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Over the last 15 years, Seb Doubinsky has written 10 novels in his dystopian noir and more series, the "City-States Cycle." But in our new interview about the 10th, the sci-fi and espionage-infused "The Sum Of All Things," he explains how it was going to be the end, but the story had different ideas.
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In my exclusive interview with author (and NASA physicist) Les Johnson, he talks about "Crisis At Proxima," the second book in the hard sci-fi trilogy he's co-writing with Travis S. Taylor.
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After 9 years, my time reviewing games for Common Sense Media has come to an end.

More accurately, their time reviewing games has come to an end.

So, if you know anyone looking for a veteran video game reviewer, please send them my way.

Thank you for your support.

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We all have dreams. Some more realistic than others. Take Pee Wee, the main character in author Tracy Cross' historical fiction horror novella "A Gathering Of Weapons." As Cross explains in this exclusive interview, Pee Wee's dream is to be "…the greatest conjure woman ever." No biggie.
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At a time when you have to actively try not to be reachable, not being able to contact a planet of ten thousand, one that's a year away ...well, that's the idea driving David Wellington's sci-fi horror novel "Revenant-X." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Richard Wright's "Haiku: The Last Poems Of An American Icon."
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Was expecting something different, given his background, but it's still interesting so far.

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I'm not one to kink shame, fat shame, or eat shame, but I've never heard of anyone eating a corn dog like it's a popsicle. Or a penis.
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In my new interview with Iraq War veteran turned author Richard Fox about his military science fiction space opera novel "Men Of Bretton," he says he wanted this sci-fi story to show "...how soldiers change during the course of a war and how hard it can be to get home."
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All good places have a dark side, even the warm and sunny Honolulu, Hawaii. Which is what's being explored in the new noir short story anthology "Honolulu Noir." To learn how, check out this exclusive interview with editor Chris McKinney.
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Finished reading Lyndsay Rush's "A Bit Much: Poems."
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While yes, at 271 pages it was "a bit much," and occasionally silly, most of the were super good, so I'll allow it.

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Finished reading Megan E. O'Keefe's "The Blighted Stars: Book One Of The Devoured Worlds."
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This was super good. Gripping, inventive, and exciting, all at once. On to book 2.

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For her new coming-of-age / coming out novel "Sugar Kids," which she calls "contemporary fiction on the racy end," author Taslim Burkowicz decided to go back to a familiar place: the '90s raver scene. To find out why, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading the anthology "Thyme Travellers: An Anthology Of Palestinian Speculative Fiction."
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Starts strong with Jumaana Abdu's fun, no, wait, poignant "Down Under."

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Finished reading Angela Sylvaine's "The Dead Spot: Stories Of Lost Girls."
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While not every story was as Fucked. Up. as the first one, this was just full of exceptional , especially the / horror-adjacent ones.

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Twenty years after collecting his best horror stories and poems into his first book, author Mark Leslie has recollected them, and more, as "One Hand Screaming: 20 Haunting Years." To find out more — including what beer to drink while reading it — check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Megan E. O'Keefe's "The Blighted Stars: Book One Of The Devoured Worlds."
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Only 60 pages in, and I can already tell this is going to be equal parts gripping and clever.

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Finished reading "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection."
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Took me years (it's long, and was at mom's in Jersey for the last 7 years), but I finally finished this mixed bag collection of .

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Started reading Lyndsay Rush's "A Bit Much: Poems."
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So far, this isn't living up to its title. Though I do have 240 more pages to go...

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There are many names that always come up when people talk about military sci-fi stories, and two of them are author David Weber and his iconic character Honor Harrington. In this exclusive interview, the former discusses the reissue of the latter's second novel, "Honor Of The Queen."
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While the new movement controls are not a game changer, the Cold War setting and improvements to the campaign make "Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6" a very good first-person shooter. Here's the link to my review.
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