Charlee Jacob’s vampire novel Vestal was published in 2005, the same year that Stephenie Meyer gave vampires a newfound popularity with Twilight. Jacob had tackled vampires before, of course: her debut novel This Symbiotic Fascination was in part a vampire tale, and she also wrote enough vampire short stories to fill an entire anthology, The…
REVIEW: A Gorgeous Take on Fairytales: Trungles’ Star Spinner Tarot
It’s always exciting for the tarot community when a new indie deck by a popular artist comes out, and particularly so when it’s a project I’ve been excited about for so long! I’ve been following the progress of Trungles’ Star Spinner Tarot since about 2015, when I first saw the gorgeous four Lovers cards. (Yes,…
Hugo Awards Reviews: Short Stories – Part 3
Concluding the exploration of the Hugo Awards Short Stories category (read part 1 and part 2) with the final reviews below, we have journeyed from a fantasy empire to an apocalyptic future, met cloud-people and the living dead, and heard tales of cannibal women and dancing dolls. Along the way, it is hard to miss…
The Incredible Story of Two Moms in Love: A Motherlover Review
Motherlover is a webcomic by Lindsay Ishihiro about two moms from very different worlds who will eventually fall in love. It will be published in print by Iron Circus Comics in 2023, but is free to read online, updating at the rate of one full-color page a week.
2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Short Stories – Part 2
Continuing our reviews of the 2020 Hugo Awards finalists in the Short Stories category, we move on to “Blood is Another Word for Hunger” by Rivers Solomon and “As the Last I May Know” by S. K. Huang.
Sabrina: Something Wicked #1
After the popular Sabrina: The Teenage Witch miniseries of 2019, the team has blessed us with a sequel and I, for one, was pretty excited to get my paws on it. Does it continue to make magic with the beloved teenage witch?
2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Short Stories – Part 1
The pandemic may have led to conventions around the world being cancelled, but many of their events have managed to survive in virtual form – Worldcon’s annual Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy being one example. The awards are scheduled to be presented in August, under different circumstances but retaining the same spirit as…
John Constantine: Hellblazer is Full of Complications and Compassion
Previous issues of John Constantine: Hellblazer have embraced the series’ legacy with open arms. Writer Simon Spurrier, artists Aaron Campbell and Matías Bergara, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer Aditya Bidikar have crafted a story that is not only horrifying but explicitly political; its villains are demons and devils, yes, but aided by the literal powers…
The Osiris Path Searches for the History of Humanity — in Space?
The Osiris Path is a brand new comic series from Behemoth, having launched with a first chapter entitled Ladder of the Gods. If you like space, if you like archaeology, and if you like alternative history, then you should definitely check out The Osiris Path, given that these all play central roles in the story…
DC PUBWATCH June 2020 Edition
Hi, friends! June just kinda flew by, didn’t it? But also it seemed to last forever too, right? In the June 2020 DC Pubwatch, we are almost back to a sense of normalcy in a small way with the number of books releasing being similar to pre-quarantine days. The biggest piece of DC news this…
We Served the People: Calming and Conflicted
Emei Burell’s graphic novel We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories depicts Burell’s mother, Yuan Ye Ping’s, experience of the Down to the Countryside Movement during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Through these stories, told through prose, art, and incorporating photographs, the audience reflects on the lived experience of the Cultural Revolution. It’s an important, subtle…
Bleed Them Dry: A Ninja Vampire Tale #1 Is a Sleek and Bloody Debut
The year is 3333 and immortals walk among us — except for the six that have been found dead, confirming that there is a serial killer in our midst. Up until then, vampires and humans have coexisted amicably. Now Detective Harper Halloway and her partner, Atticus Black, must solve the case of the vampire slayer…
