The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older dares to ask the age-old question: what if Holmes and Watson were lesbians on Jupiter? Come on, you know you’ve wondered.
REVIEW: Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson Is a New Year’s Treat
Nine Liars, Maureen Johnson’s latest mystery in the Stevie Bell series, has her sleuth traveling to England for funzies, only to be caught up in a cold case there. Both the cold case and Stevie’s life are as engaging as always in this gratifying page-turner.
Carmilla’s Kindred: Countess Dolingen and Dracula’s Guest
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature. This is the last in the series. No discussion of female vampires in nineteenth-century literature would be complete without mentioning “Dracula’s Guest”, even though this story did not see publication…
WWAC Reads!
Here at WWAC, we have your winter holiday reading in mind, and can offer all kinds of suggestions for finishing off 2022 with food for thought, starting tense conversations with your family, and/or dialing up the escapism. No pressure, no judgement, but it’s clear that we have excellent taste. Here’s what we’ve been thrilled by…
Carmilla’s Kindred: Ivan Turgenev and Unhappy Clara
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
Carmilla’s Kindred: Gogol and The Viy
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
Carmilla’s Kindred: The Virgin Vampire
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
REVIEW: Legends and Lattes Is a Cozy Nice Time
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree is a fun and cozy found family story about a retired adventurer opening up a coffee shop in a D&D-style city.
Carmilla’s Kindred: Affairs of an Oily-Eyed Woman
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
REVIEW: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell Delivers Cozy Romance and Adventure
Ocean’s Echo, the second novel by Everina Maxwell, takes place in the same universe as Winter’s Orbit and has the same appeal: likable characters in a cozy romance arc have a rollicking adventure full of intergalactic peril and intrigue.
Carmilla’s Kindred: The Vampire Portraits of Hume Nisbet
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
Roundtable: Happy Anniversary Carmilla
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire story Carmilla, which was originally serialized in The Dark Blue magazine between 1871 and 1872. As well as ranking alongside John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Bram Stoker’s Dracula as a foundational text for the vampire genre, Carmilla is remembered as a pioneering work…