Browsing Category : Fiction

Guest Post: Diversity and Representation — One Reader’s Perspective with Genevieve Iseult Eldredge


Editor’s note: We are pleased and honored to welcome Genevieve Iseult Eldredge to Speculative Chic today! Her article needs no introduction from us, so we will simply step aside and let her take it away. It’s no secret that diversity is gaining ground in popular media. Our world is amazingly diverse, and marginalized people are rightfully demanding movies about protagonists…

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A Wrinkle at the End: Reviewing An Acceptable Time


An Acceptable Time (1989) Written by: Madeleine L’Engle Series: Time Quintet #5 Genre: Science Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 367 (Paperback) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose This: My 2018 Resolution Project for Speculative Chic was to read and review both the novel and film versions of A Wrinkle in Time. But I’m a completionist, so it should come as no surprise that I’d have to continue on this magical journey I somehow…

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My Favorite Things with Kristina Elyse Butke


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 one of our newest Content Editors, Kristina Elyse Butke! What…

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My Favorite Things with Christopher Krovatin


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 author Christopher Krovatin, whose latest book, Frequency, comes out tomorrow,…

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Jivaja Cover Reveal


Hi! Venessa here. You might recognize my name from my monthly column here at Spec Chic, where I talk a little bit about books, television shows, and lot about conventions, including my Convention Life series and Con Season on a Budget. I also do some behind-the-scenes stuff for the My Favorite Things column too. In my “other” life, I’m a…

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Sentient Cities and Cyber Dreams: Reviews of a Selection of the Short Works of NK Jemisin


Back in January, I made a resolution to read the entire works of NK Jemisin, which actually began in late 2017 with her Mass Effect Andromeda tie-in novel and continued with the Inheritance Trilogy. It’s August, friends, and time is running out. Because all of her books are on wait lists at the library and have been for months, today…

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Reading the 2018 Hugos: The Short Story Category


Hugo voting is over and the winners will shortly be announced. So I’m getting in just under the wire with a review of the short stories! Reading this category is something of a challenge to myself, as I don’t read enough short fiction in general. I’ve talked about these in ballot order and have not spoiled the ending for any…

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Roundtable: Our Guilty Pleasures


Hello everyone! It’s that time again when we at Speculative Chic come together to discuss timely and important matters! This month’s roundtable was suggested by Kristina Elyse Butke. A little while after Kristina suggested this topic, Nicole Taft announced something on Twitter that I had no idea that I needed: Mortal Kombat was available to stream on Netflix. Readers, I…

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