Instantly immersive, with wit as sharp as a thief’s blade and the most frightening take on goblins I’ve ever read.”―David Dalglish, author of the Shadowdanceseries Fast and fun and filled with crazy magic. I can't wait to see what Christopher Buehlman does next." - Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of the Lightbringer series A slightly bigger town, one with a full-time whore who doesn’t also brew beer or mend shirts, will have an Allgod church with a thatched roof and a bronze disc in a square of lead or iron, plus a proper temple to whichever local deity they feel will defecate least upon their hopeful, upturned faces. vinsentient on It’s No Fun To Be Alone: Communicating With Cryptids in The Shape of Water 3 hours ago

Only the strong, the rich, and the dying think truth is a necessity; the rest of us know it for a luxury. Dazzling. I heartily recommend this one.”―Robin Hobb, New York Timesbestselling author of the Farseer Trilogy Brisk pacing, loads of snark, punchy dialogue, stylized characters, and unrelenting scenes of gaga mayhem.

I’ll be candid and say that I had hoped for a more traditional fantasy cover, perhaps picturing the party face-on, in a naturalistic painting. But when I saw Marie Bergeron’s striking design, I had to examine my prejudices and realize that these were informed by what I’d seen and enjoyed in the past. What I thought I wanted has been done before, many times. This was something wholly new, and brilliant, and needed to be seen on its own terms. Magic is great fun to write about. You have to establish rules for the system so it seems credible, so it isn’t all-powerful. What good would armies be if some arch-mage could just lightning them all to ashes?

This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of Dark Fiction. Cadoth was as big as a town gets before someone decides it’s a city. A proper trade town at a proper crossroads, it had an Allgod church crowned with a bronze sun, a huge tower to Haros topped with wooden stag horns, plus temples to a dozen other divinities scattered here and there. Notably absent were Mithrenor, god of the sea—nobody much bothers inland—and the Forbidden God, for obvious reasons. Dazzling. I heartily recommend this one.”—Robin Hobb, New York Times bestselling author of the Farseer Trilogy Something I really enjoyed was your inventive worldbuilding. Your world includes various races, religions, languages and cultures. It also has an important history of Goblin Wars, and the population of women was far higher than the men. What sparked your inspiration here? And how much would you say your love of Renaissance Faires has influenced your world?Can you tell us a little something about your current work(s) in progress? Without any spoilers, what can readers expect in your sequel? One of my favourite aspects was your use of humour. The main protagonist Kinch has such a distinctive, often cynical narrative voice, which I found really entertaining. Was the humour and tone something you had planned from the onset or did this just emerge as you began writing? Vanessa Armstrong Horror Film It Follows to Get a Sequel, Reasonably Titled They Follow 5 hours ago This group is for everyone who loves vampires, werewolves, creatures and spooks. Horror, gothic, classic, fantasy, paranormal, whatever! All genres welcome.

What I’d left behind was my fiddle, a fine helmet I’d hoped to sell, and a jug of Galtish whiskey. I didn’t really care about the helmet, and there was barely enough burnwater left to wet my lips, but that fiddle meant something to me. I’d like to tell you it had belonged to my da or something, but my da was a sad bastard miner and couldn’t play the arse-horn after a quart of beans and cabbage. I stole that fiddle. Walked off with it while a mate argued with a music student about whether his singing at a tavern had been in key. For the record, it wasn’t, but it was a damned fine fiddle. So much so that, after our con, I paid my mate his half of its worth rather than sell it. And now it was likely off to be sold for next to nothing and the two shytes who will have taken it so far ahead of me I had little chance to catch them.And then around chapter 22 (of a 65 chapter book) I hit a massive wall. It all started when Kinch and company board the whaling ship with Malk. While I enjoyed some aspects of Malk's character and what he brought to the group, the story just really started to drag for me. I began to lose interest and found that I was just listening to the book to finish the story - not because I really still cared about what was going on. I cannot think of another book where I have had this happen. I was just forcing my way through it. Don't get me wrong: there were still moments of enjoyment and bright spots along the way. It wasn't all a lost cause. But I didn't find myself aching to listen to more of the story to learned what happened. It was more of an "eh, I'll get to it when I have time." I listen to most of my audiobooks while driving and have found myself finding excuses to drive places or sitting in the car to finish a chapter before heading inside and that was not the case here. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day.