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A college student sits alone. Their housemates are away for Christmas, and a storm howls beyond the walls, the branches of a tree tap-tap-tapping against the window. The wind drops for a moment, and in the pause they hear a creak on the stairs, a footfall where there should be none. Their breath catches in their throat.
The woodsman nails a plank across the window to his hut, making sure to hammer those tacks all the way in. He knows...
The Bookseller polled agents recently, and they saw one major trend for 2022 as ‘Joy-seeking, as readers continue to gravitate towards books that inspire, lighten, and distract...’ They also dubbed an increase in science fiction sales as showing the desire for ‘escapism’. Almost any book distracts, or could be used to ‘escape’, but never mind.
As I hear some sneering from all around me, some...
J.R.R. Tolkien isn’t the only dead white male author to write epic fantasy dominated by male characters, though you wouldn’t necessarily know that from the internet. The debate over his authorial intent has only increased recently as early scenes from the upcoming adaptation “The Rings of Power” have been released, showing women and non-white actors portraying Tolkien’s characters, something that depending on who...
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