Lenore might be the best example I’ve ever come across of a repressed Victorian. She […]
One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns, by Rachel Gillig
Elspeth Spindle is used to hiding. She carries an infection that means death in the […]
Commonplace book: August and September 2026
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The Water House, by Nneoma Ike-Njoku
Celia has spent most of her life exiled from the Nigerian island where she grew […]
May We Feed the King, by Rebecca Parry
Rebecca Parry’s novel, May We Feed the King, is a meditation on how we create […]
From the Library of Jurgen Leitner, by Premee Mohamed and Jonathan Sims
Most people are speaking metaphorically when they say that books are dangerous. Jurgen Leitner is […]
Another Name for Red, by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala
About a year before Amber Blaeser-Wardzala’s novel, Another Name for Red, opens, Middle Sister’s older […]