I went to a convention recently where I attended a panel on the Arthuriana. Topics of discussion were the current relevancy of the Arthurian tales,…
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THE UNBALANCING is an unbalanced work (heh). I’ve previously liked much of Lemberg’s other works, including their novella THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES as well as…
“Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms” is an anthology of exactly that- 17 all-new stories about discovering or re-discovering forgotten lands and mythological places. These stories…
This is a fun courtroom drama. I particularly liked the characters. I already had distinct impressions of some of them in this novella, especially Thuan,…
SIREN QUEEN is a dark work. It starts very familiar, an old tale we’ve heard many tales before—a young actress wants to make it in…
THE BRUISING OF QILWA is a layered work, indeed. It explores the legacy of an empire—post-imperialist, post-colonialist inhabitants coming to terms with their cultural history…
An excellent collection of stories. I read a lot of short stories– on their own, as part of magazines, anthologies, or collections like this one.…
Flowers That Die confused me, being a work consisting of 80-something poems that feel like baby’s-first-poetry, at once overly simple yet trying to be complex.…
This is the third book in Lovelace’s “you are your own fairy tale” trilogy, but it can be read as a standalone (which is what…
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS is a book that is at once about the past catching up to you, but also about forming your own future—figuratively and…