Reviewed by Abby Lavery “Monsterhood is a girl’s body you don’t belong in,” says Noon, the protagonist of Trang Tranh Tran’s They Bloom at Night, a YA queer horror novel […]
Book Review
Dream House as Book Review: A Review of Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”
Reviewed by Abby Lavery Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House is more than a memoir; it dissects queer history, repurposes literary structures and tropes, and masters the use of […]
Reviewing the Story of Loneliness in Piranesi
Reviewed by Samuel Bross Susanna Clark’s second published novel could be considered a bizarre, adventurous piece of fantasy fiction. The story’s main character, Piranesi, is trapped in a “house” so […]
Discovering Ruta Sepetys’ Techniques of Combining History and Fiction in I Must Betray You
reviewed by Yuliya Shepilo In her 2022 historical fiction novel, I Must Betray You, Ruta Sepetys tells a story of a Romanian teenager, Cristian Florescu, who finds himself in a […]
Archiving Horror: Valancourt’s Magic Mixture
reviewed by Abbie Hoffer When discussing seminal works of horror such as Dracula, Rosemary’s Baby, or The Shining, the word “timeless” is one of the greatest compliments a horror writer […]
“If you can write, you can draw”: Rebecca Fish Ewan’s Doodling for Writers
reviewed by Leila May My sister is an artist. You can trace her practice across the years: thick pencil marks and shades of grey into the wafts of watercolors blossoming […]
Everyday Beauty, Everyday Bleakness: Review of Ted Kooser’s Red Stilts
reviewed by Isaac Fox Poets have been comparing stages of life with the seasons for a very, very long time. Over years, decades, and centuries, that metaphor has moved from […]
Exploring the World of Edible Wonders: Gastro Obscura
reviewed by Leila May Enough soggy salads and jelly sandwiches smashed at the bottom of lunch boxes: it’s time to revitalize our menu. While meals can become part of the […]
700 Rejections and Counting: Review of In a Flash!: Writing and Publishing Dynamic Flash Prose by Melanie Faith
Reviewed by Isaac Fox Nonfiction | Writing reference. 296 Pages. Vine Leaves Press: 2018. Available Here Every writer who publishes their work knows what it feels like to read a […]
Interdimensional Slashers, Sirens, and Rock Stars : Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea
reviewed by Leila May Fiction | Story Collection. 320 pages. Small Beer Press: Easthampton, Massachusetts, 2019. Paperback $17.00. Available Here One morning, you might find an envelope nestled between stacks […]