Author name: Daniel Haeusser

Daniel Haeusser (He/Him) is an Associate Professor of Biology who teaches microbiology and biochemistry. He researches bacterial cell shape & division, and phage (bacterial viruses) that alter either in their host during infection. His constant reading spans many genres, but SF, Fantasy, Horror, mystery, and world literature remain closest to his heart. His regular book reviews can be found at Reading 1000 Lives, and he also contributes reviews to Strange Horizons, Fantasy Book Critic, Speculative Fiction in Translation, and World Literature Today. You can connect with him on Goodreads or Bluesky.

Cover of Chasing Whispers by Eugen Bacon.
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Book Review: Chasing Whispers by Eugen Bacon

African-Australian writer Eugen Bacon … writes poetry that can propel with prose-like narrative, while she constructs prose with a playful, poetic touch: fluid lines that invite readers to dance among possible meanings and interpretations, evocative words that sing out to strike emotional chords.

Cover of Sordidez by E.G. Condé.
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BOOK REVIEW: SORDIDEZ BY E.G. CONDÉ

Within these two apocalyptic settings where all four of the Horsemen of Revelation ride, the stories of three protagonists intertwine via multiple points of views and narrative voices (first- and third-person). In both Puerto Rico and in the Yucatán, these characters face their dystopic present to envision positive Indigenous-led futures enacted by purposeful decolonization and embrace of their ancestral ways.

Cover of Dehiscent by Ashley Deng. Shadow of a girl in front of a house with a lot of plant life evident.
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Book Review: Dehiscent by Ashley Deng

Dehiscent has a form of New Weird that combines eco-horror with what might be considered cozy horror, despite unsettling themes of the prison that can form from the recognition of privilege while feeling powerless to change it. With rich, quiet atmosphere and an exceptionally compelling and realistic, empathetic protagonist, Deng lifts a mirror to our current lives to reflect a fantastic image of how divisions of humanity would continue.

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