I think I first heard about this SPFBO finalist via the Grimdark Readers and Writers Facebook page, the premise catching my eye. A cosmic horror story set in the midst of the Opium Wars. Yes, please, don’t mind if I…
I had read one of Oden’s works of historical fiction before, so I knew I was in for quality. I bought A Gathering of Ravens when it launched, but got so caught up in other projects I didn’t make time…
With her debut novel, Tan combines lyrical prose evoking Madeline Miller with a reimagining of the beloved Chinese myth of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess. As a mortal, Chang’e steals the elixir of immortality that was a gift for her husband.…
In lyrical, metaphor-laden prose, Chorn muses on what it means to be human and space between contentment and deeper happiness. She asks the question, if we define ourselves solely in regards to another person, are we really anyone at all?…
There is something strangely compelling about supernatural horror. A paradox of attraction that has sparked whole books intended to explain and examine. Thus, no surprise I find myself with an enduring fascination with such horror, especially where it intersects with…
Giles Kristian had been on my radar for a while, but I tend to drift to fantasy over historical fiction most of the time, so I hadn’t read any of his work until I saw this. Almost from the first…
