Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen Machen is a titan of the weird fiction genre, and this is one of his less famous works. It's an episodic story, the result of serialization, with…
Continue reading...Unsouled by Will Wight My rating: 4 of 5 stars Unsouled by Will Wight In this fantasy, a vaguely East Asian-based society is rules by people who can use a natural force called "madra" to fight, create, and manipulate the works arrive them. Everyone is…
Continue reading...The Dragon's Banker by Scott Warren My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Dragon's Banker by Scott Warren For merchant banker Sailor Kelstern, money is everything. He's a walking embodiment of the Month Python Money Song. He has had a minor business setback with a…
Continue reading...Home From The Sea by William Meikle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Home from the Sea by William Meikle This is a collection of stories in a "Lovecraftian" vein, and all are connected to the sea/water in some way. Overall, the collection is quite…
Continue reading...Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Guy Gavriel Kay never fails to write exquisite prose, in my experience, and this book is no different. Yet another venture into "Europe a quarter turn to the left," this is the…
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