The anthology Dangerous Women, out today, is a mammoth collection of never-before-published stories from some of the biggest names in genre fiction, including George R. R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Carrie Vaughn, and Sherilyn Kenyon. It features a cavalcade of decidedly dangerous female characters, heroines and villains alike. And after reading this exceptional compilation—which includes […]
Just because a novel is on a national bestseller list—or sells hundreds of thousands of copies—doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good. The reverse is also true, especially of genre fiction, fringy fiction—a lot of the good stuff comes and goes virtually unnoticed. Take vampire fiction, for example.
The Mere Wife is Maria Dahvana Headley’s second adult novel, following the two YA fantasies, Magonia and Aerie, and it arrives on a wave of critical acclaim. “Beowulf in suburbia” is the intriguing log line, but it does little to capture what the book is really about—it is so much more than a simple retelling of […]