Ling's Report

Into the Drowning Deep is the first book by Seanan McGuire (writing under the pseudonym of “Mira Grant”) that I've ever read, and it is a very good first impression of the author. Embarrassingly, I didn't know this book was a sequel to Rolling in the Deep , but thankfully knowledge of the first book wasn't a requirement to understand and enjoy the sequel. Be warned that this review will contain mild spoilers for the first book. Seven years ago, Imagine Network sent a crew out on the Atargatis to film a mockumentary on mermaids. The entire crew was lost at sea, leaving behind only a recording that hinted at a grim fate for all on board. Now a new crew is setting out to discover the truth behind the Atargatis incident, and on board is Victoria "Tory" Stewart, a scientist and the younger sister of one of the missing crew members. She hopes to find answers and closure, but soon discovers just how dangerous the mermaids she and the others had been chasing tr...

I am a big fan of the works of Emily Carroll . When I heard that she helped develop a game, I told myself that I had to check it out. That is how I discovered The Yawhg , a choose-your-own-adventure game developed by Emily Carroll and Damian Sommer. The Yawhg can be played by up to four people. Each player takes the role of a civilian going about their lives, unaware that the Yawhg will arrive in six weeks. The game has a bunch of randomized events that can help players build up their skills, screw up their lives, or both. However, once the Yawhg comes, these skills will determine whether the characters successfully rebuild their lives and hometown or do the equivalent of trying to put out a fire with gasoline. There are quite a few story chains to discover, and the randomization of the game means that there's no guarantee you'll actually see a story chain to its very end. Nevertheless, the story chains make for very interesting reads, even if the events ...