Book Review: To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose
I’m fascinated to see where this series will go, especially because of how it’s already subverted my expectations.
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts
841. Sophie Burnham (a.k.a. The Materfamilias) — Sargassa
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-841-sophie-burnham/SandF_841_SophieBurnham.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSImperial histories, class resistance, and alternative Romes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by novelist Sophie Burnham for an interview about Sargassa, the second book in the Ex Romana trilogy! Together, they discuss Burnham’s approach to alternate history and worldbuilding, the role of internal resistance in oppressive systems, the challenges of writing a series, and more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Book Review – STAR TREK: LOST TO ETERNITY by Greg Cox
Set in three separate time periods, the recent Star Trek (Original Series) novel Lost to Eternity features three separate story lines that reveal connection and converge as the novel progresses. Writing one single story line can be challenging enough, let alone three, particularly under limitations that a franchise series novel could involve. Star Trek novel readers will likely recognize the name Greg Cox and appreciate that he might be able to succeed at making such a novel engaging. And he certainly does.
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Movie Reviews: Five from FrightFest 2025 London, UK
We had the opportunity to screen five of the films featured in the annual FrightFest this past summer in London. Promoting “the Dark Heart of Cinema,” FearFest 2025 included close to 100 features (both new films and recent restorations) and short film showcases across five days. Though it was not one of the ones we had a chance to view, I was excited to see that their programming included the new 4K restoration of Harry Kümel’s Malpertuis (The Legend of Doom House) based on the classic “Belgian-weird” novel of Jean Ray. A definitive translation of that novel is available from Wakefield Press and the film adaptation is available on physical media from Radiance or as a Digital Cinema Package for screenings from an AGFA library scan.
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Book Review: Every Galaxy a Circle, by Chloe N. Clark
I took the time to read quite a few passages and some whole stories aloud to my partner, and kept pausing so we could share our enthusiasm or dread or other feelings. It’s not a collection to rush through, but to savor.
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Comics Review – DIE: Loaded #1 by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
This first issue of DIE: Loaded is well-paced, setting up events deftly, and it’s full of hooks (and, no doubt, foreshadowing that will pay off down the line). Some of it you certainly have to have read the previous series to fully appreciate, but not all I would guess, and as a die-hard DIE-hard, I certainly wasn’t bothered by the callbacks.