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Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Book review: The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Samantha Mills is a Hugo, Locus, Sturgeon, and Nebula Award-winning author who has published a dozen short stories since 2018. Her fiction has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and others. Mills has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, as well as the Hugo and Astounding Awards. She has a Master's Degree in Information and Library Science, and she is a trained archivist focusing on helping local historical societies and research libraries. Mills lives in Southern California. The Wings Upon Her Back is her debut novel.
Publisher: Tachyon (Apr 23) Length: 336 pages Formats: Genre: Science Fantasy, Alternate History
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Monday, April 22, 2024
Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten
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OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO: Hannah Whitten has been writing to amuse herself since she could hold a pen, and sometime in high school, figured out that what amused her might also amuse others. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, making music, or attempting to bake. She lives in an old farmhouse in Tennessee with her husband, children, two cats, a dog, and probably some ghosts.
FORMAT/INFO: The Hemlock Queen was published on April 9th, 2024 by Orbit Books. It is 464 pages long and told in first person from Lore's point of view. It is available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats.
OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: The king is dead, long live the king. After surviving the machinations of his father and the Priest Exalted, Prince Bastian has ascended to the throne, with Lore and Gabriel at his side. But even as Bastian sets about reforming the court, Lore can't help but feel uneasy. She and Bastian defied prophecy, but at what cost? Was the promised end of the world a fiction, or is it taking its time arriving? With Bastian's demeanor changing more and more each day and a voice whispering in Lore's mind at night, Lore begins to get the sense that she and her friends may have unleashed more than they realized.
The Hemlock Queen is an aching fantasy full of longing for connection and a stubborn refusal of destiny. Lore, Bastian, and Gabriel all want to be with each other in some fashion or another, but ironically, the more circumstances push them together, the more they have to struggle to stay apart. In The Foxglove King, Lore's position as a blackmailed spy against Bastian kept her from fully trusting both him and Gabriel, even as she fell for both men. Now as Bastian ascends to the throne, she finds herself mistrusting both of them once more, even as Bastian lifts Lore to prominence in the court.
That sense of pining, of the heartbreak of being physically close to someone while still having to guard your heart against them, is where The Hemlock Queen thrives. Lore's slow realization of what is happening at court causes her to bear secrets all on her own, without anyone to confide in. She's isolated even in the heart of a group of people that she loves, looking for a way to fix something that might not be fixable - or at least, not in a way that she likes.
But this also leads to the book's weakness, which is that the characters spend way too much time with their heads in the sand, refusing to address the problem that is becoming more and more self-evident as the story goes on. It takes nearly 2/3 of the book before there is a collective acknowledgement of what is happening, leaving the middle of the book to drag as Lore refuses to truly engage with the crisis or to work with her allies to find a solution. It gave me the feeling of watching her go "La la la, I can't hear you" with hands clapped over her ears. Despite the tragedy of it all, I ended up being a bit frustrated watching Lore refuse to put a name to her fears.
CONCLUSION: Despite dragging its feet a bit, I was still swept away by The Hemlock Queen The tragedy of melodrama repeating across the centuries was engrossing, heighted by the sensations of isolation and paranoia. The Hemlock Queen is a wonderful follow-up to The Foxglove King, and I cannot wait for the finale.
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The Big Idea: Chris Panatier
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We all have voices in our heads. But what do you do when one becomes so loud they begin to take over? Author Chris Panatier is here with his newest horror novel, The Redemption of Morgan Bright, to show what can happen when two “people” occupy the same body.
CHRIS PANATIER:
The first Big Idea for my horror novel The Redemption of Morgan Bright wasn’t even my idea. In fact, it’s one of the oldest tropes across virtually all genres, that is, the falsification of one’s identity as a means to gaining entrance to some place. In the case of asylums, perhaps the most famous account is that of young journalist Nellie Bly, who did so in 1887 at the age of twenty-three.
In order to investigate patient treatment and conditions, she assumed the name “Natalie Brown” and had herself committed to the infamous Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island in New York. The administration was convinced she was mentally ill, calling her “positively deranged” and attempting to have her committed permanently. Her editor had to intervene to have her discharged. Bly wrote a book about her experience called Ten Days in a Madhouse and published it that same year.
The Redemption of Morgan Bright is a contemporary gothic tale. A woman (Morgan) assumes the false identity of a troubled housewife named Charlotte Turner and has herself committed to an “enlightened” mental institution called Hollyhock House. She’s doing all of this to find out why her sister died in the same place a year earlier.
I’d originally set out to write the entire novel from Morgan’s perspective, whether as herself in relevant flashbacks or in the leadup to her commitment, or while behaving as Charlotte. But in early drafting, that setup quickly disintegrated—and not because of any outlining or planning on my part. I couldn’t have planned what happened, which was that as I wrote Morgan playing Charlotte, Charlotte became real.
It was from writing the dueling points of view of both Charlotte and Morgan that this new dynamic emerged, what I’ll call Chris’s Accidental Big Idea. Charlotte’s identity bled into Morgan’s and eventually took over. As a Proud Pantser™ (those who write “from the seat of their pants” rather than outlining), this was the type of interesting angle you hope to stumble upon.
And so it was that Charlotte quickened from a character created by Morgan, into a fully realized individual. She has a distinct personality, desires, flaws, the full range of human emotion, and most importantly, goals. Charlotte has goals. The problem, of course, is that what she wants and what Morgan wants aren’t aligned. In fact, they’re entirely incompatible. That can be problematic when they both live in the same head—and it was that tension that really propelled this story forward.
I’ll leave it to the reader to decide if the dynamic between Charlotte and Morgan is better characterized as psychological (a possible manifestation of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), historically referred to as “multiple personality disorder”) or as paranormal (possession), or even a hybridization of the two.
Unlike a demon, Charlotte is not an invasive entity that comes from an external place—indeed, she was created by Morgan—nor is Charlotte an identity created as a response to trauma, as is often the case with DID. In this story, she’s a new thing. Regardless of the characterization, one of the story’s central conflicts is a case of battling identities stemming from the sober, rational, and sane creation of a mask that takes on a life of its own and eventually subjugates the wearer. Two standout books that explore the opposite ends of this spectrum are Sara Gran’s Come Closer (demon possession) and Catriona Ward’s sure classic The Last House on Needless Street (DID).
They say ‘write what scares you’ and the crossroads of lost identity and lack of control make my blood run cold. I’m just happy that my lawless pantsing led me to this fantastic source of conflict.
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A Red Jackal Mystery
By Jonathan W. Sweet
A Brick Pickle Pulp
152 pgs
Of all the New Pulp avengers now battling from various
publishers, one of our personal favorites is Jonathan W. Sweet’s Red Jackal. It
is as if Sweet mixed up old classic pulp heroes with comic characters. Where as
the Jackal is a whole lot like both Bruce Wayne, aka, Batman and Britt Reid,
aka the Green Hornet. He’s actually Blake Randolph, a big city publisher and
handsome man-about-town. Whereas his crime fighting methods are based on
ancient Egyptian skills he learned while traveling abroad.
In this adventure, Red Jackal takes on several Minnesota based criminal
gangs who are trying to fix college football games. As ever aided by his
brother, Daniel, his chauffeur Geoffrey and police Lt. MacDaniels, Randolph has his hands
full in this face paced actioner. Kudos to writer Sweet, who, although his main
characters are fictitious, sets them against real Minnesota history, to include famous
criminal personas.
In all a really fun read that is packaged along with a bonus
short story at the back, “The Hell Bus.” We also what to give a worth shout out
to the folks responsible for this entry interior illustrations. They were quite
effective in adding to the drama.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Eat Like an Author: Judith Krummeck
When most people get bored, they eat. When I get bored, I brainstorm new series and features for the blog, and THEN eat. A couple years ago, as I was brainstorming and contemplating what I wanted to eat, I thought how cool it would be to have a mini-foodie series where authors share the things they like to eat. Photos and recipes and all. And so I asked them, and amazingly they responded, and I dubbed it EAT LIKE AN AUTHOR.
Today, Judith Krummeck shared with us a Ukrainian dish to help us celebrate her new novel The Deceived Ones.
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HOW HOLUBTSI TIES IN TO THE DECEIVED ONES
When Vira becomes a refugee from the war in Ukraine, she is
sponsored in the U.S. through the Uniting for Ukraine program by Peta Masters
who is vegan. By way of a thank you, Vira prepares for Peta a Ukrainian meal
that includes vegan Holubsti, which are a type of Ukrainian cabbage
roll.
VEGAN HOLUBTSI (UKRAINIAN STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)
Credit for photos go to Yvette
Freter.
Credit also to the sous
chef Lizzy
Author: Anastasia
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
Yield: 12 rolls
Category: Main course
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Instructions
Cook
bulgur wheat in 1 cup of water for 10 minutes or until all liquid is
absorbed.
To
peel the cabbage first cut out the stem. Put the head into a large pot
with boiling water and blanch for about 3 minutes. Turn the head and cook
for another 3 minutes. If your cabbage is young it might take less time to
soften.
Take
out the cabbage and let it cool. Gently peel the leaves and set aside. (Use
leftover cabbage in another recipe. You can throw it in soups.)
Heat
oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until soft and
translucent. Then add garlic and stir for a minute. Throw in grated carrot
and sauté for 3 minutes or so.
Now
add spices, cooked bulgur, brown sugar, and vegetable bouillon. Stir until
all liquid is absorbed and remove from the heat.
Next
heat oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Again sauté onion until soft and
then add garlic and carrot. Cook for few more minutes. Add dried oregano,
tomato paste, chopped tomatoes, salt, black pepper and water. Bring to a
boil, cover, lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Preheat
oven to 355°F.
Place
2 cabbage leaves on a bottom of Dutch oven. Scoop some of the filling onto
a cabbage leaf and fold it into a roll. Place in the Dutch oven and
repeat.
When
sauce is ready purée it with immersion blender. Taste for seasoning and
adjust if needed.
Save
about 1 cup of sauce for later and pour the rest on top of your cabbage
rolls. Cover and put in the oven for 1-2 hours, the longer the better.
Serve
vegan stuffed cabbage rolls with extra sauce on top.
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Judith
Krummeck is a writer, broadcaster, and immigrant. She is the evening drive time
host for Baltimore’s classical music station, WBJC, 91.5FM, and her debut
novel, The Deceived Ones, a contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth
Night, is being published this spring. Her biographical memoir, Old New
Worlds, intertwining her immigrant story with her great-great grandmother’s,
came out in 2019. In 2014, she published the chapbook, Beyond the Baobab,
a memoir in essays about her immigration from Africa to America. www.judithkrummeck.com
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Displaced by the Russian invasion, Vira, carrying little but
her precious viola da gamba, is a refugee in the Uniting for Ukraine program.
When she is physically attacked soon after her arrival in the United States, the
terrifying experience prompts her to hide in plain sight by passing as her twin,
Sevastyan, until he is able join her.
Orson has been commissioned to write an opera for The
Twelfth Night Festival, but he is suffering from composer’s block. Not only
that, his muse, Isabella, has inexplicably withdrawn from all performing.
During a chance meeting, Orson discovers the extraordinary musical talent of Vira,
now passing as Sevastyan, and it gives him the jolt of inspiration he needs.
Hoping that Isabella will be as intrigued as he is, Orson sends “Sevastyan” as
his emissary to persuade Isabella to sing in his opera.
In this love-quadrangle seen from multiple points of
view—some poignant, some hilarious—the myriad misconceptions that result from
Vira’s deception are woven into themes of migration, sexuality, and diversity.
Purchase your copy here.
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James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze
April 7th, 2024
As George Lazenby’s 007 opined in 0n Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the world is not enough. Neither is the new book James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze, although it gets close.
Written by Thom Shubilla (Primetime 1966-1967), the handsome hardback from Applause tracks the wannabes, never-weres, knockoffs, one-offs and other Bondy-come-latelys proliferating after the worldwide moviegoing public gave a hearty “yes” to 1962’s Dr. No.
Rather admirably, the book gives overdue attention to those cinematic spies of comparatively short shrift — many colorful and comical — from Matt Helm and Derek Flint to Harry Palmer and Bulldog Drummond. Even better, Shubilla doesn’t stop there, devoting later chapters to the Mexican and European also-rans (including Sean Connery’s own sibling, Neil, in Operation Kid Brother), as well as television. It’s thorough enough, you may cry U.N.C.L.E.
But all this comes after the author spends nearly 50 pages introducing us to Bond, James Bond. While I get the need to set the table, 007 could be handled in the introduction, since we’re not told anything new — unless you count Lazenby’s aforementioned quote erroneously attributed to Connery.
Sixties Spy Craze reads like a Wikipedia page, for both good and ill, meaning it’s packed with facts, but lacks a narrative. For delivering pure production info, one could make the case nobody does it better. However, what’s sacrificed are Shubilla’s own viewpoint and assumed passion for this subgenre. —Rod Lott
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Photography: Youngest Son of the Visual Arts
Of all the major artistic media, only photography appeared relatively late in the course of human history.
While people have been writing, painting, and composing music for thousands of years, they have only been taking photographs since 1826. In that year, French scientist Joseph Niépce snapped the world’s first photo (entitled ‘View from the Window at Le Gras’) at his country estate.
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