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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: July 4, 2016July 25, 2018

The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle

It’s a myth that life was easier for black people north of the Mason Dixon […]

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Alternate History / Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: May 28, 2016

Smoke, by Dan Vyleta

No one knows were the Smoke came from or how to get rid of it, […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: May 18, 2016July 25, 2018

The Winter Witch, by Paula Brackston

Morgana does not speak, not since her father disappeared when she was a young child. […]

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Alternate History / Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

The Book of Esther, by Emily Barton

Once upon a time, there was a Jewish kingdom in the Caucasus mountains. No, really. […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: April 29, 2016July 25, 2018

The Curse of Jacob Tracy, by Holly Messinger

Jacob Tracy has been hiding his light under a bushel for eighteen years. Ever since […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: March 22, 2016July 25, 2018

The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, by Leanna Renee Hieber

The thing about tropes is…sometimes they work for us. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy […]

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Historical Fantasy Posted on: February 5, 2016July 22, 2024

Silver on the Road, by Laura Anne Gilman

I’ve been reading Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost since Monday but, as I still […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: January 30, 2016July 25, 2018

Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho

I’ve been hearing about Zen Cho’s novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, for months, ever since Rebecca […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy / Horror Posted on: January 28, 2016July 25, 2018

The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb, by David John Griffin

David John Griffin’s novel, The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb, is a curiously constructed tale of […]

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Alternate History / Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: January 21, 2016

Ink and Bone, by Rachel Caine

In our history, the Library of Alexandria was destroyed by the Romans. In the world […]

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