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The Mandalorian and Baby Grogu solve a mystery in “Guns For Hire”

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Cora

Welcome to the latest instalment of my episode by episode reviews of season three of The Mandalorian. Previous installments may be found here. Warning! Spoilers behind the cut!

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Magic under the Mistletoe 2022 – A Round-up of the Best Indie Holiday Speculative Fiction

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Cora

Our monthly round-ups of new speculative fiction and new crime fiction releases by indie authors are a perennially popular feature. Therefore, we now offer you a round-up of our favourite holiday science fiction, fantasy and horror by indie authors. These … Continue reading →

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Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “New Look”

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Cora

It’s time for another Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre photo story. The name “Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre” was coined by Kevin Beckett at the Whetstone Discord server. You can check out all the Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Photo Stories here. I have had some new arrivals recently, … Continue reading →

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Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre: “Fake Out”

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Cora

It’s time for another Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre photo story. The name “Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre” was coined by Kevin Beckett at the Whetstone Discord server. You can check out all the Masters-of-the-Universe-Piece Theatre Photo Stories here. I have had some new arrivals, including … Continue reading →

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The 2022 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light this month, because I’m currently doing … Continue reading →

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Love Through Space and Time 2022 – A Round-up of Indie Valentine’s Day Speculative Fiction

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Cora

Our monthly round-ups of new speculative fiction and new crime fiction releases by indie authors are a perennially popular feature. Therefore, we now offer you a round-up of our favourite Valentine’s Day science fiction, fantasy and horror by indie authors. … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Is Never Evenly Distributed

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Cora

Camestros Felapton has an interesting post on his blog asking if there is a currently dominant mode of speculative fiction. Camestros’ post is a response to two episodes of the Rite Gud podcast, namely this one where host Raquel S. … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Free Fiction: The Robot Turkey Apocalypse

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Cora

Today is Thanksgiving in the US, so Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. This holiday is all about giving thanks, so it’s also the perfect time to say “thank you” to the readers of this blog with a free holiday … Continue reading →

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Listen to Cora Talk About Foundation with Paul Levinson and Joel McKinnon

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Cora

Yesterday, I was a guest on the Light On Light Through podcast, where I chatted with host Paul Levinson and Joel McKinnon of the excellent Seldon Crisis podcast about Foundation, both the TV series and the original books by Isaac … Continue reading →

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Foundation takes “The Leap” and ends its first season

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Cora

Welcome to my review of the final episode of Foundation, which is a day late, because I had tech issues as explained here. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as two actual Foundation stories may be found here. … Continue reading →

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