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High tea paired with Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into is usually a feature from author and chef Rohan O’Duill, but this month, Rachel A. Rosen is hijacking it.

I was obsessed with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass before I could even read, and paired with my love of baking shows, I have been dying to do a Mad Hatter Tea Party for ages. It’s complicated by the lack of cooperation from the small woodland creatures in my vicinity, plus the fact that I’m vegan. I made several recipes for this, with varying degrees, and I’ll share the most successful ones here.

Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, next to a display of tiny sandwiches, mini tarts, and scones. There's a silver sugar bowl and the edge of a teapot in the background. A little label that says "eat me" is on the display.
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Two Old Farts Talk (Queer) Sci-Fi

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Queer SFFH (Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror) has been with us for a very long time. One of the first English-language science fiction novels is Frankenstein, 1818, and it was written by bisexual author Mary Shelley. And representation has recently reached new heights, in both how many queer creators there are, but also the number of queer characters appearing in SFFH, in books and media, but also in the quality and impact they have in storylines.

Rachel A. Rosen joins Troy and David, to discuss the topic on their podcast, Two Old Farts Talk Sci-Fi. Listen here!

Rachel A Rosen, standing in front of graffiti

April 6th – Getting Your Story Out – Exploring Publishing Models

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An advert for all the authors involved in the series of writing workshops. Nicole Bezanson is a member of Night Beats and rad author, and she's giving one of them! So are some other people.

Night Beat’s own Nicole Bezanson is sharing her wisdom on how she’s published her multi-genre books—and how you can think about publishing your own works!

Author/publisher Anne Louise O’Connell and multi-genre author Nicole Bezanson will address various ways to get your book published. Anne will address hybrid and self-publishing and will take you step-by-step through the process of getting a book set up on IngramSpark ready for printing and distribution. Nicole will focus on traditional publishing and how to query agents and publishers, as well as author collectives and serial fiction websites. For more information on these online workshops, check out OC’s website.

Eton Mess with Gideon the Ninth

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Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!

Gideon only wants to go to Magnus and Abigail’s 11th anniversary party because she really wants to eat a dessert. So I thought it fitting that we prepare that dessert to go with reading Gideon the Ninth. The dessert described is cream with fruit and sugar, which sounds a lot like an Eton Mess. Bonus, that’s a super simple recipe to make!

Gideon the Ninth and a delicious looking dessert of eton mess in a glass
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Palm-sized books are available again!!!

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5 beautiful tiny perfect books. It Helps With The Blues, A/E, Read and Then Burn This, Corrupted Vessels and Query!

In honor of tRaum Books releasing a new palm-sized novella Read and Then Burn This, for a limited time, they will have all of the palm-sized books available again! A perfect chance to get the one you are missing (maybe Zilla’s Query with the ASCII penis cover?) or gift them all to someone. These books are weird, charming, and deadly. We love them more than is strictly appropriate. Get one in your greedy hands here.

all the books, seen from behind

Baozhi dumplings with The City We Became by NK Jemisin

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Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!

As the characters take on their roles as city boroughs and scramble to find each, other they get offered a plate of Mrs. Yu’s Baozhi dumplings. It is hungry work becoming a city after all. These dumplings do require a bit of skill but they will be well worth it as you bite into one and enjoy Jemisin’s beautifully written book.

A ridiculously beautiful steamer full of dumplings in front of N.K. Jemisin's "The City We Became."
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Mushroom Duxelles with Cold Rising

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Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!

This month I had the pleasure to create a recipe for my debut novel, Cold Rising, that was released last month.

Cold Rising is a science fiction novella set predominantly in the underground metropolis on Mars. The agricultural zone there grows mushrooms and fungi, so I have created a miner’s version of mushroom duxelles. This is great as a snack on some toast, but is also very versatile—you can add it to almost anything. My son loves it mixed through some pasta, for example.

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Read the best book for pay-what-you-can

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Most Famous Short Film of All Time is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Period, end of sentence.

I can’t tell you why. There are books that burrow into me and change me as I read them. Vita Nostra did this too. VALIS did, thought I didn’t love it the way I love the other two, it still burrowed inside my brain and laid eggs. I am a different person because I read it, and I am glad.

I’m not telling you about the plot of Most Famous Short Film of All Time. Why would I do that? It’s not about what happened in the book. Sometimes what doesn’t happen matters more. Sometimes an absence is something too.

It’s on for pay-what-you-can. Go to Itch.io. Read it.

Cold Beans and Herbs on Bread with The Books of Earthsea by Ursala K Le Guin

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Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!

There is a lot of food talked about in the world of Earthsea but this drew my attention as it was something that I hadn’t made or eaten previously. While it might not sound appealing at first this meal is delicious, vegan, and can be prepared in about 90 seconds. What’s not to love?

The Books of Earthsea next to a delicious plate of food
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