With fantastical depictions of alien life, Wold Streak Beta: Alienation is an immersive science fiction adventure. Intergalactic crews encounter aliens, treachery, and the greatest adventures of their lives in M. G. Brown’s science... Read More

Set in an alternate reality medieval Mediterranean city wherein gods and magical beings compete to control the fates of living beings, Sally McBride’s fantasy novel The Nightingale’s Tooth is compelling. Vara lives a comfortable life... Read More

In volume one of LambCat’s graphic novel series "Cursed Princess Club", a kingdom’s three princesses negotiate their engagements to hunky suitors. Two of them celebrate these futures; the other goes on eldritch adventures of her own.... Read More

In the aftermath of six nuclear explosions, the world is in a state of devastation. In Brandon Ying Kit Boey’s science fiction novel "Karma of the Sun", the threat of a seventh explosion looms—unless the reincarnated Lama child can... Read More

The magic system of Jamie Pacton’s delightful, haunting fantasy novel "The Vermilion Emporium" pays tribute to the Radium Girls, who met tragic ends. Quinta is an orphan who fears she will never live up to her mother’s magical life.... Read More

Rebecca Solnit’s "Waking Beauty" is a fantasy fairy tale retelling that blends feminist themes with whimsical musings. What if Sleeping Beauty had a sister? The cursed daughter of the traditional fairy tale, Ida, falls into the... Read More

The chilling entries of the literary collection "Into the Forest" revolve around the Slavic, folkloric witch Baba Yaga, depicting her in a variety of modes, from benevolent to all-devouring. Each of the twenty-two stories provides a new... Read More

Cecelia Tichi’s "Midcentury Cocktails" blends history, literature, and cultural critiques to address trends in alcohol and entertainment in the 1950s and 1960s. Despite what jokes about Baby Boomers suggest, the 1950s and 1960s were... Read More