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Finished reading Fran Lock's "Dogtooth: Poems."
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This was quite good (if too short). Need to see if she has other books of her .

While he previously made kids laugh with such cartoons as "Dexter's Laboratory," writer Rob Renzetti is now trying to spook them with his "Horrible Bag" middle-grade horror novels. In this Q&A, he talks about the newest installment, "The Twisted Tower Of Endless Torment."
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Started reading "Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape From Valo" by Daniel Jose Older and Alyssa Wong.
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Seems like this is going to be a fun one...

Finished reading Gwendolyn Kiste's "The Haunting Of Velkwood."
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As a child of the suburbs, this haunted neighborhood story was super freaky in a very Stephen King kind of way. Good (spooky) stuff.

In my new interview with author Shaun Hamill, he not only discusses what inspired and influenced his fantasy novel "The Dissonance," but also why this dark fantasy story might also be urban fantasy ... and why he doesn't really care either way.
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Started reading Fran Lock's "Dogtooth: Poems."
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Really interesting so far. Though at under 60 pages, I suspect I shall lament its brevity.

In our culture, there are more stories about the Norse and Greek gods than the Yoruba gods — something author Tobi Ogundiran is hoping to change with his Yoruba-inspired fantasy novella "In The Shadow Of The Fall." To learn more, check out this Q&A.
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Started reading Gwendolyn Kiste's "The Haunting Of Velkwood."
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As someone who grew up in a cul-de-sac, in the suburbs, I have to say: this haunted neighborhood story is freaking me out.

Finished reading Tim Pratt's "The Knife And The Serpent."
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That was one wild, weird, super fun adventure.

Finished reading Hala Alyan's "The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems."
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Though some were too clever, structurally speaking, the rest were excellent.

Started reading the / science fact anthology "Tales Of The United States Space Force."
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After getting through the first 3, I'm excited to dig deeper into this / / collection of .

Started reading Tim Pratt's "The Knife And The Serpent."
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Only 43 pages in and I can already tell this is going to be a wild one.

Read Neil LaBute's "Fat Pig: A Play" tonight.
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Unsurprisingly, this was brutally honest — it is after all — and all the better for it.

Started reading Hala Alyan's "The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems."
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So far this seems as strong as the earlier collection of her's I read, " The Twenty-Ninth Year."

Finished reading Liz Kerin's "First Light."
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A worthy companion to the first book of this duology, and an interesting and unique vampire story in its own right. Good stuff.

Finished reading Vandana Khanna's "Burning Like Her Own Planet: Poems."
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Some of it was interesting; some was not. Ah well.

Here's another take on . Don't let your love of the things cited color your opinion of what they'd be like in reality.

Given that he hosts a podcast about Tolkien, you'd expect Jared Pechaček's dark fantasy novel "The West Passage" to be "Rings"-ish. But in this exclusive interview we did about it, he also cites "Moby-Dick," Hieronymus Bosch, and his religious upbringing as influences.
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