The Great Wild Word
Book reviews, occasional fiction/poetry from a literature lover and speculative fiction author / creative writing MFA. 100% HUMAN powered.
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Book Review: Switzy, by Emma Cline
Switzy, by Emma Cline (2026)
352 pages
Emma Cline’s third novel — longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize — is about mental decay, the disintegration of one’s identity, and death. Heavy subject matter, yes, but done with pathos and an absorb...
Microplay: Writing Night
[A black stage. A spotlight illuminates the Writer, sitting at a desk: hunched over a page. A clock ticks. The writer rubs their eyes, tugs their hair, and…
Suddenly another spotlight illuminates the Personal Demon reclining on a couch - a...
Book Review: “When There Are Wolves Again” by E. J. Swift
“When There Are Wolves Again” by E. J. Swift (2025)
304 pages
In August, When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift was announced the winner of the 2026 Arthur C Clarke Award (for best sci-fi novel first published in Britain in 2025). A...
Book Review: "The End of Everything" by M. John Harrison
“The End of Everything” by M John Harrison (2026)
208 pages
First, you need to know what you’re getting into.
This is a weird book. Very weird. It’s weird in its mostly-plotless form, and it’s also weird in its depiction of behaviour a...
Even before the visitor arrives, I can hear his blood
A Visitor
Even before the visitor arrives, I can hear his blood.
I know it’s the sound of blood. I always hear it. It sounds like skin stretching off a snake. Or like fungus spores blooming in black and white. It changes when the...
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