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The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint - Review

The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
It’s territory he’s covered before, but he does it so (pun unavoidable) gracefully that his body of work has become defined by its sensitivity to character, and to the way human beings attempt to confront the unknown and unexpected in the course of trying to live what are [...]

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DogFellow’s Ghost by Gavin Smith - Review

DogFellow’s Ghost by Gavin Smith
HG Wells’s 1896 classic exploring ideas of intelligence and evolution has vivisectionist Dr Moreau attempting to create human beings from animals on a remote Pacific island, only for Moreau to fall victim to one of his own creations. Wells’s short novel is recast in Smith’s even shorter fable, which concentrates on [...]

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