Update
It’s time for holidays, ya’ll! In my house, we’ve been drinking eggnog and making molassess cookies and watching some really great (and truly abhorrent) holiday movies to channel the spirit despite the 2020-ness of it all. Plus, countdown to holiday vacation week: One more workday to go.
So, shall we? Let’s shall.
Here’s a list of 10 great science fiction and fantasy novels that will get you in the holiday spirit. And, a complete ranking of insults in the Grinch song. Also, the best holiday-themed SFF TV specials.
Young adult fantasy book recommendations for fans of The Crown. A theory for why the next season of Stranger Things will feature the Satanic Panic. The baddest witches in literature. For authors, some suggestions for new year platforming resolutions.
Reading in 2021 is cancelled; there is still too much great stuff to read from 2020. But if you did better at reading than I did this year, here’s some stuff to look forward to in SFF books next year.
And, finally, an itsy bitsy glimpse at my work in progress and its witchy worldbuilding.
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E. J. Wenstrom is the award-winning SFF author of the Chronicles of the Third Realm War series. Start with Mud.