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With "To Dance With Destiny," writer W.L. Hawkin is presenting the fifth book of her "Hollystone Mysteries" series. To learn more about these urban fantasy thrillers, check out this exclusive interview.
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Finished reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: The Ravening Deep."
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ALL HAIL THE OLD GODS. And the people who writing compelling and creepy novels about them, like this bit of .

Read Gboyega Odubanjo's "While I Yet Live: Poems" tonight.
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This was super good but way too short. More please.

People love superheroes, and people love zombies. And now you can get both in Marsheila Rockwell's new superheroic horror (and comic book related) novel "Marvel Zombies: The Hunger." To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Finished reading the anthology "Star Wars: The High Republic: Tales Of Light And Life."
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Unlike the novels, which have been consistently solid, these stories were decidedly hit and miss, and evenly so.

Finished reading Airea D. Matthews' "Bread And Circus: Poems."
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Not a fan of cleverly or rigidly structured poems, but the other ones were super good.

Started reading Tim Pratt's " Arkham Horror: The Ravening Deep."
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Haven't gotten far, but I'm already freaked out by this noir-ish tale.

Finished reading Kemi Ashing-Giwa's "The Splinter In The Sky."
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This was a super good "Dune" / silkpunk-ish / but also inventive story.

Twenty-five years after its initial release, horror writer Edo van Belkom's iconic short story collection "Death Drives A Semi" has just been rereleased. To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Started reading Airea D. Matthews' "Bread And Circus: Poems."
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Bold of her to structure this like Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

Bold…but not undeserved, if the first 10 pages are any indication.

I know I'm LTTP on this one, but is now available on PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass, and I just have to encourage everyone to skip this huge pile of dullness. Even the fisticuffs are boring. Wow.
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We shouldn't have to still be pointing things like this out in hopes of getting others to realize Trump is a piece of shit. We should be at the point where we're saying things like, "Remember when that piece of shit did this? What a piece of shit."

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Though far from the best version, "Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition" does a mostly good job of bringing this snarky sci fi shooter to the Switch. Here's the link to my review: paulsemel.com/borderlands-3-ul
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Finished reading Elisa Gonzalez's "Grand Tour: Poems."
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Super good; really hope this is just the first of many.

Though not as well known as some of her contemporaries, pulp writer Greye La Spina is starting to get recognized thanks to such books as "Fettered And Other Tales Of Terror." To learn more, here's my Q&A with "Fettered" editor Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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With "Earth Retrograde," writer R.W.W. Greene is concluding his alt-history duology, "The First Planets." In this exclusive Q&A, Greene discusses what inspired and influenced this series, as well as why his main character isn't named New Jersey.
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Started reading Kemi Ashing-Giwa's "The Splinter In The Sky."
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Really interesitng so far; kind of "Dune"-ish, kind of silkpunk-y...

Read Jeremy O. Harris' play "Daddy" tonight.
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This was super good.
Gave me some serious Brett Easton Ellis vibes.
Ordering his other book stat.

Started reading the anthology "Star Wars: The High Republic: Tales Of Light And Life."
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Here's hoping the other are as good as the second one.

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