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Ask an Expert: September 2025
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The Resort
The beauty industry is always ripe for satire. There’s something particularly satisfying
The Well of All Fear
Victorian England is synonymous with prudish people hiding their vices in whatever closet they
A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
In less than a year Talasyn has gone from an orphaned soldier of the hurricane wars with a tenuous
The Redemption of Morgan Bright By Chris Panatier
One of the reasons why books are written, particularly in the SF/fantasy/horror genre, is as a dire
The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter
In the coastal town of St Sinwin’s, in the great house his money purchased, Violet is at her
Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim
The Empire killed her family and only one thing drives Loran now: the desire for vengeance. In