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  • What If There Were No Whites In South Africa?

    “When black fury meets white denial, you have the combustible and fundamentally changed race relations we live in today.”

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  • Snug

    By Megan Thomas It’s the newest collection of comics from social media SUPERSTAR Catana Comics. Honestly, I can’t explain to you how sweet, charming and relatable these are – a romantic retelling of life in a modern relationship (and the couch-naps, pizza deliveries and snuggles involved). I sometimes see the comics and feel vaguely uneasy because…

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  • Carmilla

    “You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish.”

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  • The Perseverance

    “Can we disagree graciously I am tired of people not knowing the volume of their power.”

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  • The Wildlife Photographer of the Year

    By Megan Thomas This absolute highlight of an exhibition is on at the Natural History Museum and I highly recommend everyone in London (or close enough) go visit. If you can’t, then these portfolios are a great way to see all the photographs from the various years. This is a copy of 2019’s award, and…

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  • Guest Blogger Megan Thomas Reviews Le Fanu’s Carmilla

    Originally posted on Cardiff BookTalk: A Rookie’s Experience of Vampire Fiction: Reading Carmilla Going into a book knowing that it arguably canonised vampire fiction (or Gothic horror) – written in 1872 (thus 26 years before Bram Stoker’s Dracula) – makes for an intimidating first impression. Yet, at no point did I feel overwhelmed by Irish author…

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  • Palm Sized Press Volume 2

    A collection of flash fiction.

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  • Normal People

    “You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.”

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  • Quichotte

    “Normal doesn’t feel so normal to me,” I tell him. “It’s normal to feel that way,” he replies.”

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  • Live A Little

    A story about falling in love at the end of your life.

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