Speculative
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STRAW WORLD AND OTHER ECHOES FROM THE VOID by Erik McHatton (BOOK REVIEW)
When we go the cinema for the latest slasher, when we pick up that paperback from hell on a dusty, shadowy shelf, when we walk home, ... -
PAN by Michael Clune (BOOK REVIEW)
“But suddenly I realized how strange and even terrible it is that a person looks out from inside their face. Realize is the wrong word. I ... -
GIFTED & TALENTED by Olivie Blake (BOOK REVIEW)
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their ... -
THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister (BOOK REVIEW)
“Before her return, Wenna thought many times about what it would be like to see her family again and a few times, with half-guilty yearning, of ... -
DENGUE BOY by Michel Nieva translated by Rahul Bery (BOOK REVIEW)
“Nobody loved Dengue Boy. I don’t know if it was his long beak or the constant, unbearable buzzing sound his wings made as they rubbed together, ... -
SET MY HEART ON FIRE by Izumi Suzuki, translated by Helen O’Horan (BOOK REVIEW)
Izumi Suzuki – Set My Heart On Fire (1983, translated by Helen O’Horan 2024) “I’m passionate, of course. Passion is something that occurs naturally. Yet ... -
ABSOLUTION by Jeff VanderMeer (BOOK REVIEW)
“There is a crevice in the black sea with a light pouring out. The stranger lives there, peering up at us. Something lives with him close, ... -
A SCARAB WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE by Marieke Bigg (BOOK REVIEW)
“The beetles were closing in on her. At first, they had opened her world up. They had helped her expand into a new realm of kinship. ... -
THE GRAY HOUSE by Mariam Petrosyan (BOOK REVIEW)
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan (translated by Yuri Machkasov) is the story of a residential house for physically disabled children, the speculative elements that spawn ... -
BOY WITH A BLACK ROOSTER by Stefanie Vor Schulte, translated by Alexandra Roesch (BOOK REVIEW)
Stefanie Vor Schulte – Boy With A Black Rooster (2021, translated by Alexandra Roesch 2024) “There is something so wrong about the fact that the boy, ...
