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In my new interview with iconic author Dean Koontz, he says his new novel "The Forest Of Lost Souls" is a "suspense novel with fantasy elements ... about myths, how they are created, why they endure, and how they shape us."
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We all deal with grief in our own ways. For cartoonist Sarah Leavitt, her way of dealing with the death of her longtime partner Donimo was to write and draw the comics she's now collected as "Something, Not Nothing." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Sarah Crossan's "Hey, Zoey."
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I don't think this "unhappy wife / unhappy life" story ... but with a sexbot, is going to be very , but it's still interesting so far.

Finished reading Hana Lee's "Road To Ruin."
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Was as exciting and engaging as the "Mad Max with magic" overview suggested. Will eagerly await the next "Magebike Courier" novel.

Finished reading Mohammed El-Kurd's "Rifqa: Poems."
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While some of the more personal in the first section were really good, there were far too few of them in the rest of this book. Ah well.

Started reading Mohammed El-Kurd's "Rifqa: Poems."
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Really interesting so far, especially the about him, and the titular one about his grandmother.

With "Megacosmic Rift," author Abby Goldsmith is presenting the fourth entry in her six-part sci-fi space fantasy series "Torth." In this exclusive interview, she talks about this new installment, which she says is, "...secretly my favorite of the series."
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Started reading Hana Lee's "Road To Ruin."
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Really digging this "biker mama on a mana-powered motorcycle through a 'Furiosa'-esque wasteland" story.

Read Tatiana Obey's "Sistah Samurai" tonight.
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This was strong, exciting, and even emotional. Also gave me "Afro Samurai" / "Samurai Champloo" vibes. I hope she has another adventure soon.

Finished reading Henri Cole's "Blizzard: Poems."
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As good as the in the first two sections may have been, the ones in the third / final one were even better.

In my new interview with author Eugen Bacon about her short story collection "A Place Between Waking And Forgetting", she says it, "largely comprises black people stories exploring affection, dread, anguish, or hope."
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Finished reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Service Model."
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Enjoyed this darkly / slyly / satirically comic in the same way I enjoyed the dark / sly satire of the bureaucratic parts of "Brazil"

In this exclusive interview with Prof. Lisa Yaszek, editor of Francis Stevens' science fiction story collection "The Heads Of Cerberus And Other Stories," we discuss how Stevens' stories of parallel dimensions, written 1917-1923, influenced the multiverses of Marvel, "Star Trek," and DC Comics.
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Started reading Henri Cole's "Blizzard: Poems."
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Pretty interesting so far, especially the one about the bee and the one about the bat.

Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Alien Clay" isn't the first hard sci-fi novel about a space prison, and it won't be the last. But as he explains in this exclusive interview, it is unique for having a prisoner be a scientist who's right where he needs to be.
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Started reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Service Model."
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Am super intrigued by this story of a robot (but not A.I.) butler who kills his master and is stymied by the logistics of his various butler-related subroutines.

Read Lesley Lebkowicz's verse novel / poetry cycle "The Petrov Poems" tonight.
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Interesting way to tell a real-life story of Australian espionage.

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