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The Kingdom in His Head
Aran Ward Sell reconsiders the legacy and complex overlapping ‘failures’ of Mervyn Peake’s final novel, ‘Titus Alone.’
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"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert
Dangerous, Decadent Depths
John Knych dissects Hiron Ennes’s ‘The Works of Vermin.’
Made for Strength
Irene Katz Connelly argues for a new approach to witch hysteria via two recent novels, Olga Ravn’s ‘The Wax Child’ and Irene Solà’s ‘I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness.’
Flesh Under Pressure
Chelsea Davis considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection ‘Near Flesh.’
We Are Close, We Are Almost There
Zachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism.
Fantastical Transcendence and the Magic of Resistance
Ruth Joffre digs into a new anthology of speculative writing about resistance, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older.
Fascist Pleasures and Failed Satire
David Shipko faces down postmodern fascism in the video game “Helldivers 2.”
Isengard in Oxford
Christian Kriticos explores J. R. R. Tolkien’s long-lost satire of a motorized world.
They’re Not Simply Phantoms
Leland Cheuk talks absolutism and Norse gods with novelist Kurt Baumeister.
Lifestyles of the Rich and Fiendish
Emy Manini faces Alma Katsu’s demons while reading her newest novel, “Fiend.”
Feral, Fearless, and Long Overdue
Alma Katsu and Sadie Hartmann discuss women who write horror fiction.
You Can Go Home Again, and Again, and Again
Cory Oldweiler reviews the new translation of Danish author Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume (Book III).”
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