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Book Review: Overgrowth by Mira Grant
Stasia Miller has been very up front about being an advanced scout for an alien invasion since she was a child. (Or at least, since the time she disappeared in the woods and may or may not have been kidnapped.) Of course, no one believes her. At best they believe it’s a harmless delusion, at…
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Book Review: Run Aground by H Birchwood & Key Dyson & Raymond Roach
The Tales from the Michigan Fleet series takes a darker turn in Run Aground, when Rich and friends with benefits and perks Liam disappear after attending a landside hoverboard tournament. Given his Hastings “soldier mod” background, (and the party responsible for the kidnapping) there is little hope of being able to find, let alone rescue…
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Book Review: Brides in the Dark by Jacob Steven Mohr
Brides in the Dark is a “modern fairy tale” that plays on a much older category of folktale: the Swanmay/Selkie/Other shapeshifter who must marry whoever stole the skin that enables them to change their shape. In this setting, men capture various kinds of shapeshifter fairy brides. One town goes into a forest to find their…
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This Update is Pushing Things Around
I am currently attempting to do an overhaul of the blog! This mostly involves me struggling with templates and page design until I get something that doesn’t look too horrible. (My web page design chops are entirely from the 90s, sad to say.) I took out the buttons for the moment, because I need to…
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Barely Into the new Year and I am Having a Bad Time
Honestly, barely into the new year and I am kind of ENRAGED. In November, my apartment complex was bought by a new leasing company, (hereby referred to as Leasing). A company that seems determined to make payment of rent as difficult as humanly possible for people who have some variety of subsidized housing. (Which I…
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