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"A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader's. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it." --Ian McEwan, Atonement Hello, July! Everyone is so surprised by how … Continue reading Princess & Pages Quick Wrap-up: June Book Pile
"Forgetting is necessary to our survival, just as fear is." A pharmaceutical testing center. Three human test subjects. Three pills a day for twenty-one days. And at the end, a check for 3,500 euros. Our three guinea pigs begin the test thinking they’re in it for the money. Three weeks later, they leave transformed. Have … Continue reading Will You Take the Pill? “Guinea Pigs” by Benacquista & Barral
"Everything leaves a little mark." A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author/illustrator Mai K. Nguyen! Willow loves the woods near her house. They’re calm and quiet, so different from her own turbulent emotions, which she keeps locked away. When her emotions get the better of her one day, … Continue reading Book Review: Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen (eARC)
"All of my friends are dead... Their shadows whisper in my heart..." The master of horror manga brings the world's greatest horror novel—Frankenstein—back to life. Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley! The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monster—and the fouler beast who created him—to life with the … Continue reading Graphic Novel Feature: Frankenstein Story Collection by Junji Ito
"Revolutions don't happen without risks." On a dying Earth in a not-so-distant future, Josiane and René are the first to enter a new virtual world where just about anything is possible… Part dystopian love story, part psychedelic meditation on human nature, "Alt-Life" takes the reader down a mind-bending rabbit hole of desire, loneliness, and self-discovery. … Continue reading Book Review: Alt-Life by Joseph Falzon and Thomas Cadène
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