Tag: speculative fiction
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THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley (BOOK REVIEW)
“When everyone has a story of loss to tell, nothing is worthy of the grand title of tragedy. Each tale contributes only to a mound of ... -
THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME by Jasmin Kirkbride (BOOK REVIEW)
“People can’t always see when they’re unfairly disgorging the things that have hurt them. It’s painful work, not letting your past determine your future, and everyone ... -
WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift (BOOK REVIEW)
“Like Chornobyl rain, an event has to touch you to register. Lux is your proof that you had to come here, to the end, in order ... -
SLASHED BEAUTIES by A. Rushby (BOOK REVIEW)
“There are some who think that I know the truth and I simply don’t want to speak about it, either because I want to create mystery ... -
CHILCO by Daniela Catrileo, translated by Jacob Edelstein (BOOK REVIEW(
Daniela Catrileo – Chilco (2023, Translated by Jacob Edelstein 2025) “No matter what I do, the smell returns like an echo, a resonance, as if the ... -
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 ... -
A GRANITE SILENCE by Nina Allan (BOOK REVIEW)
“Even as I try to restrict myself to the facts, I come to realise I will never stop being a writer compelled to imagine, and what ... -
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. ...
