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Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum I know I said romcomantasy.

good morning! new from me in @strangehorizons.bsky.social today, a review of Alexandra McCollum's Into the Midnight Wood, in which I vent some frustrations with the current state of the cozy romcom fantasy novel

(I liked this one tho!)

This is an excellent review. Who amongst the ranks of reviewers has not sometimes thought "Is this a good book? I don’t know. What even does it mean to be good?" Few of us, however, have the courage to put this thought in a review, and for this (and many other delights) I salute Jenny and SH.

Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum I know I said romcomantasy.

Who's a big fan of @readingtheend.bsky.social? The whole internet, that's who.

Really pleased Jenny is back at SH with this review on a curious romcomantasy (it's her term, don't @ me).

"Is this a good book? I don’t know. What even does it mean to be good?"

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Apologies to all my friends on Substack. I'd gritted my teeth and supported you because I love your work. But Substack's partnership with Polymarket is the last straw for me.

If you’ve ever loved and lost cat, this newsletter is full of feelings.

Prefatory material from the novel The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Titled “Synopsis”, it is a two-page summary of the events of the previous novel, The Fellowship of the Ring

The fact that this sort of thing isn’t the norm in every fantasy novel drives me absolutely batty.

The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.

omg. We're soooooooo close! Only $752 to go! Onlyhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/androidpress/the-cookout-a-speculative-fiction-anthology

7 years ago I just put out the Taco Bell Quarterly in a word document! I made it for free and put it out and no one gave me any push or permission, and if I failed, OH WELL, it's not like it was even real!

I love their work so much. It’s so vibrant and has so much personality.

Hey all, if you are the kind of person who goes to or pays attention to or even, yes, complains about Worldcon (because you care about the state of speculative fiction & its communities), I *implore you* to take ten minutes and submit a program item or two before the deadline. Thread! 1/13

Monopoly moves from media companies over here. 😭

I guess I should start looking around for the others! This is the worst timeline!

I find it fascinating when people cover the same thing with no coordination. Feels like a piece of media is becoming relevant again!

Never before have I been so thrilled I found the complete Star Trek: TNG collection on DVD at a library book sale.

As stated in the intro: we sure do have a lot of (great) Hugo Award podcasts. Where are the dedicated podcasts for the other awards? 👀 I can't voluntell people, but I CAN hint heavily.

Intergalactic Mixtape #42 Hey! I’m dragging my way through February with the power of rereads. Latest: the Finder Chronicles by Suzanne Palmer. The series doesn’t end on a cliffhanger...

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People are always like what’s something you miss from the past and one of mine is antitrust laws

Fellow fans of The Witch Roads, you can WRITE BOOKS IN and I think we should. 👀

As someone who's been an avid women's hockey fan since the 24-25 PWHL season, the last few days have been...a lot. Don't get me wrong, the women's game is not perfectly progressive* and watching them is not a solution to misogyny.

* See: Britta Curl-Salemme

Another Hugo nomination-time thread! And in this one, I'll be talking about novellas.

(this thread will probably go long, sorry-not-sorry)

keep seeing people talking about Hugo and Nebula nominations which means it is my professional duty to remind you that nominations for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize open on SUNDAY

coming in eight years late with my iced latte to be like: WHAT DO YOU MEAN you can't believe this!? PAL, I'M 19 ADHD RACCOONS IN A TRENCH COAT. 🧥🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝

The NY Mag cover story IS leagues better than any other article that has tried to reckon with the Heated Rivalry phenomenon and what it’s all born out of, but can journos collectively agree to stop linking to fanfiction? Maybe???

1. BS apology from the host
2. Zero apology from BAFTAS
2a. No editing of the broadcast
3. N-word hurled more than once
4. No acts of care or concern towards MBJ or Delroy, Black people
5. Zero accommodations for safety
6. All during BHM

The disrespect is in outer space at this point.

The Core. Ridiculous premise. Ridiculous science. Incredible character work by actors who were clearly having a blast.

thinking abouit how in korean traditional theater there is a monster called yeongno which eats rich people and if it eats 100 of them it gets to go to heaven (I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well and I can't explain what it looks like, sort of like an anteater) Like can we summon this m quasi-normalcy replies - go little fellow!

I believe in you, little guy

Intergalactic Mixtape #41 Hey! It was a quiet week on my feeds, but I was also not on them as much because I downloaded PowerWash Simulator 2 (you can PET THE CATS) and reread...

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2026 Nerds of a Feather Awards Recommended Reading, Part 4: Institutional Categories Welcome to the final part of the Nerds of a Feather 2026 Award Recommendation List! Today will look at the Institutional Categories of Semip...

Honored to be included on the 2026 @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Recommended Reading for Fanzine!

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screencap of a paragraph with links reading: "Read excerpts of The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel and The Sun and the Starmaker by Rachel Griffin at Nerd Daily. Read an excerpt of Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo at Reactor. Emmie Christie has a writer spotlight for Dee Holloway. Here’s a cool interview with Moses Ose Utomi, author of the Forever Desert series. Alexis Hall is at The Fantasy Hive for an interview about Hell’s Heart. At Largehearted Boy, Yah Yah Scholfield shares a music playlist to go along with On Sundays She Picked Flowers."

shout-out for @emmiechristie33.bsky.social (and me!) in @renay.bsky.social's latest Intergalactic Mixtape. follow along with Emmie's short fiction review series here: www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...