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Started reading Sierra Greer's "Annie Bot."
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So far this sex 'bot / maid 'bot / companion 'bot story's got me entertained but also a little scared.

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Authors often have characters be liars. But in my new interview with Johanna van Veen, she explains how her sapphic Gothic horror / historical fiction novel "My Darling Dreadful Thing" really came together when she decided that a character wasn't lying.
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Read Sofia Samatar's "The Practice, The Horizon, And The Chain" tonight.
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Though not the first story of classism or incarceration on a generational space ship I've read, this novella still put its own unique spin on things.

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Started reading Ariana Reines' "A Sand Book: Poems."
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Strong start to what seems like what's going to be a sprawling and nicely varied collection.

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Finished reading Christopher Ruocchio's "Disquiet Gods: The Sun Eater, Book Six."
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By far the most sprawling and complicated book in this epic series. Good stuff.

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Started reading Sam Sax's "Pig: Poems."
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The jury is very far out on this one (almost quit twice).

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Back when I wrote poems, it was always as a way of dealing with something. Which is what Sara Daniele Rivera is doing as well in her new poetry collection, "The Blue Mimes." To find out what, and why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Some writers create backstories for their characters. But author Tim Akers has also turned those backstories into, uh, front stories? Here's my new interview about his urban fantasy novel "The Eccentrics," the third book in his "Knight Watch" series.
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Finished reading Courtney LeBlanc's "Her Whole Bright Life: Poems."
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Second exceptional collection of hers I've read; need to add the rest to the list.

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In my exclusive interview about her novel "The Last Phi Hunter" author Salinee Goldenberg talks about why this is a dark fantasy story, even though "I didn't realize dark fantasy was used a lot to describe kinda toxic romance with fantasy elements. Oops."
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In my new interview with author Laura R. Samotin, she talks about how not seeing people like her in fantasy stories prompted her to write a queer, Jewish, dark fantasy novel with a heavy romantic subplot called "The Sins On Their Bones."
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When not writing for "The Washington Post," or appearing on news discussion shows, David Ignatius lets his mind wander as he pens such espionage thrillers as "Body Of Lies." In this exclusive interview, we discuss his latest, the space-based "Phantom Orbit."
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We're supposed to trust mental health professionals with our minds. But in writer Chris Panatier's psychological horror novel "The Redemption Of Morgan Bright," that trust is broken. To find out how, please read this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Courtney LeBlanc:'s "Her Whole Bright Life: Poems."
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Tempted to read this short collection in one sitting, but decided to instead spread the poetic goodness out over a couple days.

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With her Afrofuturist novel "Archangels Of Funk," writer Andrea Hairston is giving us a third opportunity to hang out with Cinnamon Jones, the main character of "Redwood And Wildfire" and "Will Do Magic For Small Change." And in this exclusive interview, you find out why.
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In the second book of his "Jekyll & Hyde Inc." series, writer Simon R. Green turns the titular monster hunters against a different target: aliens. To find out more about the sci-fi / fantasy / horror / mystery mash-up novel "Hyde & Seek," check out this exclusive Q&A.
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In her satirical serial killer rom-com novel "Bad Men," writer Julie Mae Cohen (a.k.a. "Summer People" author Julie Cohen) has a woman getting back at, well, bad men. To find out more (and there is more), check out this exclusive interview.
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With his new novel "Zombicide: Black Plague: City Of The Undead," 🧟‍♂️ writer C.L. Werner is concluding his medieval fantasy series inspired by the zombie board game "Zombicide: Black Plague." To find out how, 🧟‍♀️ and why, check out this Q&A. 🧟‍♂️
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Finished reading Souvankham Thammavongsa’s “How To Pronounce Knife: Stories.”
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Man, this was an impressive, and enlightening, collection of . Need to check out her next.

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Finished reading Noelle Kocot's "Phantom Pains Of Madness: Poems."
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Interesting stuff, even if the structure — one word per line — did start to wear thin at the end.

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