Prayers in the NICU – Thoughts on Child Mortality & Parenthood
It’s 2003 and there’s a baby in the NICU, the neonatal intensive care unit, at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. He […]
“Here We Are, Alive” – Thoughts on the Post-Apocalypse & a Review of Silent City
Silent City by Sarah Davis-Goff is a post-apocalyptic novel set in Ireland. It takes place an unspecified number of years
15 SFFH Books We’re Looking Forward to in January 2024
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, by Shubnum Khan Described as part gothic horror story, part haunting, part love story,
Swords, Pots, Noodles, Death – a Review of Blue Eye Samurai in 6 Fights
There are lots of reasons I love Netflix’s new animated series Blue Eye Samurai. Beautiful animation? Oh yes. Great soundtrack?
Highway to Hel – 10 Rock and Metal Tracks for a Deathly Playlist
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Of Impossible Dragons and Slipstream of Realities – a Review of The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar
Indra Das’s fantasy novella The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar is many things, all at once. It’s a coming-of-age tale about
“There’s Something Strange Here” – Tollund Man, Grethe, and Death in a Danish Bog
One day in late winter or early spring, sometime between 405 and 385 BC, a man in his 30s or
Monstrosity and Divinity – a Review of Winter Harvest
Winter Harvest is Ioanna Papadopoulou’s darkly luminous and intensely original reimagining of the tale of Demeter, Greek goddess of the
Katabases: 5 Journeys To the Underworld
A katabasis is a descent into the underworld, a journey to the realm of death. The word itself comes from
“Start With the Wolves” – a Review of We Are the Crisis
We Are the Crisis is the sequel to Cadwell Turnbull’s award-winning book No Gods, No Monsters, and, like its predecessor,