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Rishika Aggarwal is a poet living in Mumbai, India. Her work has been featured, or is upcoming, in The Rising Phoenix Review, Vagabond City Lit, the Sapphic Swan Zine, and Picaroon Poetry's Deranged.

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This was a quick, easy read as a follow up to the Honjin Murders, and I can definitely tell why Yokomizo is considered the king of Golden Age Japanese mysteries. That said, I do feel as though Honjin was the stronger of the two of his books that I’ve ...more
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This was my first Janice Hallet, and I thoroughly enjoyed my experience! I'd heard a couple of mixed reviews on The Appeal, and it did make me a bit hesitant to get into this one - but I'm so very glad I did! This book is an experience that I can't qui ...more
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Rishika Aggarwal rated a book did not like it The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Read this as part of the Romancing the Gothic bookclub. Well, this was...a read? This book is a classic of Iranian literature, and is considered a masterpiece of modern gothic fiction, but I'll be honest, I didn't get it. I couldn't tell you what the p ...more
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Read this as part of the Romancing the Gothic bookclub. Well, this was...a read? This book is a classic of Iranian literature, and is considered a masterpiece of modern gothic fiction, but I'll be honest, I didn't get it. I couldn't tell you what the p ...more
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Rishika Aggarwal rated a book it was amazing Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was an extremely compelling, very weird, creepily gothic story that has gotten its hooks into me and refuses to let me go. Set in an alternate 1923, it's a story about a 'melancholy' woman committed (with her approval) to an asylum on the Moon. O ...more
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