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Lindsey Byrd on pulling the world of science and medicine into the world of magic

When I first applied for university, I went to Alfred State College, a SUNY school…

Bryony Pearce: Why do we love myth?

Myths are tales presented as factual accounts, which focus on gods and goddesses and /…

Alex Summers: The importance of seeing yourself in queer literature

If you can see it, you can be it. It’s always been true – but…

Swimming Home Review

Isabel (Mackenzie Davis), Josef (Christopher Abbott) and their teenage daughter Nina (Freya Hannan-Mills) arrive in…

Cloud Review

Yoshii (Masaki Suda) works in a factory, but he makes most of his money from…

Andy Darcy Theo on the found family trope

The found family trope has long been a beloved staple in young-adult books, and for…

Book Review: The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton

Honora ‘Nora’ Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in Gammanix. Her family…

Read an extract from A Better Nightmare by Megan Freeman

Emily Emerson has the Grimm. A disease nobody wants. Removed to a facility, she becomes…

April Fiction: 6 unputdownable books to read this month

From a speculative murder mystery and a gothic historical thriller to a bookish tale of…

Book Review: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Linda is a woman in her early 30s who is sexually attracted to airplanes. Yes,…

Trisha Tobias: What’s In a Name – The Power of Starting Fresh

Honeysuckle and Bone touches on many topics: guilt, shame, grief, secrets. But at its core,…

Maithree Wijesekara: How my work as a dentist has helped me create multi-layered characters in my fantasy world

Writing gore comes easier to me than writing romance. While this is unfortunate from a…