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Finding Hope in a World of Exile

The Realm of Ruin by Carson Zan Hughes begins as a classic exile-and-survival fantasy and gradually unfolds into a story about identity, belonging, trauma and what it means to rebuild a life after everything has been stripped away.
BookTrib
June 26, 2026
FictionMiscellany

Fantasy or How History Should Have Been?

The appeal of fantasy for a woman in a male-dominated world is — in a word — obvious. That aside, my love affair with fantasy started as a small child because something deep and powerful in my core has always called out to the existence of dragons, fairies and magic.…
Meghan Le Fay
May 26, 2026
FictionMiscellanyRomance

Aunt Libra: The Bromantasy of It All

Bromantasy, the delightful romantic fantasy novel by Máire Roche, drops May 26. The book’s description of “Two heroes. One brain cell.” grabbed the attention of our own Aunt Libra, and she insisted on having the boys drop in to discuss their adventure. We were fortunate to receive this transcript of…
Aunt Libra
May 22, 2026
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A. H. Lewis on Building the World of Durajan

A. H. Lewis doesn’t speak about fantasy as escapism. In this conversation, the author of The Empires of Durajan reflects on the questions that shaped his life long before they shaped his fiction: questions about belief, surrender, identity, power and the people history forgets. Drawing from decades of quiet reflection,…
BookTrib
May 20, 2026
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Four Sisters, One Epic Quest

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
BookTrib
May 5, 2026