I know there are a lot of us out there. Across the galaxies of Reddit, Goodreads, Discord, Public Libraries, Indigo and your own bedroom bookshelves.
Here are five top bookstores in Halifax, NS, each with a standout reason why they’re worth visiting: 1. Bookmark – Located on Spring Garden Road,
Here’s an overview of how the publishing industry works economically, followed by an estimated comparison of whether fantasy or science-fiction might be more profitable as
Bookstores are magical. They smell like paper, coffee, and financial irresponsibility. You walk in thinking, “I’ll just browse,” and somehow walk out $84 poorer and
You know that moment when you tell yourself you’ll “just finish this chapter”? Yeah. That’s how The Lord of the Rings turned into an accidental
I swear, modern air travel is the closest thing we’ve got to space exploration — except astronauts have better legroom. Think about it. You arrive
They told us we were getting progress. Women who fight.Women who lead armies.Women who never cry unless it’s part of a battle montage. We were
1. Anime Isn’t About Escaping Reality — It’s About Upgrading It People always say anime fans “escape reality.” Buddy, I’m not escaping — I’m evolving.
ChronoBear’s Unedited Notes (Probably from Last Tuesday) [00:01 AM] There’s a half-eaten sandwich next to my copy of Recursion. The book’s about rewriting time. The
Dear Reader, Sometimes, when I’m turning the last page of a fantasy novel, I have to stop and remind myself where I am. The room
🕯Entry 001: Transmission from Somewhere Between a Thought and a Star There’s this moment — right before I open a new book — when I
A Response to BigKahuna’s “The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword” (Apparently Not) First of all — BigKahuna, darling — thank you for reminding us
I’ve always loved that saying — “The pen is mightier than the sword.” It sounds noble. Romantic. Civilized. But let’s be honest: if I’m standing
I’ve stayed in some incredible places — floating hotels above Venus, budget capsules on Mars, even a bed-and-breakfast inside an asteroid belt once (don’t ask).
You know how people say “suspension of disbelief” when talking about fiction? Anime doesn’t suspend it. Anime vaporizes it, launches it into orbit, and waves
(Field Notes from the Panam Interplanetary Travel Journal, Vol. 3) Every planet I’ve visited — Earth included — has one thing in common: hotel rooms
We’ve traded swords for screens, but courage never went extinct I. THE ECHO OF BRONZE Sometimes I wonder if we’ve forgotten what it means to
I. The Villain Is Winning — Because We Made Him RelatableModern storytelling has a sickness.We’ve started to love our monsters more than our martyrs. We
In every fantasy story, there’s that one moment where a wizard waves their hand and turns thin air into gold. It’s pretty miraculous—instant wealth, infinite
Open any good fantasy novel, and before the first sentence, you’ll find it: a map. Mountains like teeth, rivers like veins, dotted lines marking “here
There’s something haunting about a ship that talks back. From HAL 9000’s calm menace to Solaris’s sentient ocean, science fiction has long given machinery a
Spaceships are cool. Lightsabers hum. Robots sparkle with existential angst. And yet… when it comes to pure, unstoppable popularity, dragons eat drones for breakfast. So
