dawn.vogel | April 30, 2025
Jessie Kwak, who has written a few books I’ve reviewed, is currently running a Kickstarter for Outsiders, a speculative short story collection! She’s already reached her funding goal, so there’s no worries about whether or not this collection will exist, but you can back it through May 9th to get in on this collection and some […]
dawn.vogel | April 23, 2025
Several years ago now, Jeremy picked up a copy of Brütal Legend, and as per the usual, he played it while I was doing other things. This game caught my attention in part because of the music, but my main focus was “hey, I know that voice!” I have an uncanny talent for recognizing actors across […]
dawn.vogel | April 9, 2025
Neon Hemlock is at it again with another novella series for 2025! This year’s Kickstarter will fund the publication of six novellas and a short story collection. There’s one historical fiction novella on tap, alongside several contemporary fantasy titles, which will carry into early 2026. I’ve enjoyed all of the Neon Hemlock novellas and collections […]
dawn.vogel | March 26, 2025
Cursed Shards: Tales of Dark Folklore, edited by Leanbh Pearson (IFWG Publishing International, 2024), is an anthology with ten stories that each contain a shard of a broken mirror at the core of their premise. Some stories touch on well-known folklore, while others use more obscure myths and legends as their core. The stories are […]
dawn.vogel | March 19, 2025
Jeremy has been a cyberpunk fan for years, so of course he picked up Cyberpunk 2077 when it came out. I was excited, because Keanu Reeves voices one of the characters in the game. I was not prepared to hate a character voiced by Keanu Reeves. But man, Johnny Silverhand is a DICK! He’s grumpy […]
dawn.vogel | March 17, 2025
I’ve accumulated a large collection of card-based writing tools, each of which is useful to different parts of my writing process. So I’ve decided to do a series of posts about the various decks I own and how I use them in my writing. The latest card-based writing tool in my stash is the Story […]
dawn.vogel | March 5, 2025
P. A. Cornell’s Lost Cargo (Mocha Memoirs Press, 2022) is an exciting sci-fi novella with elements of thrillers and personal horror. The shorter length makes the stakes high for the characters but also gives it a nicely compact feeling. Parker and five other survivors crash land on a terraformed moon in a one-in-a-million odds accident. They’re […]
dawn.vogel | February 19, 2025
At some point around 2009 or 2010, my then-boyfriend (now husband) introduced me to Katamari Damacy. This seemed like a video game I could manage–all you had to do was roll a ball around the screen and let it collect random things. However. (There’s always a however.) Eventually, I got to a level where you’re rolling […]
dawn.vogel | February 12, 2025
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Tor, 2020) is a lovely novel of bureaucracy, music, and found family. With a marvelous cast of characters and occasionally hilarious side comments, it weaves a cozy tale with secrets and a reasonable amount of peril. Linus Baker is a caseworker with the Department in Charge […]
dawn.vogel | January 22, 2025
Vanessa Ricci-Thode’s The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts (2024) is a young adult novel set within her Fireborn universe, filled with dragons and magic. It’s a charming and sweet look at sisters, found family, grief and loss, and necromancy! Lusi and Marsi lost their mother when Lusi was born, and though their father remarried, he has […]
