The latter.
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When I lost my job at Barnes & Noble, I went to lunch. When Agnes lost hers in Kirsten Kaschock's folklore-ish speculative #horror novel "An Impossibility Of Crows," she decided to breed a giant bird. To find out more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Finished reading the #ShortStory anthology "As The Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories."
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This had a bunch of interesting and clever #SpeculativeFiction #ShortStories.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #fantasy #horror @houseofanansi.bsky.social #BookSky
Started reading Roya Marsh's "dayliGht: Poems."
amzn.to/4pVL19O
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Really strong so far, seeting with emotion.
#books #reading #poems #poetry @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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While the #ResidentEvil games have occasionally split focus, #ResidentEvilRequiem has you playing as two very different characters on two very different adventures...that work well together. Here's the link to my review.
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Started rereading Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" series.
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Been meaning to read this series again. Been too long.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #BookSky
Finished reading Claire North's "Slow Gods."
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This was an exceptional, deep, epic, and even kind of Shakespearean #SciFi #SpaceOpera novel.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction @orbitbooks.bsky.social #BookSky
And I probably wrote game reviews for it.
01.03.2026 05:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Read Eileen Myles' "Ballroom" tonight.
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A supremely epic poem in every sense of the word.
#books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky
For the newest installment of eSpec Books' "System Paradoxa" series, author James Chambers has written a paranormal mystery story about the prophet with the proboscis: The Mothman. To learn more about his new novella, "Mount Misery," check out this exclusive Q&A.
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While it sometimes feels like we're living in a surveillance state, can you imagine if these devices were implanted in us? That's what author D.A. Hamlin did in his new speculative fiction novel "Inelegant Machines," which he and I discuss in this exclusive Q&A.
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Finished reading Brian Asman's novella / #ShortStory collection "Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters)."
amzn.to/4oZN2Rp
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Really dug this collection of longish short #horror stories, especially the last 2 and the titular novella.
#books #ShortStories @thebrianasman.bsky.social #BookSky
You can't keep a good hacker down. Which may be why, in their new #cyberpunk lesbian space heist novel "The Obake Code," author Makana Yamamoto has brought back Malia, the hacker from their previous #SciFi novel "Hammajang Luck." For more, check out this Q&A.
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Finished reading Duy Đoàn 's "Zombie Vomit Mad Libs: Poems."
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Got better in the back third, but still not good enough. Eh.
#books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky
In honor of #DonaldChump giving his #SOTU speech tonight, I will be a contrarian by eating food made by immigrants and watching something coherent instead.
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How we deal with death is often shaped by our cultures and beliefs. In A.D. Sui's new #SciFi novel "The Iron Garden Sutra," a monk helps people on a generational ship pass on...until he can't. To find out more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Given how murder is immoral, it would be problematic to have a serial killer in a holy city. Which is the problem for people in Cate Baumer's new Gothic fantasy mystery novel "The Faithful Dark." To learn how they deal with it, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Claire North's "Slow Gods."
amzn.to/49g3I17
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I've read some sprawling #SciFi #SpaceOpera novels, but so far this one's a lightyear wide and twice as deep.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction @orbitbooks.bsky.social #BookSky
As Porno For Pyros noted: "We'd make great pets." Though the main character in Edward Ashton's new lighthearted #SciFi novel "After The Fall" might disagree, given that he's an alien's pet. To learn more about this book, check out out this exclusive interview.
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Finished reading Sayaka Murata's "Earthlings."
amzn.to/3OsNMBY
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Super good but also super fucked up. Like: Super. Duper. Fucked. Up. Disturbing. Fucked. Up.
#books #reading @groveatlantic.bsky.social #BookSky
Started reading Duy Đoàn 's "Zombie Vomit Mad Libs: Poems."
amzn.to/4qxut8v
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Hmmm...I don't remember his earlier book being so structurally clever (and no, that's a compliment).
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Started reading Sayaka Murata's "Earthlings."
amzn.to/3OsNMBY
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So far this is kind of weird and kind of disturbing but kind of both in an intriguing way, so...
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Finished reading Tessa Gratton's "Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown."
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This was a fun way to hang out with Jecki again. And Yord...I guess.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy #StarWars #BookSky
Finished reading Hala Alyan's "Four Cities: Poems."
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Her #poetry is always so strong, personal and deep. So good.
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I dunno, an oatmeal raisin cookie is downright demonic.
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Wait, I thought we were the evil variants? ARE YOU TELLING ME WE'RE IN THE HOLY TIMELINE, NOT THE HELLISH ONE?
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While the future looks bleak these days, not everyone sees it that way. In my new interview with author Matthew Kressel about his literary #SciFi novella "The Rainseekers," he says he, "...really tried to write something inspiring."
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Started reading Hala Alyan's "Four Cities: Poems."
amzn.to/4j1rYIU
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One of my favorite poets of the last few years, and this collection starts off strong.
#books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky
While all you do in the unrelenting, arcade-style first-person shooter #AerialKnightsDropshot is fall and shoot, shoot and fall, what makes it so much fun — and not at all redundant — is how ridiculous it gets. Here's the link to my review.
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