Hey everyone! It's your friendly neighborhood cyclone of emotions here, finally getting a minute to update with some reviews. Finding time lately has been a seemingly futile exercise in having excellent ideas but no actual time/energy/resources to flesh them out. I know I'm preaching
As the utterly brilliant and relentlessly powerful Audre Lorde once said: "...the master's tool will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. And this fact
It's the day after a wedding, and I. AM. TI-RED. This week has simply been hard. Between the truly cosmic and ideological dissonance I witness every day, to gearing up for the very first wedding I've ever been in–it can be a lot. Thankfully, my
As I glide into the final days of September, I have to say I'm super glad the month is over. It's been an intensely busy month between moving, weddings, activities, and celebrations and little bean is exhausted. A lovely month, just very busy. Regardless, I am
Blessed early Samhain to you all. It's your beloved book reviewer, arriving on a creepy carriage driven by skeletal horsepower to bring you a review in collaboration with Pride Book Tours. They provide sign-ups as a means of supporting queer authors by creating little virtual Bookstagram tours for
Hello, beloveds. I'm so sorry it's been a minute. Moving to Philadelphia has been a hectic undertaking BUT I'm glad to be doing so. The good news, however, is despite the chaos, I'm still reading! My god, 2024 has been an insane
As summer begins its steady death throes to transform into the best season of the year (fight me), it's only fitting that nothing at all changes on this blog. Because let's be honest, I review horror all year-round, so it's just a bit more
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, mama is SO behind on reviews!! As I'm sure most of you have seen over the last month I had been gearing up for our Dark Ink event at Doylestown. I'm still reeling from the success of the day and I thank everyone whose been
I'm going to try something a little different today. Earlier this year I wrote a piece reviewing Mike Flannagan's stellar Poe adaptation Fall of the House of Usher, which leaned much more toward my old school cultural criticism roots. Not that those roots have deteriorated, my
Woof, it has been a hectic few weeks. Trying to finish this review piece was hell in a handbasket, but WE MADE IT BABYY!! Also, I wanted to take my time because these are some in-depth books, and I wanted to offer them the attention they justly deserve. Below are
It's a sunny and decently well-temperate day in Philadelphia. Often on days following heat-waves or other extreme weather, I find myself taking the world in anew. While this sometimes feels rather silly, given that no true change has taken place, it could in part be due to a
Emma E. Murray is having a hell of a year. Just a few months ago, her little novelette of sapphic rage revenge, When the Devil, burst onto the scene from Shortwave Press. But she's not quite done with us, as this August will see the release of debut
I hesitate to make any well-wishes concerning Pride. While June is indeed a time to celebrate the queer community, there are still thousands of people dying at the hands of the Zionist settler-colonial project. Some people would rather benignly ignore the ongoing genocides perpetrated across the world, however many folks
The only downside to giving myself breaks from stressing about constant review posts is that I then have so many reviews to catch up on. Is this going to stop me from continuing to review, despite this fact? Absolutely NOT. Today, we once again focus our energy not into tying
In a bid to get caught up, we’re keeping the review train a-chugging, and boy do we have some fascinating titles on deck today! Religious trauma, lost political manuscripts from WWII (not clickbait in the slightest), even some gothic revenge of both land and sea with some translated work
No true theme this week, simply catching up on the cool books I've read recently. Side note: AuDHD and depression are a hell of a combo, folks. Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan, Minotaur Books This piece may easily turn into an appreciation post to my coworker Peg
Before we begin, I want to be completely upfront with Content Warnings–as discussing this novella will involve very frank conversations about depression, suicidal ideation, and many themes that may be understandably uncomfortable or triggering for some readers. While I may feel that Coup de Grâce is an ultimately hopeful
In Western definitions of redemption, the focus of salvation is typically placed upon self. You're acting to save or be saved from evil and sin. We've seen all manner of heroes, villains, anti-heroes, and countless archetypes seek and find redemption through various forms of action, or
I haven't discussed poetry much in my reviews (on here) yet. This is in part due to a feeling that I can never adequately describe what makes particular collections so fantastic, which saddens me because I LOVE poetry!! To help rectify this, I'm going to push
Exactly what it says on the tin. I don't think it's hyperbole to say that women in horror and dark fiction are having a big moment. Hundreds of authors are providing stories and distillations of what it means to be a woman in this chaotic world.
It's March 26th! Which means several super fantastic books have released, two of which we're looking at today. Both works deal with homecoming in many ways. Victoria Mier explores what it means when you're concept of home and belonging is drastically uprooted by the
Every once in a disturbed pale moon, I am introduced to novels that break my sanity. This is my own doing, as I often seek such titles out when approaching new authors to read for reviews. Especially in the horror community. I'm also not entirely complaining because I
Strap in, folks, this one'll be a doozy. Today's reviews are going to actually stray from the fairly typical horror content you can expect from me, as these are recent and upcoming literary and non-fiction titles...well, with the exception of Stephen Graham Jones. It will
Whew, February was A LOT... As I've likely said before, February is always my busiest month. Between my tranniversary, birthday, and the release of a new song, plus some incredibly unfortunate personal happenings, I feel as though I've run a relay race, which in my current