BITE-SIZED REVIEW: A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

'"I didn't kill him,' Sarah protested, though it wasn't true."

Feb 14, 2024

∙ Paid

TORDOTCOM: October 2023

147 pages

Honest talk: how feasible is it to force a Restoration-period dark fantasy into a mere 100+ pages? Many reviewers are asking the same thing in response to Lina Rather’s newest release A Season on Monstrous Conceptions, which I saw positively covered in the current edition of Rue Morgue.

While the “magical girl” narrative i…

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