Welcome to a new Quill To live tradition, folks! Starting today, you'll get a free crossword puzzle every other Monday. The puzzles will be midi-sized, for the most part (if you're not a crossword fan already, you can just ignore that term and enjoy the puzzles). I'll draw on all corners of the sci-fi and…
A few weeks ago, we engaged in our annual March Madness of books with this year's focus being on neat space ships scattered throughout fiction. Most of the ships we included were in books that we had already read. However, there was one that caught our eye that I had not engaged in. And since…
Continue reading ➞ The Ship Who Sang – Harmonious Discontent
I'm having a little trouble keeping up with all the amazing releases this year, and it's resulted in a few books I wanted to read slipping through the cracks. One such book is Ardent Violet and the Infinite Eye, by Alex White, which came out way back in December, and I somehow missed it. Ardent…
Continue reading ➞ Ardent Violet And The Infinite Eye – Mans vs. Machines
Some screwy supernatural shenanigans are a’brewing! Monstrous things lurk in the shadows, and the town’s unassuming residents are succumbing to the evil forces at work. That’s right, folks, the sound of the bell is resonant today, for I’m reviewing another book by Stephen King-A-Ding-Ding. The town of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine, is not okay. Writer and…
Welcome back to Castellane, where the rich elite and neighboring kingdoms circle the royal family like the city’s infamously ferocious crocodiles closing in on their next meal. It’s been a few months since the events of Sword Catcher, and Cassandra Clare wasted no time catching us up to speed in its highly anticipated sequel, The…
Tochi Onyebuchi is an author whom I wait patiently for these days. His first two adult outings floored me, and while I haven't explored his young adult offerings, there is a part of me that is curious. But instead, I was treated to his latest, Harmattan Season. Boubacar, like most private eyes, is down on…
Emily Tesh is back on the scene with a highly anticipated standalone story about warlocks who teach at a British boarding school called The Incandescent. Tesh really made an impact with her novel Some Desperate Glory back in 2023. It was one of my favorite reads of that year and made me forever curious about…
I’m not what the culture would call a “True Crime Girlie.” I’ve seen my fair share of crime documentaries, and I’ve absorbed a heap of secondhand information from my wife and her friends who are more interested in such things. I prefer my crimes fictional, and I often find the True Crime genre icky, particularly…
Continue reading ➞ I’ll Be Gone In The Dark – A True Crime Masterpiece
Frail Little Embers is a collection of short stories from author Fija Callaghan about love, life, and healing after experiencing the very worst. There were many incredibly moving and difficult stories, but each one had sparks that eventually lit the way forward. These magical short stories are an inspiring collection, and I think you’ll find…
Are you interested in hearing a legendary tale from a crow god about a political clusterfuck during the succession of a richly written fantasy empire? If so, stick around. The Raven Scholar has exploded out of nowhere from a book that I hadn’t heard of to one of my top contenders for best of 2025.…
