Speculative
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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 ... -
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 ... -
ONE OF US by Craig DiLouie (BOOK REVIEW)
“Let’s start with the plague kids,” Mr Benson said. “What do ya’ll think about them? Tell the truth.” “They ain’t human. They’re just animals.” Craig DiLouie ... -
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 ... -
GRIEVERS by adrienne maree brown (BOOK REVIEW)
“She felt along an edge of awareness in her too, the massive distinction between well and sick, the slender shade of difference between sick and dead. ... -
THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN by John Buchan (BOOK REVIEW)
John Buchan – The Gap In The Curtain (1932, reissued 2021 by Handheld Press) “‘But it was worth it,’ he added, getting up and reaching for ... -
THE MILL: A COSMOS by Bess Brenck Kalischer (BOOK REVIEW)
Bess Brenck Kalischer – The Mill: A Cosmos (1922, translated by W. C. Bamberger 2021) “The concave mirrors were so oddly dimmed. The big city pierced ...
