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Not every novel about a Marvel character is based on the comics...directly. Here's the link to my exclusive interview with author Stuart Moore about "Into The Dark Dimension," his second novel based on the miniatures game "Marvel Crisis Protocol."
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Set a scary story on a space ship and I’m going to immediately think of "Alien" and "Dead Space." Which was the right thing to do when it came to Ness Brown's sci-fi horror novella "The Scourge Between Stars," as you can see from this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Mike Brooks' "The Black Coast: Book 1 Of The God-King Chronicles."
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Excited to finally start this epic — and, so far, rather interesting — fantasy trilogy.

Read Albert Camus' "The Stranger" tonight.
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Wouldn't write a song about it, but this novella was really good in kind of a Genet-ish way.

Six years after launching the duology the "Unseen World" with "An Unkindness Of Magicians," writer Kat Howard is completing the saga with her new novel, "A Sleight Of Shadows." In this exclusive interview, Howard discusses what inspired and influenced this second half, as well as why it's the end of the story.
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While many have issues with gentrification, we don't hear as much about cities getting bigger. But those who do may get ideas from Phoebe Wagner's new solarpunk sci-fi novella "When We Hold Each Other Up." Or from this exclusive Q&A we did.
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Finished reading Wil McCarthy's "Poor Man's Sky."
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Rather enjoyed this clever murder mystery.

While most conspiracy theories are laughably stupid, they are sometimes good for inspiring fiction. Case in point: Ian Douglas' novel "Alien Agenda," the third and final book of his "Solar Warden" trilogy. To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Started reading Eileen Myles' "A 'Working Life': Poems."
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Can already tell this is going to be an exceptional collection in a canon that's often been exceptional.

While we all recognize the threat of global warning, not everyone would risk as much to fix it as Christian Sparrow, the main character of the romantically-tinged time travel novel "Time Bomb." To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A with author John Patrick.
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Finished reading Ocean Vuong's "Night Sky With Exit Wounds: Poems."
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As unflinching and effective as his other book of , "Time Is A Mother."

The Grimm Brothers' fairytale "The Juniper Tree" is considered to be their darkest story. Which is just one of the reasons why writer Ava Reid decided to put her own spin on it with the Gothic horror novel "Juniper & Thorn." To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Started reading Wil McCarthy's "Poor Man's Sky."
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Rather intrigued by this hard murder mystery...

Finished reading Edward Ashton's "Antimatter Blues."
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As entertaining and clever and snarky as . I really hope there's a third...or that Ashton writes another book in the same vein.

Finished reading the anthology "Someone In Time."
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Super good collection of romantic stories, especially the opener by Alix E. Harrow and the closer from Ellen Klage.

Started reading Edward Ashton's "Antimatter Blues."
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Okay, cool, this is as clever and snarky and interesting as the first one, .

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