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Finished reading Cedar Sigo's "All This Time: Poems."
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Yet another strong collection of his verbally unique .

Started reading Christopher Ruocchio's "The Dregs Of Empire: A Tale Of The Sun Eater."
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Digging this prison story so far.

Finished reading Mur Lafferty's " Chaos Terminal: The Midsolar Murders."
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Yet another fun mystery story, albeit one that was a bit more buggy. 🐝

For many people, "epic poem" means epic story told in verse; think "The Odyssey." But Linnea Axelsson's epic poem "Ædnan: An Epic" is a real world story with political and social ramifications, as I learned when we did this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Edo van Belkom's collection "Death Drives A Semi: 25th Anniversary Edition."
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Here's hoping the rest of these are as clever and as good at avoiding the obvious as the first one, "The Rug."

Love...exciting and new. Especially if you're caught in a time loop like the people in Mike Chen's romantic science fiction novel "A Quantum Love Story." In this exclusive interview, Chen discusses what inspired this sci-fi story.
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In many haunted house stories, the house in question looks spooky. But in my new interview with author Christopher Golden about his haunted house horror novel "The House Of Last Resort," he says the titular abode is actually quite lovely.
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Started reading Mur Lafferty's " Chaos Terminal: The Midsolar Murders."
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Clearly this is going to be as entertaining and as energetic as the first book...

Started reading Cedar Sigo's "All This Time: Poems."
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Third book of his I've read (and the most recent) and it's starting out as strong as the others.

While Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 "Lolita" may not have aged well, it's still one of the influential novels of the last 100 years. But in my new interview with "Swanna In Love" author Jennifer Belle, she explains why her reverse "Lolita" wasn't actually influenced by "Lolita."
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Read Ray Nayler's "The Tusks Of Extinction" tonight.
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Took a minute, but once this / story grabbed me...

Finished reading Charif Shanahan's "Trace Evidence: Poems."
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Man, this was some powerful stuff. Really hope he has a third book of in him. And a fourth. And a fifth...

Finished reading Nathan Ballingrud's "The Strange."
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Really dug this space Western (and then some) story.

Finished reading Yasmina Reza's "Plays 1."
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The last one, "Life X 3," kind of lost me, but the rest were excellent. I hope there's a "Plays 2" some day.

In my new interview with science fiction / fantasy / horror writer Joel McKay, he explains why his first collection of short stories, "It Came From The Trees And Other Violent Aberrations," is not a collection of warm and fuzzy fairy tales for kids.
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As a side hustle to his science fiction / fantasy podcast "The Worldshapers," author Edward Willett also assembles a companion short story anthology called "Shapers Of Worlds." In this Q&A, he discusses the newest, "Shapers Of Worlds Volume IV."
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Eight years after releasing the iconic steampunk novel "Everfair," author Nisi Shawl has returned to that story's realm for an AfroRetroFuturism / mycopunk sequel, "Kinning." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Nathan Ballingrud's "The Strange."
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Hmmm...seems like this is a rather gripping space Western story.

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