Rebooting Sci-Fi's Transgressive Roots: Amphetamine Sulfate's "Human Rights" Collection
Review by Gabriel Hart
Amphetamine Sulfate's new science fiction anthology bridges a commonly-overlooked gap in transgressive literature.
Review: "Saint 1001" by Daphne Gottlieb
Review by Nick Mamatas
A letter from the culture, addressed to you, like the personal physical correspondence you haven’t received from even your closest friends in years.
Reading Notes: "When Things Get Dark": Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson edited by Ellen Datlow
Review by Sadie Hartmann
I was quite blown away by the quality of every story in this anthology. These are my real-time reviewing notes I wrote down as I read.
"Blind Man’s Bluff" by James Tate Hill: A Review (of sorts)
Review by Ben Tanzer
A beautiful, sad, frustrating memoir about a legally blind man who keeps his diagnosis from the world.
"Runaways: A Writer’s Dilemma" by Michael J. Seidlinger
Review by Alexander Pyles
A review of Michael J. Seidlinger's latest: a genre-straddling, experimental piece of meta-fiction that will feel all too familiar to modern writers.
"Nine Nasty Words" by John McWhorter
Review by Joshua Isard
A preeminent linguist examines realms of language considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power—and why we love them.
"Burroughs And Scotland — Dethroning the Ancients: The Commitment of Exile" by Chris Kelso
Review by Gabriel Hart
Kelso presents a fascinating exploration of Burroughs’s rarely mentioned but highly-formative era in Scotland.
"Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke" by Eric LaRocca
Review by Sadie Hartmann
A review of the upcoming horror novella, "Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke", by Eric LaRocca, in the style of one of my favorite resources, NoveList Plus.
"Twisted: Tainted Tales" by Janine Pipe
Review by Andrew Fowlow
When readers buy "Twisted: Tainted Tales" by Janine Pipe, they are getting an admission ticket to a visceral horror show.
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Review by Andrew Fowlow
We are all incredibly fortunate to have such a skilled writer determined to deliver this important message. Dark fiction with historical context we so desperately deserve.
