Unwinnable

             

Unwinnable MonthlyExploitsGames MoviesTVMusic|Store|Subscribe

Books

Exploits Feature

Selene Shade: Resurrectionist for Hire

By Noah Springer • December 2nd, 2024

Selene Shade, a steely, blue-eyed resurrectionist, spends her days raising the dead and her nights alone…

Totally Generic
A bank of fog rolls ashore just of the coast of Maine.

Losing Christina

By Natasha Ochshorn • November 14th, 2024

The Fog is a novel about gaslighting, although that term is never used.

Area of Effect
Students mill about in droves and crisp blue blazers in a grand hall at Durham University.

The Local Horror of Dark Academia

By Jay Castello • November 13th, 2024

Babel is one of the books most keen to explore the dark part of dark academia; the power behind it, not just the hue of an 18th century wood-panel library.

Rookie of the Year
A bird's eye view of a suburban neighborhood.

Suburbia’s End

By Matt Marrone • November 12th, 2024

We were in our own dimensional rift and saw it all at once – the flashing and clashing lightsabers, the pillars, the darkness, the red eyes, each other.

Past Presence
A still from Sex and the City episode "The Baby Shower" shows a woman sitting on the floor changing a baby's diaper, grinning like a jack-o-lantern at the camera.

Dream Vacation

By Dr. Emily Price • October 31st, 2024

The suburbs are conformity, and they’re also, for people around a certain age, parenthood.

A screenshot from the trailer of Children of Men where a post British man is walking by a line of riot cops in front of a vandalized wall

Checkmate: A Review of Overshoot

By Autumn Wright • October 3rd, 2024

It may feel like we are checked, but the missiles are still in the air, the destruction of in development fossil capital is still unrealized. It’s checkmate.

Mind Palaces
A top-down view of a bowl of uncooked orzo pasta resting on a marble counter.

Consider the Orzo

By Maddi Chilton • October 3rd, 2024

I am the least hungry when I’m stressed, or sad, or sick, when something has gone wrong elsewhere in my life and my stomach suffers for it.

Cover Reveal: Orrin Grey’s Glowing in the Dark!

By Orrin Grey • September 4th, 2024

Peel your skin off and have a seat!

Mind Palaces
Detail from the cover of Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos featuring a cropped photo of a woman's blue eye and a large black dot evoking a period at the end of a sentence.

Booking It (Vol. 2)

By Maddi Chilton • August 6th, 2024

The thrilling conclusion to Maddi’s quest to read the entirety of the International Booker Prize longlist.

Always Autumn
An illustration from the manga Chainsaw Man shows a man with shaggy hair pensively reviewing a newspaper, coffee mug in hand.

Hoplophobia

By Autumn Wright • July 17th, 2024

In the great tradition of obscuring the true big bad of its story, the ostensible antagonist of Chainsaw Man is a compelling kaiju.

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • 36
  • Next »
Video Games - Comics - Sci-Fi - Pulp

© Unwinnable, LLC.

All content is owned by Unwinnable and the fine folks who contribute to it, so just back up off it Mr. Sticky Fingers. Support criticism with your clicks, quality publications with your bucks and always tip your bartender.

  • About
  • Staff
  • Advertise
  • Submissions
  • Privacy