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Started reading John Jackson Miller's "Star Wars: The Living Force."
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Always interested in stories from the prequel era (or, in this case, slightly before it).

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After years of feeling bad we bought bootlegs, some radio concerts by iconic jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins are getting an official release as "Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings." Here's the link to my review.
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Some people have good bullshit detectors. But in Izzy Lee's psychological thriller / supernatural horror mystery novella "I Can See Your Lies," a woman can actually see when someone is lying. To find out what she does with it, check out this exclusive interview.
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When we think of fairies, we think magical sprites. But for his novel of magical realism, "The Miraculous Life Of Rupert Rocket," author Mark Salzwedel went with Irish fairies, who are, well, more financially motivated. To find out why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Sometimes, all that keeps us alive is our "fight or flight" response. But for author Catherine McCarthy, it prompted her to write the psychological horror novel "The House At The End Of Lacelean Street." To learn why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading "The Collected Poems Of Audre Lorde."
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A strong start to this sprawling collection.

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Rage can be a powerful emotion. Just ask author A.D. Sui who, in this Q&A about her “anti-military and anti-empire" sci-fi novella "The Dragonfly Gambit," says it was inspired by, "Rage, mostly rage. We don’t talk enough about disabled rage and how disabled people can often feel like some version of their future was taken away from them following injury."
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Finished reading Rahul Mehta's "Feeding The Ghosts: Poems."
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This was quite exceptional, especially the narrative and more personal . I look forward to reading their next book of .

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In my new Q&A with author Elwin Cotman about his short story collection "Weird Black Girls," one line instantly convinced me this was one to read: "Whenever I write a new story, I'm trying to write something different from the story before."
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Like other writers, author A.G.A. Wilmot says there's a lot of personal connections in their new novel "Withered." But given that it's a haunted house novel...

To find out more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Marisa Wolf's "Beyond Enemies."
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Is shaping up to be an inventive, and unexpected, story.

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Finished reading Dean Koontz's "The Bad Weather Friend."
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While not all of it worked for me, the parts that did — the main parts — were nice and weird.

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Started reading Dean Koontz's "The Bad Weather Friend."
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Well, this is pretty interesting so far (though I suspect it's about to get...weird).

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Finished reading Tim Waggoner's "Alien: Prototype."
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Okay, this one got super good when...uh...something happened to the Xenomorph. Cough cough.

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With "Wicked Problems," author Max Gladstone is presenting the middle piece of his urban fantasy trilogy "The Craft Wars," a subset of "The Craft Sequence." And if you need help sorting that out, or just want to know more about this book, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Rahul Mehta's "Feeding The Ghosts: Poems."
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Oh, this is super good. Especially the more personal / narrative .

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While science fiction stories are often about the person in charge, S.A. Barnes' "Ghost Station" is instead about their shrink. Which is good; since it's a sci-fi horror story. For a proper diagnosis, check out this exclusive interview I did with Barnes.
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A walk in the woods can be relaxing.

Unless it's the woods in Elliot Gish's new haunted forest horror novel "Grey Dog."

To learn why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Finished reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's "Alien: Isolation."
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Like the game, this was engaging, unnerving, but also rather fun. Now for the sequel.

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Because of the second word, we expect A.I.s to be, well, intelligent. But in his satirical, and somewhat cyberpunk sci-fi novel "Mal Goes To War," author Edward Ashton has an A.I. that makes mistakes. To find out why, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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