FantasyCon 2019 – Una McCormack
FantasyCon 2019 has announced Dr Una McCormack as its 3rd Guest of Honour at Glasgow 18th to 20th October. A British science fiction author, best known for her TV tie-in [...]
Short story competition 2019 – Winner announcement
From the desk of Allen Ashley, our judge: “I am pleased to be able to make an early call this year with my announcement of the results of British Fantasy Society Short [...]
British Fantasy Awards 2019
Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage. For 2019, [...]
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker. Review.
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker Orbit, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Megan Leigh I first came across RJ Barker at a FantasyCon where he gave one of the most entertaining author readings [...]
SINGLE SLICES Volume 1, edited by Patrick Beltran.
SINGLE SLICES Volume 1, edited by Patrick Beltran, Cutting Block Books UKSA p/b $12.95 (USD) 264 pages, www.cuttingblockbooks.com Reviewed by Pauline Morgan With the [...]
ASH KICKERS By Sean Grigsby. Review.
ASH KICKERS By Sean Grigsby Angry Robot Books, s/b, 8.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns In the not so distant future, many of our largest metropoles (metropolises?) have been [...]
PALE KINGS by Micah Yongo. Review.
PALE KINGS by Micah Yongo. Angry Robot. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Only a few surviving members of the Brotherhood remain. For some reason, Arianna has [...]
THE HEART OF THE CIRCLE by Keren Landsman. Review.
THE HEART OF THE CIRCLE by Keren Landsman. Angry Robot. p/b. £10.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. In Tel Aviv Reed Katz and his kind endure growing hatred. Terrorists are [...]
THE COLORADO KID by Stephen King. Review.
THE COLORADO KID by Stephen King Hard Case Crime, s/b, £7.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns The first thing you need to know about this is that it’s a Stephen King book – for [...]
The Hanging Artist by Jon Steinhagen. Review.
The Hanging Artist by Jon Steinhagen Abbadon Books, ebook, £4.99 Reviewed by John C Adams I like a good mashup, so the concept of literary dystopian writer Franz Kafka as [...]
THE NEW INN HALL DECEPTION TALES OF MYSTERY & FEAR by John Gaskin. Book review
THE NEW INN HALL DECEPTION TALES OF MYSTERY & FEAR by John Gaskin, Tartarus Press h/b £35.00 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson The New Inn Hall Deception is a volume [...]
THE OUTSIDE by Ada Hoffmann. Review.
THE OUTSIDE by Ada Hoffmann. Angry Robot Books. p/b. £10.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. The Pride of Jai is the first space station to be built by humans, not gods. Dr. [...]
THE TIDE WENT OUT by Charles Eric Maine. Book review
THE TIDE WENT OUT by Charles Eric Maine, The British Library, p/b, bl-shop@bl.ukReviewed by Sandra Scholes While other publishers concentrate on releasing new novels or short [...]