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779. Woodworm by Layla Martinez — Reading Rangers

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-779-woodworm/SandF_779_Woodworm.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSGenerational terror, walldads, and haunted homes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to discuss Layla Martinez’s Woodworm (out now from Two Lines Press). Together, they explore the novel’s themes of generational trauma, class warfare, the horrors of growing up, and even what it’s like living in a cursed home. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cover of The Time Warp Trio: 2095 by Jon Scieszka, featuring a floating robot with insets of three boys.
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Into the Wardrobe: 2095 by Jon Scieszka (1995)

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As with other books I’ve been finding at thrift shops and using for Into the Wardrobe, the Time Warp Trio series is one I was too old for when it was originally published, so I’m completely new to it. According to Goodreads, the series went on for 16 volumes, and it spawned a television show adaptation.

Cover of Heretic by Gregory A. Wilson, featuring a cloaked figure, a woman with long dark hair, a panther, and a statue of a hand holding a hammer.
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Book Review: Heretic by Gregory A Wilson

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… Tellisar is a big and unfamiliar city and along the way he is going to make allies, more enemies and finally come to final terms with himself, with Caron and their abilities, and just what his future and life should be, all under the Sword of Damocles hanging over him that is the Order. With plenty of action beats and adventure in the bargain.

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778. R.O.T.O.R. (1987) — Torture Cinema #142

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-778-rotor/SandF_778_ROTOR.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBad boy robots, cop mustaches, and lassos, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to discuss 1987’s R.O.T.O.R! Together, they try to unravel its dystopian vision of Dallas, Texas, why it chose to use a strange dub for the main character, what the police do in this hellscape, and the terrors of very bad robots chasing people who don’t know how to run. Plus, more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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777. John Wiswell (a.k.a. The Cozy Monster) — Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-777-john-wiswell/SandF_777_JohnWiswell.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSCrunchy humans, errant organs, and family curses, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by John Wiswell to discuss his new novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In. Together, they explore John’s approach to narrative, tackle the beauty and terror of body horror, chat fairy tales and aromantic protagonists, and so much more. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cover of Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi, featuring a Black woman wearing a headdress/crown, golden necklace, and red-and-gold dress, with an elephant standing behind her, wrapping its trunk around her; they are surrounded by large golden daffodils.
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Book review: Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

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It’s an interesting work of alternate history in which a naive young girl has to grow up fast when she is abducted and installed in a foreign court as the intended bride of a warrior king. Ignorant at first, Òdòdó learns fast that kindness can conceal cruelty, and tenderness can be a distraction from tyranny; eventually, she learns how to make allies and take control of her own life, and more.

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