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Vladimir Nabokov’s Hidden Noir: Despair

By David Cranmer

April 19, 2014

Mention the name Vladimir Nabokov and Lolita springs immediately to mind, and rightfully so. The 1955 novel is a flashpoint in 20th century literature, notable for its controversial subject matter: a professor and his obsession with the 12-year-old Dolores Haze. From the Russian born author, there are additional legendary milestones like Pale Fire and Speak,…

City of Lost Dreams by Magnus Flyte

Fresh Meat: City of Lost Dreams by Magnus Flyte

By Amber Keller

November 25, 2013

The City of Lost Dreams by Magnus Flyte is the second adventurous mystery set in  a Europe where magic, science, and alchemy are all valid. In it, musicologist Sarah Weston and her friends—drunken dwarf Nico Petusato and her former lover Prince Max—will chase a villain through history and fight even death itself (available November 26th,…