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from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.
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Jack by Connie Willis ★★★★☆
Taking place during the London air raids of WW2 the story slowly shows a world in crisis where odd balls bloom, where ordinary people become extraordinary. Where a vampire can become a hero, or at least seem that way. Rather like the decorated RAF pilot can seem like more than an indiscriminate killer.
A North Light by Gwyneth Jones ★★☆☆☆ Passively feeding vampires Camilla and Sheridan stay at a crappy Irish B&B. Camilla passes on her gift to the abused B&B matron thus regaining her humanity. It was a soft boring story.
A Cold Heart by Tobias S. Buckell DNFIt’s written in the second person. You like this not.
The Colonel Returns to the Stars by Robert Silverberg ★★½☆☆
That was a long undramatic story about an Imperial fixer who goes native on his last assignment.
For the record Chingada means shit in Mexican. It was funny/weird to have a system named the Grand Chingada.
The God of Dark Laughter (2001) by Michael Chabon ★★★½☆
A murdered and mutilated clown is one of the last of the inbred followers of the dark god of laughter. Once they are all gone the rival cults god is suppose to return. The cop investigating has his doubts about who will have the last laugh.
Just finished Alien Worlds - adamant thumbs up! Unfortunately there are only four episodes.
Melanie wrote: "I haven't seen The Forest, I thought it might be just one of those serial-killer-kills-young-women shows, does it have a supernatural element?” It turns out I meant Black Spot not The Forest, apologies Melanie.
Just finished Barbarians, it was ok.
Canavan, that preview certainly left much to be desired. As does the resume of the actress playing Clarice, but I will give it a chance.
To anyone who thought you could not mix Mad Max and Tron, I give you the Tribes of Europa! https://youtu.be/apHChysMgcQ
For those of us who dearly miss Hannibal perhaps Clarice will ease the burden: https://youtu.be/6r5vvcljlOo
Thanks for the rec, I need to check out more from her.
A Redress for Andromeda (2000) by Caitlín R. Kiernan ★★★★☆
“Do saints ever have choices?”
A Halloween date goes sideways when Tara realizes she is the very special guest of a multidimensional Deep Ones cult.
The Night Stair by Angela Slatter ★★★★★
Loved it! Dark fantasy gothic movie-of-the-week! It was lush, spooky, and quietly evil. I could picture myself eating pizza on a dark and stormy night in the 80s (there would have rum too by the 90s) watching Aldisa navigate a dangerous fancy household towards her revenge!
Black cybernetic superhero: https://youtu.be/quuqnob_IMQThe action looks good but I would be more excited if the backdrop and storyline didn’t look so grey. Grey isn’t always gritty realism, sometimes it’s just boring.
Fangtastic, A True Blood Reboot is in the Works at HBOhttps://the-line-up.com/true-blood-re...
I hope it’s Dahlia the vampire of Rhodes. She was a character in side stories that had nothing to do with the main stories.
The Winter Soldier is back! https://youtu.be/MVFZ6KoJGUENo, I’m not getting Disney+, I have Netflix, Prime, The Great Courses, and CBS All Access. That is enough.
Yes, her acting is likely the highlight of that green screen video gamey odd ball movie.
Korean horror! It’s a little video gamey for my taste but I will probably watch it: https://youtu.be/7rI56NmD33Y
Lego!
Stephanie wrote: "The Book of Dragons is on sale today for $1.99. https://smile.amazon.com/Book-Dragons......"Purchased!
It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers is on sale: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088HDKF4B?...Purchased!
