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So, You've Just Published a Book. Top Story - October 2026.
It’s actually been about four months since I published my first book, The Gragon. I originally planned on writing this article three months ago, but work got in the way. That’s actually a recurring theme in my life for the last few years. Too much work, not enough time to write. But I do my best to strike when the iron’s hot. Or at least lukewarm.
By Atomic Historian3 days ago in BookClub
Hidden in Plain Sight? Gender, Sexuality and the Politics of Representation in Harry Potter
For an entire generation, Harry Potter was a story about belonging. Its central character was an abused, neglected boy who discovered that the qualities which made him different were the very things that made him extraordinary. Hogwarts offered a home to outsiders, friendships crossed social divisions, and the overarching narrative condemned prejudice, persecution and the pursuit of blood purity.
By Millie Hardy-Sims6 days ago in BookClub
Mississippi Wizards . Top Story - October 2026.
What better way to start off spooky season than a little horror book review from one of our very own! You know those trope boards? Those ones all over booktok? I despise, no I abhor those things because if you only ever pick books like you're ordering at Chipotle, you might never pick up a book like this.
By Matthew J. Fromm19 days ago in BookClub
Penelope Was the Real Hero of “The Odyssey” All Along. Top Story - August 2026.
Mention Homer’s Odyssey , and the first name that comes to mind is undoubtedly Odysseus. Hard to blame a fellow Greek for that, seeing how he lends his name to the title. After all, this is a hero of warring and wandering - a soldier who survived the Trojan War, fought off storms at sea, and even outsmarted gods and mythical creatures on his way home. It took him ten long years to get back to his homeland of Ithaca, but he finally made it.
By Jenna Deedy2 months ago in BookClub
The Wayward; The Way to Reward (Chapter VII)
Chapter Seven: The Dream That Was Not a Dream --- I. The child stopped walking. Not because he was tired. Not because the road had ended. But because something had shifted inside him—like a door he had not realized was there, suddenly swinging open.
By Nier Rossi4 months ago in BookClub
The Wayward; The Way to Reward (Chapter V)
Chapter Five: The Road of the Unfinished --- I. The child walked on. The light at the end of the road was still there—but it had not grown closer. It seemed to move with him, always the same distance ahead, as if it knew he was not yet ready to arrive.
By Nier Rossi4 months ago in BookClub
The Wayward; The Way to Reward (Chapter IV)
Chapter Four: The Walkers of Light --- I. The child walked with them—the taller one with the wild hair, the quieter one with the steady hands. They moved on either side of him, like two halves of a single thought, their footsteps falling into a rhythm that felt older than the road itself.
By Nier Rossi4 months ago in BookClub
The Wayward; The Way to Reward (Chapter III)
Chapter Three: The Walkers of Light --- I. The child walked. The road stretched ahead of him like a river that had forgotten how to flow—still, patient, waiting. The yellow light beneath his feet hummed with a quiet warmth, as if it recognized the weight of each step.
By Nier Rossi4 months ago in BookClub
The Wayward; The Way to Reward (Chapter II)
Chapter Two: The Road --- I. The child stepped through the gate of air—and found himself on a road. Not a road he had ever seen before. Not made of stone, not made of dirt, not made of anything solid. It was a road made of light—thin, yellow, the same light that had been calling him from the other side.
By Nier Rossi4 months ago in BookClub
