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Catherine Fitzsimmons

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I was born in New Hampshire and now live outside Toronto by way of Germany, Belgium, Seattle, and Austin. After working for a number of evil empires, I decided to forgo things like a salary and regular human interaction to start publishing company Brain Lag, which has now published over fifty titles by twenty different authors from across North America and Great Britain. I try to find time for reading, writing, art, gaming, baking, playing guitar and piano, photography, and more at home with my husband, daughter, and two crazy tabbies.

I don’t use Goodreads much, it’s merely a convenient method of keeping track of the books I read. Feel free to go to the About section on my website if you want to contact me.

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As time goes on

I like the celebration of the new year because, ultimately, it’s about optimism for the future. That said, this year has already not started out particularly encouraging for me, so here’s a summary of my 2025 in a few key numbers:

Years married: 20Medical specialist tests that found nothing wrong: 8Five-star entries in my twice-daily mood tracker: 44Nights with insomnia and/or bad sleep: 82

Now, on

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Published on January 04, 2026 05:08
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Halcyon

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The Light Between Stars

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I wanted to revisit this after playing the game again for the first time this century. I enjoyed this manga enough as its own thing, but the mangaka definitely needed more space for the stories they were trying to tell. I did, however, really enjoy h ...more
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Not crazy about the (view spoiler) at the end, as there’s definitely enough going on with what’s been presented so far. Still, really enjoying the story and the art. ...more
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I DNFed one of these but thoroughly enjoyed the rest. In addition to being great stories and a really nice variety between them, these were excellent examples of novellas.
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I just know that when I get as far along in this series as I can that I’m going to be left hanging in a bad way.
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