protean depravity

Did you, as a child, enjoy the later episodes of the children series Hallo Spencer and grew up to be a geeky adult who listens electronica, reads speculative fiction and has an affection for house plants? If that's a pretty accurate description of you, I'm pretty sure you shouldn't miss the live streams of Ugress -  a music/storytelling project from Norway with the ruthless charm of Spencer (though, with only one character and songs instead of sketches), awesome music, self written stories and fun, interactive games, starring my dear friend and fellow book clubber, the unbearably congenial Gisle Martens Meyer.

illustrated by Gustavo Barroni   Original Fiction by Lindsay Taylor The publisher had dutifully tried to hype the whole affair, but there’s only so much that could be done under the circumstances.

Recently I tried to focus on finishing books I had started reading at some point in the past and didn't finish for one reason or another and it's looking good so far; here are some results of project DNF, as well as newer reads that I had been anticipating. Two of the books I am discussing here are slashers and the other three can definitely pass as (dark) fantasy but also as contemporary literature depending on where your focus is. Enjoy!