Palm-sized books are available again!!!

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

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

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

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

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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Announcing: Guaranteed Bestseller (That No One Will Read)

Guaranteed Bestseller offers nine sardonic tales holding a carnival mirror to writers and stories. From a deal with the Devil to the ultimate AI vs human showdown, witness the terrifying spectacle of artists who’ll do anything to clamber out of the creative trenches alive.

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Steamed Mantu with the Kite Runner

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

Steamed mantu was one of the scents Amir remembered during the Kite Tournament. The Kite Runner is a beautiful book with a stark reminder of how things can change drastically at any moment.

Steamed mantu is a wonderful Afghan dish, which I have made a bit easier with a few cheats. This is a vegetarian version but you can make a more traditional version by using minced lamb or beef instead of the sweet potato and peas.

Steamed Mantu with the Kite Runner
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