Author Archives
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COVER REVEAL: Galactic Hellcats by Marie Vibbert
Ki is a petty thief. Her best friend wills her his solo-flyer—call it a space motorcycle: temperamental, fast as hell, and expensive to maintain. Any reasonable person would sell it to get off the street, but Ki isn’t reasonable. Margot… Read More ›
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UTOPIA is an addicting drug
Utopia (Amazon Prime) is like a free fall into a parallel universe with No Country for Old Men-style killers running around. Created by Gillian Flynn, (Gone Girl) the show opens at a Comic Convention with secret bidding on Dystopia, the… Read More ›
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Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle by Kevin St. Jarre
In this debut from Kevin St. Jarre (Encircle Publications, November 2020) when Tom Tibbets finds himself in a small town in New Hampshire writing refrigerator news for the local rag, he realizes the people in his apartment complex are far… Read More ›
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Queen of None by Natania Barron
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Vernacular Books to publish “Master of Rods and Strings” by Jason Marc Harris in July of 2021
“Master of Rods and Strings”, a novella by Jason Marc Harris, concerns a young puppeteer, named Elias. Born in Saint Siméon, France, Elias becomes obsessed with mastering the arts of occult puppetry. Jealous of the attention lavished upon the puppetry… Read More ›
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In Cobra Kai Season 2, Parents Watch Kids Navigate Cults They Created, Confront Dangers of one-size-fits-all Philosophies
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Cobra Kai: After Fight Breaks Out at Strip Mall, Local Man Questions Whether White Men Without Guns are Dangerous
By Emilia Barrett SAN FERNANDO–After a fight broke out outside his bodega, DaSean Lopez found himself evaluating customers differently. “Before when a man came in looking all broken, buying domestic [beer] it wasn’t a thing. No one looked twice [at… Read More ›
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Five Forthcoming Titles from Vernacular Books!
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Is there such a thing as complete enlightenment? Last Days meets “The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker.
(spoilers ahead) This week my journey to read all the award-nominated and award winning short fiction from the last decade led me to Sarah Pinsker’s “The Court Magician”, which originally appeared in Lightspeed and was nominated for a Nebula. Narrated… Read More ›