I’m not going to lie. Up until recently (I’m talking within the past couple of years) I really, really hated hashtags. They popped up across all kinds of social medias, […]
One thing that I’ve noticed, time and time again, is how damn good Neil Gaiman is at writing an ending. From Sandman to Neverwhere to The Graveyard Book, Gaiman wraps […]
With the recent whistleblower scandal revolving around the NSA’s ability to literally wiretap anyone, we figured now would be a hell of a time to brush up on some of the more “Big […]
Ponderous, melancholic, intense, Dave McKean’s monster of a graphic novel is best read slowly over a series of overcast days. Its characters are odd and sometimes unsettling, making them, if […]
The Shining Girls is a fascinating read: it’s got time travel, a ruthless serial killer, a girl who survived being disemboweled, and a time travel logic that hits each point in […]
Part III of our Interview Spotlight series shines brightly on Cory Doctorow, author of such cyberpunk titles as Pirate Cinema and Little Brother. Well-known throughout the interwebz as a figurehead […]
Part II of our Interview Spotlight finds Charles Stross at the front and center of the cyber-punk world. With a career that didn’t begin with writing, Stross has grown into […]
While the book itself is filled with excellent prose and lively characters, The Prisoner of Heaven falls short in the actual storytelling department. Compared to Zafon’s previous two books, which […]
Back when Walt Disney and his brother began their film production company, with a focus on animation, they held themselves and their artists to the highest possible standard. In the […]
Check out our list of what we think are pretty nifty literary mags that are currently open for submissions. If you have a literary journal that you’d like featured here, […]
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