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Review: How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu

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Review: How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu

Genre: Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi, Short-Stories Published: Bloomsbury Publishing, January 18th 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars “It’s strange how...

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Review: Time is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

Genre: Poetry Published: Jonathan Cape UK, April 7th 2022 My Rating: 5/5 stars Ocean Vuong had absolutely nothing to prove to me, and...

Review: The Smallest of Bones - Holly Lyn Walrath

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Review: The Smallest of Bones - Holly Lyn Walrath

Genre: Poetry Published: CLASH Books, September 2021 My Rating: 4/5 stars "Hiding our hearts is easy when we have so many bones" Few ...

Review: Because the Sky is a Thousand Soft Hurts - Elizabeth Kirschner

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Review: Because the Sky is a Thousand Soft Hurts - Elizabeth Kirschner

Genre: Short Stories Published: Atmosphere Press, June 2021 My rating: 1/5 stars I’m always deeply hesitant to give a one-star rating to...

Review: Things We Say in the Dark - Kirsty Logan

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Review: Things We Say in the Dark - Kirsty Logan

Genre: Horror, Short-stories Published: Harvill Secker, October 2019 Rating: No rating Ever since its announcement in early 2019, Things...

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Review: Escape Routes - Naomi Ishiguro

Review of Naomi Ishiguro's debut short story collection Escape Routes

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Review: Fen - Daisy Johnson

Genre: Short Stories, Magical Realism Published: Jonathan Cape, June 2016 My Rating: 4/5 stars “I know who you are though in a moment I...

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Review: Salt Slow - Julia Armfield

Genre: Magical Realism, Short Stories Published: Picador, May 2019 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Before him, she had often wondered whether...

Review: Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black - Marcus&Julian Sedgwick

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Review: Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black - Marcus&Julian Sedgwick

Genre: Poetry, Historical Published: Candlewick Press, August 2019 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars ARC provided by publisher. ”Hell is different...

Review: The Girl Aquarium - Jen Campbell

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Review: The Girl Aquarium - Jen Campbell

Genre: Poetry, Magical Realism Published: Bloodaxe, April 2019 My rating: 4.5/5 stars "Smash this circus to the ground. Howl fiercely at...

Review: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories - Kelly Barnhill

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Review: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories - Kelly Barnhill

Genre: Short Stories, Fantasy/Magical Realism Published: Algonquin Books, February 2018 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars "It is our flaws that make...

Review: Tales from the Inner City - Shaun Tan

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Review: Tales from the Inner City - Shaun Tan

Genre: Short-story collection Published: Arthur A. Levine Books, September 2018 My rating: 5/5 stars Beautiful in so many ways... Tales...

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Review: Ariel - Sylvia Plath

Genre: poetry Published: Faber and Faber, 2010 originally published 1965 My rating: 5/5 stars, all-time favorite "I know the bottom, she...

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Review: Into Oblivion - Chloe Frayne

Genre: Poetry Published: Self-published, february 2018 My Rating: 4/5 stars Love is falling upwards... It was by pure chance that this...

Review: Sixth of Dusk - Brandon Sanderson

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Review: Sixth of Dusk - Brandon Sanderson

Genre: Novella, Fantasy Published: Dragonsteel, October 2014 My Rating: 5/5 stars Sandersons usual epicness, but compressed to bite sized...

Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss

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Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss

Genre: Novella, Fantasy Published: Gollancz, October 2014 My Rating: 3/5 stars This is a strange little book. Strange as its...

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Review: Cove - Cynan Jones

Genre: Literary fiction, novella Published: Granta Books, november 2016 My Rating: 2/5 stars It does not matter who are. You know what...

Review: No Matter the Wreckage - Sarah Kay

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Review: No Matter the Wreckage - Sarah Kay

Genre: Poetry Published: Write Bloody Publishing, march 2014 My rating: 5/5 stars All-time favourite "And yes, on a scale from one to...

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Review: Folk - Zoe Gilbert

Genre: literary fiction / short stories Published: Bloomsbury, february 2018 My rating: 2/5 stars How to describe Folk…? Not only is that...

Review: By Light We Knew Our Names - Anne Valente

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Review: By Light We Knew Our Names - Anne Valente

Genre: Short Stories (Magical Realism) Published: Dzanc Books, sept. 2014 Rating: 4.5 stars 2018 is going to go down as the year where I...

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Recent uploads

Review: How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu

Review: Time is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

Review: The Smallest of Bones - Holly Lyn Walrath

Review: Because the Sky is a Thousand Soft Hurts - Elizabeth Kirschner

Review: Things We Say in the Dark - Kirsty Logan

Review: Escape Routes - Naomi Ishiguro

Review: Fen - Daisy Johnson

Review: Salt Slow - Julia Armfield

Review: Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black - Marcus&Julian Sedgwick

Review: The Girl Aquarium - Jen Campbell

Review: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories - Kelly Barnhill

Review: Tales from the Inner City - Shaun Tan

Review: Ariel - Sylvia Plath

Review: Into Oblivion - Chloe Frayne

Review: Sixth of Dusk - Brandon Sanderson

Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss

Review: Cove - Cynan Jones

Review: No Matter the Wreckage - Sarah Kay

Review: Folk - Zoe Gilbert

Review: By Light We Knew Our Names - Anne Valente

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