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The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: A Mystery Worth Repeating
Winter, 1999. While the rest of the world fretted about the impending chaos of the Y2K bug, I had far more pressing concerns. Namely: the impressively moody marketing for The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. My strict parents had a history of quietly vetoing Christmas wish list items they found too dark, too violent, or…
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Grave Reservations: Plucky Psychic Takes on Murder Cold Case
I discovered Cherie Priest through her supernatural neo-noir short story “Heavy Metal” in the Rogues anthology. Dazzled by her spare, gripping prose, perfectly delivered by narrator Scott Brick, I decided to give some of her longer works a shot. Grave Reservations blends elements of supernatural intrigue with detective noir, a combination that caught my attention…