SYNOPSIS This humorous, heart-pounding, feminist slasher takes on misogynist social pressures with one former scream queen as she is pursued by a serial killer impersonating the antagonist of her films. Former scream queen Barbra Jacobs desperately wants to break out of the box Hollywood has neatly packaged her in. Cast as the star of the […]
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Review: Acts of Deicide by L.E. Garrison
Synopsis: 300 years ago, a god was murdered. Blue, once the deity’s most faithful general, made immortal through her service, has wandered the fractured land ever since. Her inability to die is a curse she strives to end. Chance has her collide with Sarai, a guard captain who possesses an ancient memoir detailing the events […]
Review: Fruits of Our Labor by Ian Patterson
Synopsis A new world is emerging, one parthenogenetic birth at a time. In a near-future America where women have just achieved asexual reproduction, Samara yearns for freedom from her dying relationship, and a child of her own—fully her own. As parthenogenetic birth takes hold and the role of men in the survival of the species diminishes, […]
Review: Symphony of Scars by Corbin Rook
Synopsis Far outside the Sundered Lands, the Holy Republic of Kellanis has learned to channel the Astral Plane through music in a process called “Symphonics.” Music is so sacred that the gravest punishment is to become Scorned – a slave stripped of their ears and tongue so that they can neither enjoy nor create music. […]
Review: The Reflections of Lilje Damselfly (Folk With a Disregard for Convention #1) by Natalie Kelda
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly reads like literary fiction, with a touch of fantasy. It’s a story of healing, belonging, and love.
Review: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Synopsis Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume. With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie. This mesmerizing collection features all […]
Review: The Lepidopterist’s Beautiful Daughter by David Rae
Synopsis Born to wealth and stifling privilege, Tito lives a cocooned life of luxury and dull Edwardian convention. Groomed to follow a career in the church, he finds joy in the unlikeliest of places: Vanessa Agnew, the daughter of a once renowned professor who studies butterflies and moths. Yet, just as Tito wins her hand, […]
Review: Don’t Let It Out by N.A. Betts
Synopsis: The assignment was simple: contain the forest. Don’t let anything out. FBI Agent Daniela Rojas arrives with a secret mission of her own. To uncover the truth behind Project Greenfall, a classified experiment buried by the Canopy Collective. RCMP Corporal Cade Mercer is there for a different reason. Two years ago, his wife vanished […]
Review: Fallow by Sarah Anderson
Synopsis: Natalie has no skills or ambitions. The clock ticks away at the call centre where she works, while she tries to ignore the pain in her jaw. She has no dental insurance. Then, a mysterious flyer leads her to The Company. Natalie turns out to be the perfect candidate for their in-house surrogacy program. […]
Review: The Worth of Scars: 1 (The Scarred Saga) by Gabriel Farrell
Synopsis: A bookworm, a brothel madam, a gangster, an aristocrat, a widow and a war hero walk into an inn – though it turns out there’s nothing funny about what happens next. For humanity’s ancient enemy the Serafin are rumoured to have returned, and the old man who assembled such an unlikely band believes these […]
Review: Songs of the Sun Eater by Christopher Ruocchio
Synopsis: Thirteen tales from the universe of the bestselling Sun Eater series, compiled for the first time. Plus, a never-before-seen novelette following Hadrian Marlowe after the series’ conclusion! Ambitious universe-building combines with intimate character portraits for storytelling on a truly epic scale – for fans of Orson Scott Card, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Patrick Rothfuss, and Jack […]
Review: Carrying by Samantha Josephs
Synopsis SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeGolden Poppy Book Award Finalist She’s serving.She’s eating.She’s . . . Carrying. In this electrifying horror debut that’s equal parts funny and harrowing, a stealth trans woman desperate to maintain her picture-perfect life discovers that she’s seemingly—impossibly—pregnant. “Carrying is a totally […]