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When Horror Gets a Puppy: An Exploration of Stephen King’s Use of Dogs in Horror

By Nick Mendillo The film Good Boy was released on October 3, 2025. Marketed as “a horror film that follows the perspective of the dog,” it immediately intrigued me. I’ve always believed all things are better with dogs—especially horror—and knowing the dog wouldn’t die (as confirmed by director Ben Leonberg) made it irresistible.  The premise is deceptively simple: Indy, the canine protagonist, experiences the threats and eerie surroundings of a haunted house. On its surface, Read more

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Review of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

By Marielle Seche Trigger Warnings: Suicide, Sexual Assault, Abuse “KATABASIS, noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld.” R. F. Kuang’s latest book, Katabasis, is a dark academia fantasy novel that follows two Cambridge graduate students of magick: Alice Law and Peter Murdoch. They use their magical knowledge to journey into Hell to retrieve the soul of their professor and academic advisor, Jacob Grimes—whom they may have accidentally killed. With what’s Read more

By logan.farley, ago

Romantasy Contest “A Hard Day’s Knight” Runner Up: For Love (Or simply, The Tale of Brave Percival)

By Jagger van Vliet From out of a murky trance, there came the sudden rushing of light, the brutal sting of salt, and the sullen grey of morning. A thin, brown rat named Percival awoke from a terrible dream and looked blearily out into the gloom. Nothing around him was familiar, save for the hordes of other rats who were also waking from their own respective slumbers. All of the rat colony, it would seem, Read more

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Romantasy Contest “A Hard Day’s Knight” Winner: Locked Away

By Zenia deHaven The rescue mission was going great until the geography quiz.  Though Eris reveled in her unsavory profession of snatching purses, gathering blackmail, and pilfering anything shiny she could get her itchy hands on, the pay was sporadic. She could be rolling in gold one week and then counting out bronze pieces on her landlord’s desk the next. This was one of those weeks.  So when she saw a flyer promising 20,000 gold Read more

By logan.farley, ago

Interview with Elaine U. Cho, Author of Ocean’s Godori

By Brett Cadigan This past August, I enjoyed an interview with Elaine U. Cho (elaineucho.com) regarding her sci-fi space opera duology, Ocean’s Godori and the recently released Teo’s Durumi. We discussed a variety of topics, including the series, her experience as a writer, some favorite authors and inspirations, and a never-before-told Goodreads horror story! Brett: When did you first know you wanted to become a writer?  Elaine: Oh, gosh. I don’t know. I’ve just always Read more

By logan.farley, ago