Author: Jonathan Thornton
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WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS by Nana Nkweti (BOOK REVIEW)
“A Mami Wata’s essence is moonlight and desire melded to one. Nala knows this in her marrow, in her fins. Lasirèn, Yemanja, Oxum, Erzulie, Jine-Faro, Santa ... -
Patricia A. McKillip (1948-2022)
“Sybel, there must be a silence deeper than the silence of Eld between those stars; shall we go listen to it?” This is a difficult one ... -
BEAUTIFUL STAR by Yukio Mishima (BOOK REVIEW)
Yukio Mishima – Beautiful Star (1962, translated by Stephen Dodd 2022) “Death now enveloped earthlings in the form of beautiful clouds. The high crimson and violet ... -
STRINGERS by Chris Panatier (BOOK REVIEW)
“The world had altered so drastically that I was unable to process it. Twenty minutes before, I had been driving the Subaru, anticipating the chance to ... -
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman, The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma (edited and translated by Melanie Magidow, 2022) BOOK REVIEW
“When Mazlum told her of her uncle’s suggestion, Fatima laughed outright. Then her eyes flashed and she spoke softly. ‘I swear, even if the most powerful ... -
The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe (BOOK REVIEW)
“Ain’t just about prospering, it’s about progressing, connecting, tappin’ into something larger than yourself, so you can really see. Can’t build nothing if you can’t feel ... -
OVAL by Elvia Wilk (BOOK REVIEW)
“If there was no secret, there was no reason not to scroll through the messages. They looked at each other’s screens all the time. That was ... -
Interview with T.R. Napper (36 STREETS)
T. R. Napper is a multi-award-winning short story writer, including the Aurealis twice (Best Short Story, 2016; Best Novella, 2020). His work has appeared in ‘Year’s ... -
QUEEN CITY JAZZ by Kathleen Ann Goonan (BOOK REVIEW)
“Her new nose deep in Flowers, she sucked forth stories, stories, stories, they fell off the stamens that weren’t stamens and stuck to her legs and ... -
OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by Julia Armfield (BOOK REVIEW)
“The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness.” Julia Armfield’s debut novel ...
