August 2025 archive

Psychopomp by Maria Dong

I fell head over heels in love with Maria Dong’s genre-bending debut Liar, Dreamer, Thief, so when Ms Dong herself reached out asking if I’d like a copy of her follow-up novel, the more sci-fi Psychopomp, I was absolutely gasping to say yes. Psychopomp has lots of the same themes that LDT did, tho set …

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Monstress Vol 9: The Possessed by Marjorie M Liu & Sana Takeda

Would I read this comic if it weren’t for the fact that it’s nominated for a Hugo almost every year? Absolutely not. Tho apparently it was not nominated last year (I’ve heard that Vol 8 was Not Great) and I skipped the Hugos the year before, so missed reading the last two books. Not that …

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Tantalizing Tales — August 2025 — Part One

Happy August, readers! My schedule has already been thrown into a tizzy, but I’m hoping that things smooth out a little bit before back to school and the start of the Arsenal season later this month. In the meantime, let’s look at some awesome shorter books coming out this week — I love a short …

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An Interview with J.T. Ellison, Author of Last Seen

We’ve been slowly getting back into the habit of publishing author interviews over here at The Frumious Consortium, and are so pleased to be able to bring you this insightful conversation with J T Ellison in conjunction with her novel Last Seen, publishing today! This latest standalone page-turner is a psychological thriller that examines family …

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