blank space for …
In Love With George Eliot by Kathy O’Shaughnessy
A review by Nalini Haynes In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel that tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as …
Storm Wake by Lucy Christopher
A review by Annabelle Lee Storm Wake is a young adult fantasy fiction novel that explores the power of the stories we tell, the truths …
Brinna Kelly
Brinna Kelly’s bio Brinna Kelly is a Chinese Hungarian American actor, a screenwriter, producer, Crazy Cat Lady, Trekkie and Halloween-phile who graduated from UCLA School …
The Fare (2019)
A review by Nalini Haynes Setting the scene Opening: black and white. A taxi driver, Harris (Gino Anthony Pesi), is heading to pick up the …
Observatory: a silly illo by Ian Gunn
It appears that this observatory is on a little asteroid not much bigger than The Little Prince‘s moon. So the observatory is an Earth-type astronomical …
Andromeda Evolution by Michael Crichton and Daniel H Wilson
A review by Nalini Haynes In the Andromeda Strain, the US government captured a sample of toxic space matter that killed dozens of people and …