Emilia Barret’s August Streaming Viewer’s Guide
In this post, Vernacular’s resident satirist picks on their favorite shows and movies streaming for the month of August.
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FICTION: The Star Seed Witches Meet at Midnight by Patrice Sarath
The Star Seed Witches Meet at Midnight By Patrice Sarath Copyright 2021 All Rights Reserved Cover Art from “Study of Witches Going to their Sabbath” by Luis Ricardo Falero from Wikimedia Commons The Open 24 Hours sign was a beacon… Read More ›
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Sura of Blood by Marie Vibbert
Having failed to make the pilgrimage in life, I decided to do so in death. It was easy to put off. There was always next year or the next, but the news warned of biometric passkeys soon. I’d spent enough… Read More ›
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Cover Reveal: The Wasp Child by Rhiannon Rasmussen
Available from Vernacular Books in March 2022, this sci-fi novella breathes new life into some of Kafka’s themes about capitalist society and identity present in some of his most famous works (like The Metamorphosis) by setting them on Meridian Colony,… Read More ›
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Cara Musashi reviews two versions of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
When you ask an avid reader why they choose to spend so much of their time reading, you’re likely to get a variety of answers. Perhaps one of the most common — including my own personal reason — is because… Read More ›
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The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
By Megan Bosarge What’s more important in a novel? Great writing or a great story? Is there a difference between the two? And is it wrong to tell someone else’s story? Such are the probing questions in Jean Hanff Korelitz… Read More ›
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Ka by John Crowley
The author John Crowley needs no introduction. His masterwork, Little, Big, is on Harold Bloom’s list of 100 great books, and widely credited as an influence among leading authors of our time, like Elizabeth Hand and Neil Gaiman, and his… Read More ›
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Where You Linger and Other Stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, forthcoming in 2021!
We are very pleased to announce that we will be publishing a mosaic book by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam in 2021, set in a magical place like our own, but haunted with bone animals, phantoms, and more. The mosaic explores the… Read More ›
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K.J. Parker’s Inside Man
Once upon a time, Joss Whedon launched a little blockbuster named Avengers and, in one of a billion interviews, spoke of how the faceless people in black masks holding automatic weapons and carelessly broken by superheroes were actually important, and shouldn’t be overlooked. Those little people have stories to tell. They can push the drama in new and exciting directions, if you let them. It’s potent writing advice and you can tell KJ Parker was thinking along the same lines, if not taking it to heart.
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Natania Barron wins 2021 Manly Wade Wellman Award!
The competition for this award was quite daunting, as North Carolina boasts a bevy of talented writers, but ultimately Barron’s unique, feminist retelling that captures a view of King Arthur’s court from a vantage never before imagined, won the hearts of judges.
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Reviewer Shout Out Time!
We love to see reviews of our books posted to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, personal blogs, Facebook pages — even just a quick note on Twitter! The most helpful thing any reader can do for an author is to… Read More ›
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Cara Musashi reviews two versions of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
July 28, 2021
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The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
July 26, 2021
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K.J. Parker’s Inside Man
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Elmer’s Epic Job Placement Service for Non-Traditional Workers
March 26, 2021
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Elmer’s Epic Job Placement Service for Non-Traditional Workers
February 26, 2021