Women & Power: A Manifesto
Review Women & Power is a pair of essays by classicist Mary Beard and it is a great example of how history can provide context for the present day. The…
The Memory Police
Review The Memory Police is one of the most disorienting and haunting novels that I had ever read. It felt like watching a black and white movie on a projector…
Tyrannosaurus Sext
Review Came for T-Rex sex, did not get T-Rex sex. What a bait and switch. These two stories were silly and a decent way to pass the time. Half the…
The Bell Chime
Review The Bell Chime had so much potential, but it was an unfortunate case of "less is more." The first half of the story was honestly unnerving and felt like…
Little Lies
Review It seems like I either love or hate Gudenkauf's work and there is rarely any in-between. She has a reoccurring theme of females investigating crimes and having access to…
If the Duke Demands
Review You ever read a book that you are initially dazzled by, and then slowly grow more disappointed until the end when the plot comes crashing down? Oh, how I…
The Future
Review So I discovered Hilborn's work after watching him perform The Future a couple of years back and the poem had stayed with me ever since. I sought out more…
Cabbage
Review Strange and fantastical, Cabbage feels like a dark fairy tale bursting with magic. An old man lovingly plants a dream garden for his ailing wife, but the garden becomes…
Waif
Review This novella has reminded me what I love about horror - a genre full of stories that are dark, challenging, and transgressive, able to examine the absolute worst of…
Helium
Review Goodness gracious Helium was such a breath of fresh air. Francisco writes with a voice that is down to earth and full of so much truth about life today…