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108: Valediction Forbidding Mourning

Feb. 25, 2015 | Comments

It had everything we could ask for: heart, adventure, closure, and yet the promise of more, not to mention a few of my requests from last week.
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Jupiter Winds: Bold Premise, Flawed Execution

Feb. 24, 2015 | Comments

The promising characters and world building are largely unexplored and underdeveloped.
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#Oscars2015 Live Tweets

Feb. 23, 2015 | Comments

Last night was the best Oscars performance in a long time. It started fun, had a few hitches here and there, but delivered with great presenters and speeches
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Speculative Awards Season Begins

Feb. 21, 2015 | Comments

The ruthless season of movie awards ends with tomorrow's Oscars telecast, but the award season's just getting started for lovers of speculative fiction.
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Crisischondria

Feb. 19, 2015 | Comments

A poem satirizing our innate ability to transform any and everything into a personal affliction.
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Ep. 107: No Holding Back

Feb. 18, 2015 | Comments

Last night's episode ripped apart the already high standards set by this show, pushing every character to the breaking point.
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Failstate: Nemesis, the Final Chapter

Feb. 17, 2015 | Comments

It's the moment Failstate fans have been waiting for, the conclusion to John W. Otte's superhero tale about a boy with destructive powers bound to save his hometown.
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3 Forgotten Presidents

Feb. 16, 2015 | Comments

There have been 43 presidents since Washington first took his oath of office. Unless that person happened to serve during a war or do something really amazing or stupid, many of these men have been lost to the cobwebs of history.
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Heartless: a Lovely, Loving Fairy Tale

Feb. 14, 2015 | Comments

This novel really taught me not to judge a book by its cover: I was pleasantly surprised to discover a world of wonder, beauty, joy, tragedy, and painful redemption that cut to the marrow.
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For Us the Living

Feb. 12, 2015 | Comments

A poem in honor of Lincoln's birthday, but dedicated to all who have come after.

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