September 3, 2020
Usually the advertisements on YouTube are annoying or completely irrelevant to my tastes, and I like to skip over them as soon as possible. But one day, a trailer of some kind (or what I assumed was a trailer) started playing. Then I realized it was actually a series of still images with voice-overs. My next thought was this was…
September 2, 2020
When I first heard that Katherine Addison wrote a new book, I was excited. I love her writing! When I heard it involved angels, my response was a disappointed, “Oh no.” I have significant issues with angels in fantasy novels. Then I read a review that said that The Angel of the Crows was Sherlock Holmes WingFic, which meant that…
September 1, 2020
A Pale Light in the Black (2020) Written by: K.B. Wagers Genre: Science Fiction Host: Ronya F. McCool Discussion Date: 9/25/2020 The Premise: The Expanse meets the Battle Room in Ender’s Game as K.B. Wagers brings us the rollicking first entry in a unique science fiction series that introduces the Near-Earth Orbital Guard — NeoG — a military force patrolling…
August 31, 2020
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 Crymsyn Hart, whose Forest of Bones was released on August…
August 28, 2020
At Speculative Chic, we feature a lot of authors who share everything from their favorite things to the inspiration for their work. But why not also share their fiction? Welcome to Fiction Friday, where you’ll be able to sample the fiction of a variety of authors, including those who write at Speculative Chic! Today, we’re featuring Megan Mackie to celebrate…
August 28, 2020
I first read Weaveworld in high school in 1988. I think it was the third Clive Barker book I read, with The Damnation Game being the first. At the time, a friend of mine volunteered at our local library and wanted to impress me, so he snagged an audio copy of The Damnation Game. I think I still have the…
August 27, 2020
Greetings, Paladins! For my 2020 Resolution Project, I’m firing up Voltron: Legendary Defender as part of my great animation rewatch. Even thought I’ve already seen the series in its entirety, I’m examining this with a clear, unimpeded set of eyes to view the show entirely on its own merits. As always, I’ve divided this rewatch into several categories that include…
August 26, 2020
I honestly don’t remember what first drew me to Dishonored. Maybe my husband was watching the guys at Achievement Hunter play it, and I thought the gameplay looked cool? That’s the most likely explanation. But whatever the reason, I got it on sale, and then it sat in my Steam library forever, because that’s the kind of gamer I am.…
August 25, 2020
After the jam-packed twisty delight that was season two of Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal, complicated as a Moebius strip ourobouros, season three — the climax of this luxuriant and decadent meal — can seem, at first glance, almost schizophrenic. On revisitation, the best way to approach it may be as two mini-seasons shoved into a single package, stuck together by Fuller’s…
August 24, 2020
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 column dedicated to discovering what inspires a particular author and their work. Whether it be a lifelong…