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Conjuring My Leafy Muse

by Christopher Soden

"Conjuring My Leafy Muse" is an intensely moving collection of poetry by a writer whose voice is fresh. "Conjuring My Leafy Muse" is, in numerous ways, a marvel of incantation and lyricism, a weaving of the supernatural, horrific,... Read More

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RSDF Chronicle 1

by Christopher Soden

Religio-Spiritual Development Foundation Chronicle 1 is a curious work, unifying in intent and informative in practice. A comprehensive, purposeful gloss on religions from various regions, traditions, cultures, and orientations, the book... Read More

Book Review

Rake

by Christopher Soden

Noir novel of an actor navigating Paris rekindles the humor and intellect of the genre. This curiously dry, reasonably entertaining novel is clearly an attempt to replicate or comment on noir-ish hardboiled fiction. It is narrated by an... Read More

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Club Icarus

by Christopher Soden

From slick covered stacks of capes and masks a boy begins the walk to school with ganglions blitzing comic book kinetics. One step bat, one step spider, fists popping claws, carrying shields and totem boomerangs, he walks the rooftop... Read More

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Death and Transfiguration

by Christopher Soden

Istvan Hornyak’s Death and Transfiguration: A Tragic Drama in Five Acts is an operatic, intriguing, somewhat misguided, and turgid retelling of the tale of Faust. According to legend, Dr. Henry Faust is a sagacious, peerless scholar... Read More

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