For the past couple weeks I’ve been reading some darker vampire romances that always involved life-endangering plots and tearful reunions after abuse. I really needed a break from the dark fantasy tropes that I found myself in. Earlier in the ...

The day John Vaillant’s new book about Canadian wildfires, Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World, came out in the US, Canadian wildfires became a temporary American obsession.  Skies in the northeastern United States turned orange, hazy, and hazardous as the ...

Image: HarperCollins The original Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, published in 1981, included extracts from over 350 letters from the Lord of the Rings author to various people in his life and literary sphere. It was heavily edited for clarity, as ...

Gus Dupin, walking along the stillness of Stony Lake in the gathering night, recognized the sleek motorboat approaching his dock. A girl in a bright yellow sundress jumped off and sprinted to his mailbox, dropping in an envelope before running ...

Image: Amazon Studios Although streaming services try to keep their viewing numbers secret, Amazon Studios was all too happy to crow that the premiere of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series had 25 million global viewers ...