Knight in shining armour. He’s not a knight – he’s a grifter with a saviour complex in an elastane shirt. Chivalry score: Error 404.
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Holly Sykes is a Hong Kong author and essayist whose Substack, Beyond the Book Cover, explores a beautiful premise: that our wonky IKEA bookshelves are actually time machines.
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I’m doing my best to communicate with people who’ve been dead for centuries.
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I just recorded a podcast based on my experience editing an anthology of short fiction. ‘Never, ever, describe speech using anything other than “said,”’ I opined.
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If my protagonists sued me for emotional distress, at least I’d know I let them feel the full range of human messiness instead of wrapping them in narrative bubble wrap.





