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Elantris Reread

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Elantris Reread: “The Hope of Elantris” and Closing Thoughts

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Elantris Reread: Chapter Sixty-Three and Epilogue

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Elantris Reread: Chapter Sixty-Two

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Elantris Reread: Chapter 61

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Elantris Reread: Chapter Sixty

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Fifty-Seven to Fifty-Nine

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Fifty-Five and Fifty-Six

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Fifty-Three and Fifty-Four

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Fifty-One and Fifty-Two

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Forty-Nine and Fifty

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Forty-Seven and Forty-Eight 

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Elantris Reread: Chapters Forty-Four to Forty-Six 

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Five Books About...

Illustration from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; Art by Stephen Gammell
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folklore

Five SFF Works Inspired by Urban Myths

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Detail from the cover of Lore of the Wilds
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Five Books About

Five Romantasies With Brooding Daddies

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Image from the animated film Whisper of the Heart: Shizuku reads in a library
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Studio Ghibli

Five SFF Books That Feel Like Studio Ghibli Films

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Photo of the marquee of The Chicago Theater
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Five Books

Five SFF Books Set in Chicago

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Photo of multiple clocks arranged in a pile
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Five Books About

Five Time Travel Romances About Non-Linear Love

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Detail from the cover of Han Song's Dead Souls
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chinese SFF

Beyond Liu Cixin: 5 New Translated Chinese SFF Books

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Detail from the cover of Naomi Novik's Uprooted; art by Scott McKowen
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Five Books About

Five Witches and Wizards to Fall in Love With

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Mia Farrow as Rosemary in Rosemary's Baby
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Five Books About

Rosemary’s Baby and Beyond: 5 Books That Will Make You Fear Pregnancy

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Frontispiece to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein
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Five Books About

5 Unique, Contemporary Adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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An abandoned white and black wooden house
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Five Books

Five Books about Haunted Houses that Crumble

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Photo of high school lockers
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Five Books About

Five Books Where the Real Horror Is High School

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Photo of brightly colored pill capsules
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Five Books About

Five Books About Fictional Mind-Altering Drugs

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The Great Superhero Rewatch

Tom Hardy as Venom in Venom: The Last Dance
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Aliens suck!” —  Venom: The Last Dance

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Jack Kesy as Hellboy in Hellboy: The Crooked Man
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Forgiven don’t mean forgotten” — Hellboy: The Crooked Man

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Lady Gaga as Harleen Quinzel and Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie a Deux
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“You have a joke for us today?” — Joker: Folie à Deux

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Bill Skarsgård as Eric/The Crow in The Crow (2024)
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“There’s nothing there but here” — The Crow (2024)

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Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“You were always the wrong guy” — Deadpool & Wolverine

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Close-up of Night Man in his superhero costume, featuring a black rubber cowl with one red eyepiece
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“I cannot place my life in the hands of a saxophone player!” — Night Man

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Cassandra Web (Dakota Johnson) in a promotional image for Madame Web
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Now you’re really showing off” — Madame Web

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A scene from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: Aquaman (Jason Momoa) holds a trident.
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“No one hits my brother but me.” — Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

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Screenshot from The Marvels, showing Carol Danvers flying.
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Families are complicated” — The Marvels

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A Scene from Captain Battle: Legacy War -- Close-up of Sam Battle (Cuyle Carvin) wearing an eyepatch
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

Captain America (Very) Lite — Captain Battle: Legacy War

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Rereads/Rewatches
Superhero Movie Rewatch

Ain’t Nothin’ But a Family Thing — Blue Beetle

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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“It really is good to have friends” — Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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Mark As Read

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) stand together during the final scene of Rogue One: A Star Aars Story
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Mark as Read

It’s Okay to Know Where the Story Is Going

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Black and white silhouette illustration of a young woman reading at a table piled with additional books
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Mark as Read

Pace Yourself

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Photo of an open book with extra letters spilling from the pages
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Mark as Read

Tell Me a Differently Shaped Story: SFF That Plays With Form

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Impressionist style painting of a woman seated in a chair reading a book (Detail from "Woman Reading" by Torajiro Kojima, c. 1921)
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Taking the “Shoulds” Out of Reading

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Cover of Boon's Geillustreerd Magazijn (Boon's Illustrated Magazine) No. 7, depicting a woman reading a magazine with an illustration of herself on the cover reading a magazine. Art by Johann Georg van Caspel, c. 1899-1909
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Mark as Read

Reading Writing About Reading and Writing

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Oil painting of a young girl sleeping with her head resting on an open book
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Trying and Failing to Figure Out “Escapism” in Books

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Close-up photo of a pile of wrapped gift boxes
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Holiday Cheer

The Art of Buying Books for Other People

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Photo of block letters, numbers, and symbols used in printing.
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Small Press SFF Might Sometimes Be Harder to Find — But It’s More Than Worth the Effort

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A bookstore seen through a circular gap in a bookshelf
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It’s a Really Good Time to Get Loud About the Books You Love

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abstract painting of a seated woman reading a book next to a table with books, papers, a bottle and glass, and a vase of flowers
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Mark as Read

A Modest Request for a Little More Genre Chaos

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Painting of a woman sitting on a lawn with a parasol and a book
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In Praise of Things Being Just Plain Good

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Watercolor painting of the earth
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Mark as Read

Coming to Terms With Climate Fiction

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Reading The Weird

Blood and Doppelgangers: Hildur Knútsdóttir’s The Night Guest (Part 2)

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Sustainable Hauntings: Three Modern Works to Celebrate Poetry Month

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Googling Up the Wrong Tree: Hildur Knútsdóttir’s The Night Guest (Part 1)

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Illustration for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Christabel" depicting two women, one reclined on a bed and the other standing near a table with an open book.

Never Trust a Beautiful Damsel in the Woods: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Christabel”

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Cover of Stephen King's Pet Sematary

Hitting Bottom: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (Part 21)

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Cover of After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones

Finding It in the Atlas Doesn’t Help: Stephen Graham Jones’ “Xebico”

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Down the Worst Roller-Coaster: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (Part 20)

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No Messages on Wire Two: H.F. Arnold’s “The Night Wire”

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The Swamp Is Alive With the Sound of Screaming: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (Part 19)

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Cover of Nightmare Magazine issue 145 (October 2024)

Crowns of Bone Are Really Uncomfortable: Gemma Files’ “Little Horn”

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I Don’t Wanna Talk About It: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (Part 18)

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Cover of Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror

Monsters With No Grandeur or Style Whatsoever: Goodnight Xiaoqing’s “The Shanxiao”

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Reading The Wheel of Time

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Loial Makes Vows and Lews Therin Fights a Battle in Knife of Dreams (Part 14)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Elayne Has Many Meetings and Aviendha Discovers a Skill in Knife of Dreams (Part 13)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Elayne Really Needs a Dry Outfit in Knife of Dreams (Part 12)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Mat Faces Swords and Perrin Faces Arrows in Knife of Dreams (Part 11)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: A Collar, a Village and a Tower in Knife of Dreams (Part 10)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Dragons Eggs and Eelfinn’s Eyes in Knife of Dreams (Part 9)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Hope and Danger Go Hand in Hand in Knife of Dreams (Part 8)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Perrin Makes a Deal With the Dark One (Sort Of) in Knife of Dreams (Part 7)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Everyone Has Their Own Agenda in Knife of Dreams (Part 6)

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch

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Rereads and Rewatches
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These Were the Voyages — Looking Back on 13 Years of Star Trek Rewatches

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Captain Archer gives the Vulcan salute. Screenshot from Star Trek: Enterprise "Kir'Shara"
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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: Fourth Season Overview

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Screenshot of T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) and Riker (Jonathan Frakes) in the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise
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Star Trek

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “These are the Voyages…”

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Screenshot of T'Pol holding a baby in Star Trek: Enterprise, "Terra Prime"
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Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Terra Prime”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Demons”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “In a Mirror, Darkly” (Part I)

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Bound”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Divergence”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Affliction”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “The Aenar”

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Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “United”

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Terry Pratchett Book Club

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Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Shepherd’s Crown, Part III

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Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Shepherd’s Crown, Part II

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Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Shepherd’s Crown, Part I

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Cover of Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Raising Steam, Part IV

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Cover of Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Raising Steam, Part III

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Cover of Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Raising Steam, Part II

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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Raising Steam, Part I

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Cover of Terry Pratchett's Dodger, showing the title character entering or exiting a manhole in a dark street, tipping his high hat, and holding a blade, with a dog by his side.

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Dodger, Part III

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Cover of Terry Pratchett's Dodger, showing the title character entering or exiting a manhole in a dark street, tipping his high hat, and holding a blade, with a dog by his side.

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Dodger, Part II

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Cover of Terry Pratchett's Dodger, showing the title character entering or exiting a manhole in a dark street, tipping his high hat, and holding a blade, with a dog by his side.

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Dodger, Part I

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Cover of Snuff by Terry Pratchett, showing Vimes steering a boat, surrounded by chickens, in a chaotic scene.

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Snuff, Part IV

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Cover of Snuff by Terry Pratchett, showing Vimes steering a boat, surrounded by chickens, in a chaotic scene.

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Snuff, Part III

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Close Reads

Gandalf standing alone in Rings of Power, season 2 episode 2
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Gandalf and the Search for One’s True Name

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A scene from Star Wars: The Acolyte; Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Koril (Margarita Levieva) stand with the rest of the coven.
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Close Reads

A Gentle Request for More Witches in Star Wars

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Cover of Herman Melville's Redburn with cover art by Edward Gorey
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Close Reads

Illustrating the Subtext: Edward Gorey’s Homoerotic Cover Art for Melville’s Redburn

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Alicent (Olivia Cooke) stands with King Viserys (Paddy Considine) in the midst of his model of Old Valyria in House of the Dragon.
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Close Reads

A Eulogy for House of the Dragon’s Model of Old Valyria

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Cassandra Webb attends a baby shower and tries to lighten the mood.
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The One Truly Great Scene in Madame Web

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Close Reads

Chaos Under the Corset: When Romance Covers Hide Revolution

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Close Reads

We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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Coraline wears a star-patterned sweater in a scene from Coraline
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Close Reads

Considering the Perfect Knits of Coraline

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Scarlett Johansson as an alien in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin
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Close Reads

The Artistic Bravery of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin

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Close Reads

Let’s All Celebrate the Weirdness of Exorcist III’s Dream Sequence

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Close Reads

A Bloody Fool? On Mark E. Smith’s Smile

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Close Reads

The Wonders of Worf’s Character Arc

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Tingle Takeover

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Tingle Takeover

“Horror Is Not a Celebration of Death, It Is a Celebration of Life”: Chuck Tingle Talks Camp Damascus

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Tingle Takeover

TINGLED BY FIVE OF CHUCK’S FAVORITE HORROR GRAPHIC NOVELS

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Tingle Takeover

Not Pounded By The Physical Manifestation Of Chuck Tingle’s Traditional Publishing Deal Because He Writes About More Than Just Pounding However If This Book Was About Pounding That Would Be Okay Too Because There’s Nothing Wrong With Sexuality In Art

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Tingle Takeover

YOUR CAMP DAMASCUS MIXTAPES

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Excerpt

Read an Excerpt From Camp Damascus, the Horror Debut From Chuck Tingle

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Tingle Takeover

Art in Defiance of the Endless Cosmic Nothing

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Author Chuck Tingle has taken over Tor.com
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Tingle Takeover

I, TWO TIME HUGO AWARD FINALIST CHUCK TINGLE, HAVE TAKEN OVER TOR.COM

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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