ROOTED LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • Review: Pastoral by Osho Winston

    Review: Pastoral by Osho Winston

    In Pastoral, Winston tackles some very heavy issues. The exploration of "compulsory heterosexuality" in particular was thoughtful and delicately handled, very authentically representing the lived experience of so many young queer people. Read the full review.

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  • Review: Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester

    Review: Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester

    As you read Dark Sisters, it is impossible to avoid conjuring up comparisons to horror greats, such as Stephen King or Shirley Jackson, who have mastered the ability to make your skin crawl with grotesque images presented in a disturbingly casual way. The witchy horror novel by Kristi DeMeester weaves an interconnected tale of three…

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  • An Interview with Author Rocio Carranza

    An Interview with Author Rocio Carranza

    Rooted Literary Magazine sat down with fantasy author Rocio Carranza to discuss her writing inspiration and latest short story collection, My Dreams Come True.

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  • Review: Cities of Smoke and Starlight by Alli Earnest

    Review: Cities of Smoke and Starlight by Alli Earnest

    Lovers of Treasure Planet, The Mummy, and Anastasia rejoice! Alli Earnest’s science fantasy novel Cities of Smoke and Starlight is the steampunk adventure you didn’t know you were looking for! Earnest not only creates an electric world readers find themselves lost in and a catalogue of sharp-tongued, adventure-seeking characters, but a rich history and mythology…

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  • An Interview with Jack Finn

    An Interview with Jack Finn

    Rooted Literary Magazine sat down with horror author Jack Finn to discuss his writing inspiration and latest novel, Culling of the House of Boars.

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  • Review: When We Feel We Exist by Dre Hill

    Review: When We Feel We Exist by Dre Hill

    Dre Hill’s When We Feel We Exist is an intimate collection of poems that slap you in the face with life’s enormity whilst quietly urging you to continue on as you were - on the condition that you notice. This collection of poetry goes against the grain of Hill’s previous works, which historically evolved around…

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  • Review: No Rest For the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams

    Review: No Rest For the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams

    Rachel Louise Adams’s No Rest for the Wicked is the kind of eerie, slow-burn, atmospheric thriller that feels tailor-made for fall reading. Set in a Midwestern town that practically worships Halloween, the novel follows Dolores, an analytical emotionally guarded forensic pathologist who’s summoned home after almost twenty years, when an FBI agent calls to say…

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  • Review: My Dreams Come True by Rocio Carranza

    Review: My Dreams Come True by Rocio Carranza

    My Dreams Come True by Rocio Carranza is a collection of eighteen horror short stories that remind you the real “horror” is human nature. The collection is full of strange and daunting writing that will leave you questioning the characters and Carranza’s true intentions. Separated into three parts, each section contains six unique short stories…

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  • Review: Culling of the House of Boars by Jack Finn

    Review: Culling of the House of Boars by Jack Finn

    Culling of the House of Boars by Jack Finn is a horror novelette that drags you into the pits of darkness and leaves you with a thirst for blood. With Rome standing at the epicenter of the world, there’s only one clan that dared to stand against them, the Dacia. Failure refusing to be an…

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  • Review: Signals from the Edge by David Horn

    Review: Signals from the Edge by David Horn

    David Horn’s Signals from the Edge, Tales from the Fault Lines of Time and Thought will take you to the future, to the past, and back around again. There is not a single story that drives his newest book, but a collection of them with a similar thread: memory. Memory is the little girl that…

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