Elisabeth Ring

‘Captain’s Dinner’ Focuses on Legal Drama, Not Cannibalism

The cover to Adam Cohen's Captain's Dinner, which features the title, subtitle, and author on a detail of what looks like an 18th-century painting of four men in a rowboat on choppy sea with dark clouds overhead.

There’s a delicacy in writing about history. For one thing, having the benefit of knowing the end of a series of events from the beginning makes it easy for us to criticize the actions of those who lived it. It can be tricky, too, to not overlay the norms and expectations of today to thoseContinue reading “‘Captain’s Dinner’ Focuses on Legal Drama, Not Cannibalism”

Cozy Adventures Continue in ‘Brigands,’ Albeit With a Different Face

The cover of Brigands and Breadknives, which features an illustration of a strong brown horse, an elf warrior with short white hair, a mouse-like creature writing on parchment and looking very worried, and a goblin with orange hair and a hideous multicolored coat, all gathered around a cooking fire.

I confess I was reluctant to pick up Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree’s breakout 2022 novel, thinking it was over-hyped only to find it just as cozy and delightful as people said it was. Its prequel, Bookshops and Bonedust, expanded the fictional world by introducing readers to Fern, a bookseller who first convinced our hero,Continue reading “Cozy Adventures Continue in ‘Brigands,’ Albeit With a Different Face”

‘Murderers’ Blends Horror of Haunted House and Family Reunion

An illustration of two young white men in early-20th century clothing looking concerned and walking away from a large, foreboding mansion. The title, All of Us Murderers, and the author, KJ Charles, are superimposed upon the image.

Murderers was just the kind of book that I didn’t want to put down and go to bed, while also being the kind of book you shouldn’t read at night when the house is dark and quiet and you’re the only one awake. In other words, perfect for spooky season.

New Story Out in Radon

In the foreground of this illustration, a robot head with spikes and exposed wires stares with one eye; the other eye, and a circular portion of the face and head, is gone, revealing a yellow sun low in a red sky.

My story “Like An Arm Outstretched, Reaching,” a piece of body-horror fiction I’ve been playing with for a few years now, is now published in issue 11 of Radon magazine. The editors have been fantastic to work with and I’m really proud of how it turned out. Give it a read!