I'm not sure I'd exactly call this a review, but I read Ono Fuyumi's Zan'e—the movie version is The Inerasable in English but I'd call it "Tainted" if anyone ever asked me—and I have thoughts. Here's a bit of a summary, since I'm sure not…
Continue reading...The Fisherman made me a fan of John Langan. There is something in the combination he weaves of cosmic horror and emotional grounding, with a hefty dose of simple erudition, that hits with me. When I learned he had a new collection coming out I…
Continue reading...120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era is an anthology with an alluringly simple theme: noir/crime/horror-ish stories built around alternative music of the 1990s. Might as well have just called it "Big Book of Gen X Midlife Crisis." I read a copy from…
Continue reading...The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls Yale University Press I learned about this book from a post on Bluesky, which included the a quote about translation as reading that sparked something in my brain. I had to read more, because I personally view translation…
Continue reading...It's inevitable, I guess, to get retrospective at this time of year. I've more or less stopped keeping careful track of things like media consumption—no Goodreads lists for me, thank you—but it's still sometimes interesting to review. And so, here is a non-comprehensive list of…
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