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  • Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Green trips on the curb, falls flat into the street, and sees the city bus speeding toward him. And then . . . blink. He’s back on the curb, miraculously still alive. A five-foot-tall crow watches him from atop a nearby sign, somehow unseen by the rushing crowd of…

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  • Stars and Scars

    Stars and Scars

    You turned my scars into constellationsTracing invisible lines between the marks of my past Using your lips to kiss my deepest painTerraforming the landscape of…

  • Strange Folk by Alli Dyer – Book Review

    Strange Folk by Alli Dyer – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Lee returns to her estranged, magical family in Appalachia, where a conjuring meant to protect the community may have summoned something sinister.…

  • Distant Sons by Tim Johnston – Book Review

    Distant Sons by Tim Johnston – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – The paths of two young men collide and spark unexpected violence in a Wisconsin town where three boys went missing in the…

  • The Pairing by Casey McQuiston – Book Review

    The Pairing by Casey McQuiston – Book Review

    Quick Synopsis – Two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove…

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I’m Kim, the writer behind the curtain so to speak. I read and review books, write poetry, and sometimes write blogs about my life.