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Review: “This Is How You Lose the Time War,” Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

Pros: Stunning! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone bring us the gorgeous novella (short novel?), This Is How You Lose the Time War. Red is an elite time-traveling agent working for the Agency. Blue

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Short Take: “Elysium,” Jennifer Marie Brissett

Pros: Interesting characters and world Cons: Utterly confusing and surreal Rating: 3 out of 5 Jennifer Marie Brissett’s Elysium is an odd, surreal story about Adrianne and Antoine, who are going through some marital difficulties. Or maybe it’s about Adrianne

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Review: “Virgins & Tricksters,” Rosalie Morales Kearns

Pros: Stunning, engrossing Cons: A bit surreal in places! Rating: 5 out of 5 The Virgins & Tricksters anthology by Rosalie Morales Kearns bowled me over. Normally I read books that fall within very clearly defined genres, such as horror,

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Review: “Oneironaut,” Phoenix Williams

Pros: Unusual style and voice; concept grew on me Cons: Terrible grammar and… well, weird stuff Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Phoenix Williams’s Oneironaut is a story about Henry, who lives two parallel lives. One is the ‘real world’, while

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Surreal Nike Ad

There I was, reading Cracked.com’s 10 Awesome Ads (for Traumatizing Children), when I came across the Nike ad embedded below. And I watched it. And watched it again. And watched it again. And again. Maybe I’m the one who’s cracked,

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