Category: read

• New Sci-fi Magazine Alert!

  

  And just like that, it’s been a while since I’ve last written a post, but you know what that means—there’s been a lot of work backstage. The upcoming Ranger Paraversum novel, Girls Back Home, is set to publish October 25th 2021, and I’m hard at work with that one. (I am, I promise!) In the…

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 21, 2021

  announcing, free fiction, holidays, love, publish, read

  fantasy, free fiction, morina kutija, science fiction, speculative fiction

• How Guy Gavriel Kay’s Books Started My Love for Writing Historical Fantasy

  

  Have you ever felt like you belonged in somebody’s fictional setting?

  Vesna Kurilic

  March 3, 2021

  read, recs, want, write

  alternative history, book recs, historical fantasy, historical fiction, lions of al-rassan, Reading recs, tigana, writing, writing life

• 7 Reasons Why I Admire Mystery Writers

  

  I still admire romance writers more, in case anyone was wondering. Which I knew you weren’t.

  Vesna Kurilic

  February 24, 2021

  love, read, write

  agatha christie, fiction, gregory ashe, mystery, mystery fiction, shari lapena, whodunnit

• The City as a Character: Gotham, London… Rijeka?

  

  What is this city as a character that I speak of?

  Vesna Kurilic

  February 17, 2021

  geek, read, the wolf on, want, write

  a town called river, croatian speculative fiction, rivers of london, slav, slavic fantasy, slavic literature, slavic mythology, slavic speculative fiction, speculative fiction, the magpie lord, urban fantasy, urban fantasy series, what do nightmares dream of

• Why Not: Doppelgänger Romance

  

  ‘Doppelgänger romance’ and its variations is not a term to be tossed around lightly—especially when you’re writing it.

  Vesna Kurilic

  February 10, 2021

  beginners, geek, live, love, publish, read, recs, the wolf on, want, write

  alternative history, doppelganger fiction, doppelganger novels, girls in black, lesfic, lgbt alternative history, mark twain, portal fantasy, queer alternative history, queer dieselpunk, ranger paraversum, sapphic romance, sapphic scifi, sarah pinsker, selfcest, selfcest romance, selfcest romance novel, vorkosigan

• There’s No Such Thing as Slavic Fantasy (Except…)

  

  There is no such thing as Slavic fantasy. There is no such thing as Slavic fantasy. There… oh, dammit.

  Vesna Kurilic

  February 3, 2021

  fandom, live, publish, read, roam, the wolf on

  antonija meznaric, creative writing, croatian fantasy, croatian sci-fi, reading, slavic fandom, slavic fantasy, slavic literature, slavic mythology, slavic speculative fiction, slavic writers, writing

• My Eight Favourite Fictional Queer Ladies

  

  Who’s that lurking behind her sunglasses at the bottom of the list?

  Vesna Kurilic

  January 27, 2021

  read

  lesbian, lgbt, queer women

• 8 Ways How Gideon the Ninth Messed Up My Brain—And I Said ‘Thanks’

  

  There are some heavy accusations going on in this post. And I’m not even sorry.

  Vesna Kurilic

  January 22, 2021

  love, read, recs, the wolf on

• Why Not: Speculative Fiction Set in Croatia

  

  Who’s that peeking over the horizon for your next awesome fantasy read?

  Vesna Kurilic

  January 20, 2021

  read, recs

  aleksandar ziljak, ana cerovac, antonija meznaric, book recs, croatia, croatian fantasy, croatian literature, croatian sci-fi, croatian speculative fiction, european literature, milena benini, read croatian, Reading recs

• Five Thrilling and Chilling Snowed-In Mysteries

  

  It’s the most wonderful time of a reader’s year!

  Vesna Kurilic

  January 13, 2021

  read, recs

  agatha christie, country house murder, cozy reads, dana stabenow, gregory ashe, remote country house, shari lapena, snowed in mystery, snowed-in mystery, winter reads