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Review Tag: Short story collection
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There is a questionable belief among some parts of society that only women want to read romantic fiction, and that only women can write it. Whether this…
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It seemed like a good month to dive into Januaries, a short story collection by Olivie Blake. She is best known for her dark academia title The…
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We have a fascination with the past. Life has the appearance of being simpler without the intrusions of modern technology, and we tend to forget the privations…
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There are a number of creatures that provoke terror in more people than any others. At the top of that list are spiders and snakes, followed closely…
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This anthology follows the earlier dark academia collection In These Hallowed Halls. Apart from Olivie Blake of The Atlas Six fame, this collection contains an entirely new…
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There is always a place for experimental writing or new approaches to literature, and genre fiction is often at the forefront. Despite his reputation as a…
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Funny things, anthologies. Were they ever as popular as they are right now? Arguably, the form has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, and rightly so. This…
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There are stories that stay with us, floating around our subconscious, half-remembered from childhood. And there are also stories that make us. Asimov is like that for…
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Anansi is and always has been a trickster. He is cunning, playful, smart and anarchistic. Immortal. A breaker of rules. A teller of tales. A player of…
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Séances. A way of speaking with the dead through a medium and their spirit guide or an elaborate hoax preying on the grief of mourners? Whatever your…
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