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Kathryn Adams

Woodworker and reader, artistic fantasy/sci-fi fangirl with the attention span of a magpie.
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The Best Books of 2019

It’s been a pretty chaotic year, what with family medical emergencies and other craziness (said other craziness being…more family medical emergencies), so I’m pretty happy to see the last of 2019. One good thing that 2019 did have was some fantastic books. Click the jump for a rundown of the five best (“best” here meaning

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Review: Laughter at the Academy

All these stories take place outside my pre-existing universes – so no Fighting Pumpkins, no October Daye, no Velveteen. They are quick glimpses of another room, with a door that will close in short order. It’s the last day of 2019, and there are so many fantastic books I haven’t gotten around to yet. I

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Binary System Podcast #203 – WTNV# 160 “The Weather”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! We knew this was going to be a crazy episode of Welcome to Night Vale when Cecil said he was going to take us to the weather…and then he talked about the weather! ISN’T THAT CRAZY? (And don’t even get us

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Review: Minecraft – The End

The Great Chaos came for everyone sooner or later. It would come for the whole universe someday. The endermen’s duty was to help it along any way they could. Fans of the game Minecraft will recognize the Endermen: the tall, shadowy creatures who destroy at random and relentlessly pursue the human players who do something

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Binary System Podcast #202 – WTNV# 159 “Cat Show”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Night Vale’s annual Cat Show is here and there’s really no competition because everybody knows Khoshekh is THE BEST CAT EVER. (Though one of the competitors is named Dumpster and we’ve gotta admit that’s a cool name for a cat.) Listen

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Binary System Podcast #201 – WTNV# 158 “The War For Time”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The three-part Night Vale story of cryogenics and robots comes to a close this week, with an ending that was surprising, abrupt, and intensely creepy. We loved it. (Probably goes without saying but just in case SPOILERS AHOY!) After the recap

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Binary System Podcast #200 – Ship all the ships!

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! 200 episodes in and WE FINALLY HAVE A PLAN! (For one episode. Enjoy it while it lasts!) If you know us, you’ll know we love us some shippy goodness. For the non-nerds (or anyone who hasn’t listened to this podcast) (or

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Review: The Starless Sea

Far beneath the surface of the earth, hidden from the sun and the moon, upon the shores of the Starless Sea, there is a labyrinthine collection of tunnels and rooms filled with stories. One day, the son of the fortune teller is walking home from school when he finds a fantastical door painted on an

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