November 9, 2019
Hello, friends! Happy to see you again, and much thanks to Shara for covering for me while I was out and about chasing down the myths of Japan! I headed off to Shimane Prefecture to visit the stomping grounds of the kami: Susanoo, the trickster god of storms and sea; Amaterasu, one of Shinto’s most important kami and the renowned…
November 8, 2019
We all love to talk about our Favorite Things, but it’s not always the latest and greatest that charms us. Sometimes it’s those foundational favorites, the works that shaped us, that we find ourselves returning to again and again. Here at Speculative Chic, we decided it was way past time to create a dedicated platform to shine a spotlight on these…
November 8, 2019
I am so excited! This year, for my resolution project, I’m rewatching the Star Wars franchise. I chose it because I love Star Wars, and I thought it would be fun to re-watch the movies in order of release date, with perhaps a bit more of a critical and appreciative eye than I have before. This month’s installment: Star Wars Episode…
November 7, 2019
Our Bloody Pearl (2018) Written by: D.N. Bryn Genre: Fantasy Pages: 230 Series: These Treacherous Tides Publisher: Avos Publishing Why I Chose It: I received a copy of this book in return for a fair review. However, I accepted the book in the first place because I enjoy a good siren story and they’re so hard to come by these days.…
November 6, 2019
One of the most common questions authors face is a deceptively difficult one to answer: “Where do you get your ideas?” Yet, the answers to that common question can be almost as interesting as the resulting story. Welcome to You’re My Inspiration, a new column dedicated to discovering what inspires a particular author and their work. Whether it be a…
November 6, 2019
The Twisted Ones (2019) Written by: T. Kingfisher Genre: Horror Pages: 381 (Paperback) Publisher: Saga Press Why I Chose It: The Twisted Ones first caught my attention because it is set in Appalachia. Although I live in Virginia and the book takes place in North Carolina, I have gone hiking on the Appalachian Trail. I know those woods can be…
November 5, 2019
Iron and Magic (2018) Written by: Ilona Andrews Series: Iron Covenant #1 (Kate Daniels #9.5) Genre: Urban Fantasy Pages: 406 (Kindle) Publisher: NYLA Why I Chose This: My 2019 Resolution Project for Speculative Chic is to read the books in the Kate Daniels series and finish up with a first read of the final book. This is my first time reading this title.…
November 4, 2019
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with Ian Rogers, whose short story collection, Every House is Haunted,…
November 2, 2019
It’s been a wild and wacky October, and at Speculative Chic, we decided that our devoted Weekly Round-Up Editor Kristina deserved a vacation, so we shooed her off into relaxation! With Kristina gone, it’s up to your Editor-in-Chic to catch you up on all of the goodies you might’ve missed this past week, so settle in and take a quick…
November 1, 2019
We came, we saw, and we lost steam. It’s nobody’s fault, really, that our first attempt at launching a book club didn’t gather a crowd. But I am nothing if not persistent, so I sat down with our previous book club moderator, Merrin, and we hashed out what we could do differently in the future. And we were both, if…