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Welcome to the Bitch Bubble by Lauren Dixon

Cover of Welcome to the Bitch Bubble by Lauren Dixon

Welcome to the Bitch Bubble—Lauren Dixon’s debut short story collection—danced, stalked, frolicked, and spirited through my imagination like a burning yeti streaking through a forest.  These sixteen stories gripped me with their kinetic energy and emotional range.  Sheela-na-gig in a convent, a yeti wrestling with luchadors, an NFL running back with a...

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became, Color Separated Image of NYC

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen is an urban fantasy thrill-ride with big social justice heart and a plot that symbolically resonates with current events—the current occupant of the White House, alt-right, and Black Lives Matter.  The City We Became is a wonderfully plotted, edge-of-your-seat page-turner.  Brooklyn, Bronca, Padmini, and...

The Devourers by Indra Das

The Devourers Cover

The Devourers by Indra Das engages on many levels and resists easy definition. You might read several different synopses of The Devourers and wonder if the reviewers hadn’t mistakenly read different novels; there’s good reason for this—Das’s novel is intricate, unpredictable, and complex. Layers of narrative peel back like an...

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