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Reed Faster<p>Me in my non-binary finery (Thanks Stephanie Sterling of The Jimquisition for that saying!).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>In the midst of the chaos going on in the world, there are still beautiful sapphic romances out there. In Lucy Undying by Kiersten White, we learn what actually happened to Lucy of Dracula fame. </p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/02/vampire-love-thyself-lucy-undying-by.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2025/02/vampire</span><span class="invisible">-love-thyself-lucy-undying-by.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sapphichorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sapphichorror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dracula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dracula</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>At the intersection of grief and folklore, anything can happen. Monstrilio speaks of the way grief affects a family and the different ways they handle it. Plus, a monster grown from a piece of lung! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/queerhorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queerhorror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/01/grief-fanged-monster-monstrilio-by.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2025/01/grief-f</span><span class="invisible">anged-monster-monstrilio-by.html?m=1</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>It's a new year and there are many good things ahead. In this blog post, I talk about some of the books and a game I didn't get a chance to review this year. </p><p>Remember, whatever the next four years brings, as long as we stand strong with each other, we can power through it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/01/the-year-turns-but-we-look-back-books.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2025/01/the-yea</span><span class="invisible">r-turns-but-we-look-back-books.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>We are taking a break from the blog until after the New Year. Please have a safe and happy holiday season.</p><p>May you receive all the books you want and some that may surprise you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>I didn't have queer gothic horror on my reding bingo list for this year, but here we go. Ghosts? Check. Haunting cats? Yep. Vampires? Definitely without the glitter. </p><p>Check out my review of All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vampires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vampires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gothichorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gothichorror</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/12/there-is-no-glitter-here-gothic-horror.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2024/12/there-i</span><span class="invisible">s-no-glitter-here-gothic-horror.html</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>It's been a rough week, my friends, but I have a treat for you. Imagine a world built on traditions that were nearly destroyed by colonization, add a pinch of magic and divinity, and you have Rebecca Roanhorse's Between Earth and Sky trilogy. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/11/to-be-divine-between-earth-and-sky.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2024/11/to-be-d</span><span class="invisible">ivine-between-earth-and-sky.html?m=1</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>What is considered horror can be extremely subjective and personal. What we carry with us through the chapters of our lives that haunt us shapes us.</p><p>Imagine being a final girl.</p><p>In this post, I review The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephan Graham Jones.</p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/10/jade-daniels-is-my-final-girl-angel-of.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2024/10/jade-da</span><span class="invisible">niels-is-my-final-girl-angel-of.html?m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>Gearing up for a review of "House of Bone and Rain" by Gabino Iglesias. I have a bit of a teaser question for you, though: What lengths would you go to for your found family? </p><p>Drop your answers below, before next week!<br>(Image from Amazon.)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>I really dig fantasy that pulls from something other than Western folklore. Check out my review of The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo!</p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/05/reeds-recommendation-corner-fox-wife-by.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2024/05/reeds-r</span><span class="invisible">ecommendation-corner-fox-wife-by.html?m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>What happens when the person telling the story isn't quite as trustworthy as you thought when you started? Is the horror all in their head or in yours? I talk about two books with unreliable narrators that you should DEFINITELY check out! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/02/reeds-recommendation-corner-books-with.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2024/02/reeds-r</span><span class="invisible">ecommendation-corner-books-with.html</span></a></p>
Reed Faster<p>A heavy blog post this week, as I talk about grief and the media we use to comfort ourselves during those times. Content warning for talk of death.</p><p><a href="https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/02/reed-faster-speculates-processing-grief.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reedfaster.com/2024/02/reed-fa</span><span class="invisible">ster-speculates-processing-grief.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dragcryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragcryptid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reedfaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reedfaster</span></a></p>
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