As anyone who has ever used the Internet knows, cats are everything. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, more than 36 U.S. million households sport a feline companion. Where dogs are blindly loyal, a cat’s ambivalence speaks of alien wisdom. That’s likely why there are so many great cats in sci-fi and fantasy: if your cat […]
Kat Howard’s eerily beautiful debut novel, Roses and Rot, introduces a mysterious, secluded school; a compelling modern fantasy world; and a sibling rivalry that threatens to unravel the whole thing. At the heart of the novel are Imogen and Marin, two sisters who have translated their troubled childhoods into flourishing careers in the arts. A writer and dancer, […]