Product exec, SFF Writer, Producer and GM of dice.camp/@ExplorersWanted , a Numenera actual play podcast.
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Groundhog Day meets Deadpool in Django Wexler’s raunchy, hilarious, blood-splattered fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending …
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Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
Grad student Alice Law has only …
Faith healers discovered their snakes now had opinions, many of which were kinder than their own. Relics were demanding their burials, along with a share of what wealth had been accrued through illegal use of their matter. The graveyards woke with barghests and gwisin. Rat kings whispered through the walls. The housing market collapsed as hauntings drove tenants to paranoia. Psychiatrists were initially delighted by the prodigious business but then discovered that their clientele weren't all human and weren't there for simple conversation. Statues wept; no one would sleep for months.
As was customary, the authorities did very little until this plague of global re-enchantment led to a decimation of the workforce. Unable to rest, unable to eat without worrying if their salad would consign them to a lifetime in a fae lord's service, unable to distinguish loved ones from doppelgängers, people began choosing the ledge, the pill bottle, the train tracks, the gun. Suddenly, it was a problem that needed immediate solving. Capitalism was unsustainable without bodies to feed the machine.
— Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw (Page 11 - 12)
This gem of world-building was a strong start to the book.
Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
Grad student Alice Law has only …
“Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”
In the small town of Thistleford, …
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and …
This book had no business being as much fun as it was. Even though I had seen it recommended by friends, I went in skeptical, but was sucked in right away. It's by no means high literature, but Carl and Princess Donut's escapades are a delight. What this book lacks in substance it makes up with pure candy-coated silliness. This was the perfect weekend read.
Admittedly, I am solidly in the target demographic, being an avid TTRPG player, and there was plenty of fan service along those lines. Added pluses for some nose tweaking to the manosphere as well. On the surface, this could have come across as a different take on Ready Player One, but this one didn't leave the same bad taste in my mouth.
There's a lot of world building going on in this first book, with many hints of darkness to come, and without …
This book had no business being as much fun as it was. Even though I had seen it recommended by friends, I went in skeptical, but was sucked in right away. It's by no means high literature, but Carl and Princess Donut's escapades are a delight. What this book lacks in substance it makes up with pure candy-coated silliness. This was the perfect weekend read.
Admittedly, I am solidly in the target demographic, being an avid TTRPG player, and there was plenty of fan service along those lines. Added pluses for some nose tweaking to the manosphere as well. On the surface, this could have come across as a different take on Ready Player One, but this one didn't leave the same bad taste in my mouth.
There's a lot of world building going on in this first book, with many hints of darkness to come, and without spoilers I can say the ending is kind of abrupt and odd. So I'm taking this down a star. I'll have to see how I feel about the second one plays out and ends to really understand if I like it as a series, but on the whole I found this first entry delightful.
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive New York Times bestselling …
In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can …
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years to bring one thousand sleeping souls to a …
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, a special gift edition of Edgedancer, a short novel of the …
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The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of …
Years ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself …
