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Mysterious Literary Mustaches of Movember

Happy Movember! The month of November has long been devoted to mustaches, and we hope you're wearing yours loud and proud! Check out a few of our favorite mysterious mustaches below.

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Fifty Years Later: Revisiting Camelot

“The song he loved most came at the very end of this record, the last side of Camelot, sad Camelot . . .‘Don’t let it be forgotThat once there was a spot,For one brief shining momentThat was known as...

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Old-Fashioned Love Triangles: Mary Renault, the Ancient Greeks, and The...

 The first-ever British novel to portray unconcealed homosexual love,The Charioteer by Mary Renault is a monumental work of historical and gay literature. Published in 1953 in Britain, the book...

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4 Powerful Truths About Rape From Susan Brownmiller

Today is the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, an occasion for governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations to raise...

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Science Fiction Wednesday: Jak Is Back

 Jak is back! This time the solar system’s biggest party animal is plunged into a world of danger and intrigue beyond imagination, and he is forced to ask, “Where’s the party?”John Barnes is the...

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Retro Reads December Selection: Come Pour the Wine by Cynthia Freeman

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Author's Note on Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol

 AUTHOR’S NOTE THE WORLD HAS changed radically sinceChip Crockett’s Christmas Carol was first serialized on SciFiction.com in December 2000. Sandy Becker had died in 1996, but Joey Ramone was still...

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Give the Gift of E: A How-To Guide

With the holiday shopping season upon us, Open Road offers a stress-free solution to gift buying. This season, we’ve made it easy for you to avoid crowded malls, long lines at the post office, and the...

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Retro Reads December Selection: Come Pour the Wine by Cynthia Freeman

With the holidays just around the corner, we’ve been on the lookout for a good romance to hunker down with. Sometimes, the best books come to us through recommendations by friends. That’s the case with...

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Holiday Gift Guide: Choose the Perfect Ebook for Your Dad

Racking your brain trying to think of an exciting new gift for your dad this holiday season? Check out our gift guide for dads and choose the perfect ebook—we guarantee it will outdo the usual tie. And...

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Gift of E: Author Traditions

 Now that Thanksgiving is fully behind us, it is safe to break out those holiday decorations, pour yourself a winterized cocktail, and start reminiscing about favorite holiday traditions. Of course,...

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A Gift Guide for Mom: Choose the Perfect Ebook This Holiday

Another year, another challenge—what to get the woman who gives you everything? Luckily for you, we’ve put together a handy gift guide to help you choose the perfect ebook! And if you need help...

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Lost in Ebook Land? Our Authors Can Help You Find the Perfect Ebook Gift

It’s a fact that authors spend a good amount of time around books. So, how exactly do they pick the most memorable ones—the best books they have given and received as gifts? We asked some of our...

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Feminism through the Years: Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of Fear of...

Since 1973, one novel has been named time and time again as a large step in the right direction for the feminist movement: Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying.To celebrate this fall’s 40th anniversary of the...

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November Retro Reads Roundup

Untitled Document Last month, we went contemporary with Sandra Kitt’s Close Encounters. Kitt’s tale of an interracial love affair that blooms between a divorced cop and a newly single professor has an...

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Science Fiction Wednesday: Winter Goosebumps

                                                         If you need a break from all of the holiday cheer; check out our collection of spooky sci-fi stories for some post-Halloween thrills and chills....

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Christmas Mysteries: 13 Excerpts to Set the Season

'Tis the season for suspense! There's no better way to get into the holiday spirit than by plunging into ten Christmas-themed mysteries and thrillers (and three more to ring in the New Year!). This...

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Jerry Engels: The Ultimate Adolescent Ladies’ Man

 Jerry Engels is “the Boy Who Liked Girls.” Not cars or sports or politics—girls. In At the Shores by Thomas Rogers, Jerry spends the summers of his youth at the beaches of Lake Michigan, flirting his...

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An Interview with Janice Law

Janice Law is an acclaimed author of mystery fiction and a painter, whose first novel, The Big Payoff (1977), was nominated for an Edgar Award. The Prisoner of the Riviera (2013), a historical mystery...

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A Secret Santa Gift Guide: Pick the Right Ebook for Your Coworker

Shopping for coworkers can be hard, especially if you don’t know them that well. But don’t worry; the perfect gift is just a few clicks away! Just answer the questions below—and voilà! You’re now the...

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