By Jay Innis Murray “Mars is ghost country.” (Annabelle Crisp) An alternative history can be the launch pad for a ripping adventure yarn. The tradition is old and may seem played out, but, as a counter to that feeling, one of my favorite novels of the last decade is Paul Park’s underappreciated All Those Vanished … Continue reading Mars is ghost country. A review of The Strange (2023) by Nathan Ballingrud.