If your favorite part of any fantasy story is the moment the monster is revealed, then A Fable for Hollow Creatures by R.R. Schaeffer should make its way to the top of your TBR pile immediately.
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Counting down to Christmas becomes more fun with FanRoll and this years line of Advent Calendars.
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If you are still feeling cozy and spooky, and not ready to move on to cozy and festive, then I suggest you spend an afternoon in the library with Amelia Bates.
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If you are still basking in the warm glow of November 4th, then The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale By C. M. Waggoner is just the read you need to combine your love of fantasy with your newsfeed right now.
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Tata is a story of unconditional love and the complications that come with being human and a must for anyone looking for an all consuming story to immerse themselves into this fall.
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When what you have read about the Fae is challenged by the Faery that appears at your house, what is there to do but make a deal?
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I really didn’t want another story about a young adult attending a magical school, but then came Half City by Kate Golden.
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The fight between winter and the onset of spring is something we know well in Maine, as I sit here facing down another winter storm that may keep my kids at home, I find myself thinking back to one of my favorite books of 2025, The Winter Goddess by Megan Barnard. Cailleach, goddess of winter, […]
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If you are looking for a way to escape this never ending January, a trip to the North Woods of Minnesota with debut novel Loon Point is just what you need.
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Like many others, I jumped directly into my Apple Music Replay this year filled with more than a little enthusiasm. For the first time, all the music would be mine and not tied to my kiddo’s account. And apparently, my top artist was Sumo Cyco for a total of 575 minutes of playing time. Introduced […]
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If you enjoy 3D printing with filament and are interested in something new, resin printing is a great option. There are some definite challenges–resin is notoriously messy and has more safety issues to think about. But the HALOT-X1 from PioCreat is a solid way to solve a few of the older issues and get started. […]
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After spending some time with xTool’s M1 Ultra, the other tools in my maker arsenal are feeling sorely neglected. This machine is a laser cutter/engraver, which it’s great at being. But it can also be a blade cutter (e.g. for vinyl), an inkjet printer, and a pen plotter, potentially replacing some other devices or eliminating […]
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Have you checked out Mission Unstoppable on CBS yet? Now in season 7, this show, hosted by Miranda Cosgrove, sends roving correspondents out to meet amazing women in STEM. One of those is Fig O’Reilly, a former Miss Universe Ireland and NASA Datanaut, and I recently got to chat with her about her five years […]
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About to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2026, Wattpad is one of the original fan fiction platforms. As an online gathering place, a third space, for fandoms and their communities, Wattpad provides an opportunity for people to connect through storytelling. People build empathy through stories. When we read, we enter worlds unlike our own, living […]
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Being a geek often comes with collecting special interests, the same way you’d collect small adorable monsters in a card or video game. As someone whose special interests include musical and cute things with big trusting eyes, I’ve been following the off-Broadway musical BALLS: The Monster-Catchin’ Musical Comédy on social media for a while now. […]
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Flip through our snapshots from this year’s Dragon Con costumes here!
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During today’s Pokémon Presents event, Takato Utsunomiya, Chief Operating Officer of The Pokémon Company, announced the new mobile game Pokémon Friends would be available at the end of the event. Pokémon Friends is a plush-themed puzzle game set in Think Town, “a cozy corner of the world that’s famous for making Pokémon plush.” A machine called […]
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Like any con these days, there’s no shortage of cosplayers at MomoCon, and their game is top notch. Anime in general leads the pack, but notably popular this year were roving bands of Clair Obscur players toting baguettes, assorted Chainsaw M(e)n, Hazbin Hotel, and One Piece. Flip through the gallery below for a few of […]
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Sunday afternoon as the end of this year’s MomoCon drew near, I was chatting with Darryl McDaniels–better known as DMC–in his booth when a mom approached announcing, “I didn’t think there was anything here for me, and then I saw you!” Over a career now approaching five decades, DMC has gone from learning mixing in […]
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I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the storytelling and narrative voice of Alexander McCall Smith. When his exceptionally popular series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency first appeared in 2002, I was enamored with his style and with his characters. While my interests have branched off over the years, I still scour the book […]
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