Started reading Angela Sylvaine's "The Dead Spot: Stories Of Lost Girls." 🐝
https://amzn.to/3XAHK35
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Man, that first story was Fucked. Up.
🐝 #books #reading #ShortStory #ShortStories #horror #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Gothic 🐝

Like other writers assembling a collection of their short stories, Kirti Bhadresa did so around a theme for her first short story collection, "An Astonishment Of Stars." Though as she explains in this exclusive interview, the theme is...uh...kitchens.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-an-astonishment-of-stars-author-kirti-bhadresa/
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#KirtiBhadresa #KirtiBhadresaInterview #KirtiBhadresaAnAstonishmentOfStars #KirtiBhadresaAnAstonishmentOfStarsInterview #Books #BookTok #ShortStories #ShortStory

In my new interview with author Jacob Holo, he admits coming up with the idea for his new sci-fi action / adventure novel "Freelancers Of Neptune" when he was supposed to be watching his 6.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-freelancers-of-neptune-author-jacob-holo/
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#JacobHolo #JacobHoloInterview #JacobHoloFreelancersOfNeptune #JacobHoloFreelancersOfNeptuneInterview #JacobHoloSolBlazers #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SciFiAdventure #SciFiBooks

Started reading T.H. White's "The Once And Future King."
https://amzn.to/3WK3aua
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"We're...Knights of the Round Table..."
#books #reading #fantasy

Finished reading Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot."
https://amzn.to/4b6jx9B
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While individual #ShortStories were good, I found this collectively worked better when I approached it as a #ShortStory collection with a framing device as opposed to a novel comprised of short stories.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Started reading Rae Armantrout's "Next Life: Poems" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3UGNuYR
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Unsurprisingly, this starts off strong.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Read Aliette de Bodard's "Navigational Entanglements" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3ZaTUC2
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A very unique and interesting #SciFi #SpaceOpera story, though some aspects did remind me, in a good way, of "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within."
#books #reading #ScienceFiction

Finished reading Kim Addonizio's "Exit Opera: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3XBBN5P
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Good overall, but especially so when she wrote about something you wouldn't think someone would write a poem about.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

While many fantasy novels are inspired and influenced by, well, other fantasy novels, in my exclusive interview with author Lynn Buchanan, she says her fairy taleu-esque adventure fantasy novel "The Dollmakers," was inspired by a painting and influenced by the films of an iconic anime studio.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-dollmakers-author-lynn-buchanan/
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#LynnBuchanan #LynnBuchananInterview #LynnBuchananTheDollmakers #LynnBuchananTheDollmakersInterview #Fantasy #FantasyBookSeries #AdventureFantasy #FairyTale

Written as a prequel, L.R. Gaunt's fantasy adventure novel "9th Dawn: The Book Of Nameless" shows what happened 100 years before "9th Wave: Remake," the updated version of the old school video game "9th Wave." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview with Gaunt.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-9th-dawn-the-book-of-nameless-author-l-r-gaunt/
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#LRGaunt #LRGauntInterview #LRGaunt9thDawnTheBookOfNameless #LRGauntTheBookOfNameless #LRGaunt9thDawn #9thDawn #9thDawnRemake #VideoGames #BookTok #Fantasy #MedievalFantasy

Finished reading the #ScienceFiction #ShortStory / science fact anthology "Tales Of The United States Space Force."
https://amzn.to/3R8icrC
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A rather interesting mix of #HardSciFi / #MilitarySciFi / #SciFi #SpaceOpera / and #SpeculativeFiction.
#Books #Reading #HardScienceFiction #ShortStories

Read "The Maids" part of Jean Genet's "'The Maids' and 'Deathwatch': Two Plays" tonight.
https://amzn.to/4fNWrbe
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Genet at his most biting ... and he had quite the bite.
#books #reading #plays

In my new interview with editor Andrew M. Ferrell, he talks about "Fall Into Fantasy," this year's edition of the cleverly titled fantasy short story anthology series (check the date).
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-fall-into-fantasy-2024-editor-andrew-m-ferrell/
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#AndrewMFerrell #AndrewMFerrellInterview #AndrewMFerrellFallIntoFantasy2024 #AndrewMFerrellFallIntoFantasy2024Interview #FallIntoFantasy #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #Fantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories

While it may seem "inconceivable!", "The Princess Bride Pinball" table for "Pinball FX" is effortlessly fun whether you're a fan of the movie or just love pinball. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/the-princess-bride-pinball-for-pinball-fx-review/
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#PrincessBridePinballReview #gaming #games #ThePrincessBride #PrincessBridePinballXbox #PrincessBridePinballPlayStation4 #PrincessBridePinballPS4 #PrincessBridePinballPlayStation5 #PrincessBridePinballPS5 #PrincessBridePinballSwitch #PrincessBridePinballPC

Started reading Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot."
https://amzn.to/4b6jx9B
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Yet another classic I'm just now getting to in my old age.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Finished reading Sarah Crossan's "Hey, Zoey."
https://amzn.to/4exybbV
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This was a lot moodier, and not nearly as filthy or as #SciFi-y as I was expecting or hoping, but it was still interesting in a sad kind of way.
#books #reading

In my new interview with Sonia Sulaiman, editor of "Thyme Travellers: An Anthology Of Palestinian Speculative Fiction," she notes that "...none of these stories are meant to 'humanize' us. We're already human."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-thyme-travellers-editor-sonia-sulaiman/
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#SoniaSulaiman #SoniaSulaimanInterview #SoniaSulaimanThymeTravellers #SoniaSulaimanThymeTravellersInterview #SoniaSulaimanThymeTravellersAnAnthologyOfPalestinianSpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories

It's both a great and terrible time to be an immigrant. But it is in such times that we often get the best art. In my new interview with cartoonist Teresa Wong, "a child of Chinese-Canadian immigrants," she talks about her new graphic memoir "All Our Ordinary Stories."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-all-our-ordinary-stories-author-artist-teresa-wong/
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#TeresaWong #TeresaWongInterview #TeresaWongAllOurOrdinaryStories #TeresaWongAllOurOrdinaryStoriesInterview #Books #BookTok #ComicBook #GraphicNovel #Memoir

While "Goat Simulator Pinball" for "Pinball FX" is not the G.O.A.T., it is an engaging virtual pinball table for fans of both pinball and the titular game. And goats. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/goat-simulator-pinball-for-pinball-fx-review/
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#GoatSimulatorPinball #GoatSimulatorPinballReview #gaming #games #VideoGames #pinball #PinballFX #GoatSimulator #GoatSimulatorPinballXbox #GoatSimulatorPinballPlayStation #GoatSimulatorPinballSwitch #GoatSimulatorPinballPC

Started reading Kim Addonizio's "Exit Opera: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3XBBN5P
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Long one of my favorite poets, and it's nice to see, from the first couple pages of this book, that she hasn't lost her edge.
#books #reading #poems #poetry