reviews

Books: Novels, Novellas, Poetry, Picture Books, Memoirs

• Shuffling the Gothic Cards in “One Dark Window” by Rachel Gillig | Chicago Review of Books [Gothic fantasy]
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Strange Horizons [historical retelling]
• Book of Night by Holly Black | Strange Horizons [dark fantasy]
• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske | Strange Horizons [romantic fantasy]
• Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa | Strange Horizons [children’s fantasy]
• As the Distant Bells Toll by Aleksander Ziljak | Strange Horizons [short story collection]
• The Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes| Strange Horizons [sci-fi novel]
• Honeybones by Georgina Bruce| Strange Horizons [Gothic/horror novella]
• Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard| Strange Horizons [fantasy novella]
• Mask of the Nobleman by Laura Diaz de Arce| Interstellar Flight Magazine [faerytale retelling]

• Pearl Loves Her Name by Clare McBride| IndieReader [children’s fiction]
• A Caregiver’s Response: Our Shared Journey by Gary Pacernick| IndieReader [poetry, autobiography]
• The Immortal Serpent by K.E. Barron| IndieReader [fantasy novel]
• Danielle by Richard and Sonya Soukop| IndieReader [children’s fiction]
• Beyond Morningstar Lane by Miriam C. Crouch| IndieReader [women’s fiction]
• Billy Goats Gruff: The Origin by Roar Alexander Mikalsen| IndieReader [fiction]
• The Power Of The Telling: Collected Poems by David Hathwell| IndieReader [poetry]
• Rise And Fall Of My Beloved by Utanu Maa| IndieReader [poetry, biography]
  
• Louisiana Catch by Sweta Srivastava Vikram [women’s fiction]
• Light Magic for Dark Times by Lisa Marie Basile [New Age, witchcraft]
• The Book Knights by J.G. McKenney [YA, fantasy]
• Belladonna Magic by Christine Stoddard [poetry, photography]
• Raindrops Chasing Raindrops by Paresh Tiwari [poetry, haiku collection]
• The Necessity Of Geography by Trivarna Hariharan [poetry]
• The Smallest of Bones by Holly Walrath [poetry]
  
• Sunshine by Robin McKinley| Open Road Review [fantasy novel]
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt | Open Road Review [literary fiction]
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke| Open Road Review [fantasy novel]
• PAO The Anthology Of Comics| EyeZine [comics]

Film, TV and Web Series:

• The Sandman | The Portalist [series]
• Maleficent 2| Interstellar Flight Magazine [film]
• The Danish Girl| EyeZine [film]
• Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them | The Statesman

Games

• The Perfect Fit to the Puzzle: Roki, Folktales, and Immersive Storytelling | Can I Play That?
• Gone Home| Quail Bell Magazine
  

My earliest reviews of films, music albums, shows and books (not archived here) appeared in Cinema Catharsis and Voices, The Statesman.