Book Review: Resurrections, by Ada Hoffmann

Cover of Resurrections by Ada Hoffman, showing a glowing white figure amid what appears to be a volcanic eruption, against a red and yellow sky, with darker clouds.

Resurrections shows a wide range of subject matter, themes and topics; nearly all of the pieces are interesting and engaging, and some of them are breathtakingly gorgeous and moving.

Book Review: Rosalind’s Siblings, edited by Bogi Takács

Cover of Rosalind's Siblings

If you missed Rosalind’s Siblings when it was published in September 2023, please consider adding it to your reading list for the new year. It’s a very interesting anthology of speculative fiction and poems, containing some fascinating ideas and characters and some really beautiful language.

Book Review: Chasing Whispers by Eugen Bacon

Cover of 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.

Signal Boost #28: Claudie Arseneault (City of Spires Trilogy) and Brandon O’Brien

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFSignalBoost28ArseneaultOBrien/Sandf–SignalBoost28–ArseneaultObrien.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIn today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to Claudie Arseneault about her work, including the recently released second book of the City of Spires trilogy, […]

My Superpower: Aidan Doyle

My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Aidan Doyle. My superpower […]