Nov 6, 2025 - Things to Do
New fantasy bookstore opens in Hingetown
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✋ Sam here. The best place I visited this week was Parallel Universe, a new bookstore in the Hingetown hangars.
The big picture: The specialty shop sells sci-fi, fantasy and romantasy titles alongside role-playing games and other odds and ends.
- Think of it as a more masculine counterpart to Lakewood's Flame & Fable.
State of play: It's a passion project of founder and owner Craig Senatore, who has curated the modest but mighty inventory and acts as a personal concierge for all who enter.
- He's read sci-fi/fantasy since he was a kid, he tells Axios, and is delighted to offer recommendations based on authors and subject matter.
💠Sam's thought bubble: I picked up the latest R.F. Kuang for my wife, in preparation for Kuang's Writers Center Stage talk next year.
Stop by: 1436 W. 28th St.