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I have been waiting with anticipation for the follow-up to Rjurik Davidson’s strikingly original debut, Unwrapped Sky (2014), and The Stars Askew does not disappoint. The “young master of the New Weird” fleshes out his wonderfully bizarre world, a world that blends familiar elements of history and mythology in unique ways.

There’s a sense of mystery about Harry Houdini that isn’t easily dispelled. Even to this day, escape artists and stage magicians still revere his name and hold him as a benchmark figure in performing legerdemain and feats of, well,  magic; but few realize that he was as sceptical of the …

'Bats of the Republic' is a wonderfully original debut novel by Zachary Thomas Dodson. Billed as “an illuminated novel,” it is a remarkable physical object with gorgeous maps, illustrations and even a sealed envelope that holds the key to the novel’s conclusion. But Bats of the Republic is not gimmicky—the storytelling is every bit as strong as the visual layout.

Many novels that have tried to straddle sci-fi and fantasy end up simultaneously irritating the hard-core sci-fi fans and discombobulating the fantasy lovers. The Revolutions does neither and is an intriguing blend of steampunk sci-fi/fantasy with dabbling in Victorian-era occult.

Unwrapped Sky is an original story that sets 19th Century political struggles in a fascinating fantasy world, though Rjurik Davidson leaves too much of this world unexplained. His characters are flawed and compelling. This is an ambitious debut from a very promising writer.

Enjoy this spectacular new oceanside set of The Artful Dodger's steampunk Ariel photos by The Blake Image Photography. Hey, we know you're dying to try, you wanna kiss the girl!

Few recent games have so successfully nailed the feeling of creeping dread felt while being stalked as Sir, You Are Being Hunted. It's an an eerie, nerve-shredding experience.

The stories in ‘The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes’ are entertaining and hold up well by themselves, but this collection works best as a supplement to George Mann’s novels. Fans of Sherlock Holmes and steampunk will particularly enjoy these stories, though anyone with a taste for adventure will find much to like here.

In short, James Lovegrove's 'Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares' is everything a Sherlock Holmes fangirl like me could ask for.

'Bioshock Infinite' is not addressing racism or religious fanaticism, it’s saying that evil people will do evil things simply because they are evil.