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The Last Star By Terry Grimwood
With 128 pages of twists and turns, this novella is a fine follow up to Interference. Set…
A Line You Have Traced by Roisin Dunnett
In a time about a hundred years ago, Bea is a young wife married to a kind…
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Eight-year-old Bela lives with Mommy, Daddo, and Other Mommy; only Other Mommy lives in Bela’s closet, and…
Greenteeth By Molly O’Neill
This was a pleasant surprise. Written from the perspective of Jenny Greenteeth, an ancient fae who lives…
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moss
A virus has developed in animals that is deadly to humans. One scratch is enough to kill…
Out of the Window, Into the Dark by Marian Womack
‘Out of the Window, Into the Dark’ is Marian Womack’s denouement for 2024 at least, and already…
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
Konstantin Duhovny, Kostya to his family, Bones to his best friend, and Stan, to a girl he…
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
With the TV series of the Wheel of Time completing its third season, I thought now would…
Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
Luce Léon is the daughter of an eighteenth-century Breton ship-owner who one day rescues a drowning man…
A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames
A Harvest of Hearts is set in a fantastical kingdom where magic is fuelled by people’s hearts.…