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858. Tonya R. Moore (a.k.a. The Story Chef) — The Cookout — Signal Boost

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-858-tonya-rmoore/SandF_858_TonyaRMoore.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSCommunity, cookouts, and space potato salad, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jennifer Brozek join forces to talk to Tonya R. Moore about The Cookout, a new anthology coming soon! Together, they talk about Moore’s approach to co-editing, the task of building an anthology, the current submissions call, and the cultural importance of the cookout! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cover of Rabbit Test and Other Stories, by Samantha Mills. The negative space in the letter A of Rabbit depicts a black rabbit with a red eye, and there's also a symbol in the middle of the letter I. "Test" is in red letters. All the text is against a black background.
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Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories, by Samantha Mills

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“Rabbit Test” by Samantha Mills was a stunningly good science fiction/historical fiction story. Published in Uncanny in 2022, it was inspired by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe V. Wade, and looked at women desperately seeking reproductive knowledge and options throughout the centuries and into the future. It won the Nebula, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon awards for Best Short Story; it also won the Hugo, but Mills rejected that after the awards shenanigans of 2023 came to light. That was basically what I knew Mills for before this collection. I’d heard that her Compton Crook-winning debut science fantasy novel, The Wings Upon Her Back, was also great, but somehow it never made it to the top of my TBR pile. Upon seeing that Mills has a collection of her short stories coming out soon, I eagerly signed up to read and review Rabbit Test and Other Stories. I discovered that she’s written some other really great stories that I’d already read or heard from online magazines, but I hadn’t realized she was the author. Seeing all these great stories together really reinforces what an excellent and versatile author Mills already is, and increases my excitement over her potential for future amazing stories and books.

Cover of Ruiner, by Lara Messersmith-Glavin, featuring a bounding hare with wings, and hooved rear legs, above a murky area.
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Book Review: Ruiner, by Lara Messersmith-Glavin

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Ruiner is a novel about a world where old ways and new are clashing, with a city that extracts resources from outer territories to benefit some of its citizens, and where disputes are settled via combat storytelling. The two protagonists start far apart, as one is a desert-dweller and another is a street rat, but events and elements in their lives draw them into each other’s arcs. Author Lara Messersmith-Glavin does a great job of drawing characters with rich backgrounds and inner lives. I really enjoyed diving into this world and learning about its people, and the ending definitely left me wanting more.

Cover of The Geomagician, by Jennifer Mandula, featuring trilobites, ammonites, a pterodactyl, a skeleton of an ichthyosaur, and various plants, with a cameo brooch of a woman.
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Book Review: The Geomagician, by Jennifer Mandula

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Mary Anning was a real-life professional fossil collector and dealer in the first half of the 19th century; given the breadth and depth of her knowledge, she was also a paleontologist, but that wasn’t officially acknowledged until after her death, since she was a woman and therefore ineligible to join the Geological Society of London. In her excellent debut novel The Geomagician (coming March 31), Jennifer Mandula reimagines Mary as a woman living in a world with magic, in which fossils are the best medium for storing magical power. Hunting for freshly exposed fossils after a landslide, she is thrilled to discover a pterodactyl skeleton — and then one of the fossilized eggs comes to life and hatches in her hands! Mary is suddenly faced with new opportunities in her life, and new challenges.

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856. Mannequin 2 (1991; dir. Stewart Raffill) — Torture Cinema #162

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https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-856-mannequin-2/SandF_856_Mannequin2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSPink Cadillacs, ridiculous fantasies, and dancing, oh my! Shaun Duke, Daniel Haeusser, and Paul Weimer join forces to talk about 1991’s Mannequin 2! Together, they talk about why the film even exists, its approach to comedy, the absurdity of its plot, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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