Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One to the last years of the Qing Dynasty in China. Katherine Arden’s The Warm Hands of Ghosts shows the terrors of war and the unsettling and fantastical things that can appear in its shadow. Arden joins […]
Science fiction and fantasy is a vast, deep ocean. No matter how big your vessel, you’re never going explore it all; you have to pick and choose your route as you navigate. Extending the metaphor, I have my favorite ports, but I also like discovering new places, meeting interesting people, experiencing unpredictable adventures, so I keep a bucket list […]